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The league did not want Mara to participate because they consider it a commissioner-only matter, aside from obvious competitive conflict
I don't believe a word Mort says anymore.
Every report that comes out now I look at with a skeptical eye and ask myself the question what does the league want people to think here and what are their motivations for wanting the public to think that?
The reporters are simply errand boys for the league. they don't care about the facts they just want to be thrown the next scoop first so they don't ask any questions and go to press with whatever they're told. It's really not how the free press is supposed to work.
Chris MortensenVerified account@mortreport
The league did not want Mara to participate because they consider it a commissioner-only matter, aside from obvious competitive conflict
Chris MortensenVerified account@mortreport
The league did not want Mara to participate because they consider it a commissioner-only matter, aside from obvious competitive conflict
Mara citing conflict of interest is classic irony consdering Goodell played 'impartial' arbitrator after handing out punishmentSo just to make sure I have this totally clear:
1. Berman asks Mara to participate in settlement discussions
2. Mara declines Berman's request
3. He declines because the league considers it none of his business, and implictly considers Berman's request to be garbage
Is that right? Damn, they're just openly antagonizing Berman at this point, insisting that he doesn't have the authority to rule against them or even make suggestions re: settlement. Bold strategy, but the guy's a human being. Even if the league was right (they're not), it still wouldn't be smart.
they're just openly antagonizing Berman at this point, insisting that he doesn't have the authority to rule against them. Bold strategy,
By Mara's standard--the Patriots play one of his division rivals in the first four weeks--exactly half the owners in the league would have a conflict of interest by stepping in.
Mort said on ESPN that it was Judge Berman who asked. And Mara declined b/c the cowboys play the Pats week 4, and it would be a competitive advantage b/c the Cowboys play in the same division.
Well that backtrack was fast.
wtf is "the league"? I work full time in a professional sports league, so I can say with some authority that Mort is making about as meaningless a statement as you can get. A sports league is a loose confederation of many organizations and the employees and owners and executives therein. A sports league is not a person. A sports league cannot have an opinion. A sports league cannot "consider" anything. Saying that "the league" didn't want Mara to participate is a garbage statement that obfuscates the actual actors, most likely by design.Chris MortensenVerified account@mortreport
The league did not want Mara to participate because they consider it a commissioner-only matter, aside from obvious competitive conflict
I've actually been thinking for the past several weeks is that what this whole thing needs is an owner or small group of owners to talk everyone off the ledges and try to gain some consensus. Basically someone to do the job that Bob Kraft did during the CBA negotiations a couple years back.
It seems to me that that is what Berman had in mind, but the league threw it right back in his face.