![]() That came from the guys in the striped shirts and those guys in New York. In the end, as much as you want to hate them, it wasn’t their fault. “And I got over it with Franco (Harris) and the Immaculate Deception. “Yeah, I got over it,” Raiders owner Mark Davis told USA TODAY Sports. Tom Brady was a central figure in one of the most controversial heartbreaks in Raiders history – the fumble-that-wasn’t “Tuck Rule” call that enabled the New England Patriots to win the AFC divisional playoff game and remain alive for Brady’s first Super Bowl journey – and now he’s a part-owner of the Raiders. But there’s work to be done…We’re not there yet.” Brady’s rich history with the Raidersįunny how these things can turn out. “I think that would be great, to have a new ownership group in by the beginning of the season,” Irsay said. Irsay, a fellow member of the league’s finance committee, wouldn’t rule out a target for the start of the regular season. Jones wouldn’t etch out a timeline for final approval. And so, you don’t need to give what-ifs beyond that, and I know enough to know there’s enough qualifying aspects to this thing that this can get done.” “You have a very qualified buyer and you have, by his own admission, Dan and his family wanting to sell. “That is really inappropriate in my mind,” Jones said. Speculative is how Jones responded when such a question was asked. ![]() Then again, Snyder has been such a thorn in the side for the league, it is conceivably tempting for fellow owners to bend the rules for the Harris group in order to finally get rid of Snyder. It’s highly doubtful that such a time is now, with sentiment among at least some, if not many, owners that the next partners need to adhere to the same policies that they complied with to get in. ![]() The escalating franchise values are undoubtedly a huge factor, which at some point will likely prompt the NFL to explore accepting more creative financing to seal such deals. “I would anticipate it being done,” contended Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who in 1989 leveraged his family’s fortune to purchase the franchise (now valued at $8 billion by Forbes) for $150 million. Translation: To comply with NFL ownership policies, it will likely take more equity. “It depends on the Harris group,” Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay told reporters. No one in the know blinked at the suggestion that it could take months, not weeks. NFL owners were nowhere close to approving the deal that was struck earlier this month, with the league’s finance committee engaged the process of vetting the deal - a process more complex than for most transactions, given the size of the transaction and the number of partners. Now it’s about getting the record sale of $6.05 billion to a group headed by Josh Harris to the finish line. It wasn’t too long ago that NFL owners were peppered with questions about whether they would vote the controversial Snyder out of their ranks. – The Dan Snyder issue continued to hover above NFL owners during their spring meetings this week, albeit in a different form and fashion with the pending sale of the Washington Commanders hanging in the balance. ![]()
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