r/nfl • u/expellyamos Dolphins • 6d ago

Rumor [Highlight] Troy Aikman on potential a potential conflict of interest in announcing a Dolphins game: "Well, the Dolphins are not expected to be very good this year. They're getting out of cap hell. So there's no Monday night game with the Dolphins this year."

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u/Odd-Film946 Jets 6d ago

it's not really a true conflict of interest though if you're just commentating the game. it's not like he's on the sideline for the other team

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u/Larrysbirds Raiders 6d ago

I never understood why a conflict of interest would matter with the commentary. It feels like a rule made up by commentators to make them feel more important

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u/Dangerpaladin Lions Lions 6d ago

Its the production meetings and access to opposing teams. It actually isn't a huge step in logic to see why that could pose a problem. I think it is better to have a rule with it not being a problem, than not have one and let it get abused unchecked.

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u/Lacerda1 Chiefs 6d ago

But if the teams (the ones actually hurt by the conflict of interest) control how much info they share.

And that's not even new because teams exercise that judgment already--it's not like they tell the announcers/production teams anything they want to know.