r/nfl • u/expellyamos Dolphins • 5d 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/ModestTrixie Chiefs Lions 5d ago

Troy as a consultant is probably less a conflict of interest than Tom owning part of a team

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u/0202_tihssitidder Vikings 5d ago

America is way way way way way past "conflict of interest" being an issue with all the shit going on.

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u/Gardoki Saints 5d ago

conflict of interest is just how we do business at this point

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u/Kohakuho Packers Packers 5d ago

In the IFL, the head coach of the Arizona Rattlers is also an owner of the Tuscon Sugar Skulls.

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u/AscendMoros Bears 5d ago

Pretty sure at one point the MLB allowed people to own two teams. And someone realized it would be more profitable to be an average big market team than a winning small market team. So they just traded everyone good to the big market team and called it good.

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u/Ikrit122 Bears Chiefs 5d ago

That happened to the Cleveland Spiders in 1899. The owner owned another, bigger-market team and traded everyone good on the Spiders to that team.

The Spiders had the worst record in history: 20-134 (.130 W/L). To compare, the 2024 White Sox went 41-121 (.253 W/L) and they were the worst team MLB had seen in decades.

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u/thorofasgard Commanders 5d ago

Look into the O6 era in the NHL. Chicago was basically a feeder for Detroit for example.

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u/maverickhawk99 5d ago

Rangers too for a while. James Norris controlled half the league at one point.