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NFL Owners in Disarray as Roger Goodell is Losing Control of the League
This is an interesting article. I see now that there is a lot more to deflategate than we knew. Not only was it a jealous hatred for Kraft and the Patriots, but a small war between owners over where to have the stadium built in Los Angeles.
Apparently, Kroenke and Jones wanted the stadium built in Inglewood. Spanos and Kraft wanted the stadium built in Carson.
This is an interesting article. I see now that there is a lot more to deflategate than we knew. Not only was it a jealous hatred for Kraft and the Patriots, but a small war between owners over where to have the stadium built in Los Angeles.
After the DeflateGate verdict, owners like Jones and Lurie voiced their support for Goodell's decision, while old-money owner Art Rooney claimed that he wouldn't put DeflateGate "on the scale of serious," and Spanos offered his support to Kraft.
A proxy war. The game didn't end on the gridiron.
Apparently, Kroenke and Jones wanted the stadium built in Inglewood. Spanos and Kraft wanted the stadium built in Carson.
"The dueling proposals did not only represent the NFL's most recent, best opportunity to return to Los Angeles. They had also become the centerpiece of a chaotic power struggle among the league's 32 owners, between the so-called new-money group, with members who all supported Inglewood, and the old guard, most of whom favored Carson."