Since 2013, NFL owners have been busted for sexual harassment, driving while intoxicated, civil fraud and a tax avoidance scheme.
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"When we get all the information, we'll make determinations," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday at the Arizona Biltmore when asked about the latest case. “Once they became an owner, they instantly become a celebrity and enter into one of the most exclusive clubs in our entire country,” said Solomon Wilcots, a former NFL player and current analyst for Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Sirius XM NFL Radio. “It has governmental protection and can play by different rules that other companies don’t get to play by.”
• NFL ownership also skews older. The average age of the controlling owner is about 68, versus 63 in the NBA. Both leagues have predominantly white, male controlling ownership overseeing mostly black players.It’s debatable. The NFL raked in about $15 billion last year, far more than other leagues. It also doesn’t explain any individual owner’s personal indiscretions.
• In 2014, the NFL issued a six-game suspension to Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay after he pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated. Several owners declined to comment when approached this week, preferring to get back to other league business behind guarded doors. The NFL struggled with how to handle the larger issue. At one point, Houston Texans owner Robert McNair said “we can't have inmates running the prison,” infuriating NFL players. McNair apologized at first, then walked back his apology, telling The Wall Street Journallast year that he was referring to league executives as inmates, not players.
By contrast, in the NFL, the “Lords of the League can appear overmatched by the moral and cultural moment that confronts them,” author Mark Leibovich wrote in his book last year about the league titled “Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times.” “An industry characterized by family dynasties in which elderly patriarchs run most teams is not well placed to respond creatively to new challenges and opportunities,” Stanford sports economist Roger Noll told USA TODAY Sports.
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