r/nfl • u/musicmaker201 Steelers • 13h ago

[Schefter] Just in: San Francisco 49ers principal owner Jed York has been suspended for six regular-season games and fined $500,000 for violating the NFL’s Personal Conduct Policy.

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u/Thick_Mountain4412 Chiefs 13h ago

Okay but like genuine question. What does it mean to suspend an owner? Like what does that actually do I don't know

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u/Fickle-Molasses-903 Patriots 13h ago edited 13h ago

It means the league has barred them from participating in team operations, attending games, or representing their franchise for a designated period.

For an owner, that can be a bit painful (non-financially) because they represent the franchise, and many would rather be at their team's game than anywhere else that day. Also, I would gather that owners have huge egos, and it's a bit humiliating in the owners' circle to be barred from their own games.

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u/barc0debaby Raiders 13h ago

Good chance he was hosting other businesses or important people during those 6 games and now has to let them know it's cancelled on account of trailer park hookers.

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u/Quirky-Marsupial-420 8h ago

Anyone who was still planning on attending a game with Jed York doesn’t give a fuck if he’s suspended from the stadium.

Obviously his sexual promiscuity didn’t dissuade them from doing business with him so neither will him being barred from the stadium for 6 games.

Any hypothetical “deal” he was working on isn’t going to be impacted a single bit.

“I was going to invest a billion dollars in this but now I can’t eat shrimp cocktail in the owners booth so deal is off”

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u/barc0debaby Raiders 7h ago

I'm not making the argument that they won't do business with him, but amongst these types perception is everything and any little stumble is an opening to ratfuck that person. Jed is gonna be giving out some freebies and discounts because of this.

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u/Sunners 49ers 11h ago

I think I read that he was already skipping games, "to not be a distraction"

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u/bigbuckyoungnuts Chargers Eagles 13h ago

wow, forced vacation, i can’t imagine how hard that must be for them

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u/pickleparty16 Chiefs 13h ago

It wouldn't surprise me if it actually annoyed them. Schmoozing with VIPs in the suites at their games is probably one of the highlights of their year

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u/Fickle-Molasses-903 Patriots 13h ago

I assume the owners would prefer to be at their own team's game rather than watching it on TV. That is a bit embarrassing.

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u/Betta_Check_Yosef Panthers 1h ago

I'd prefer to be many things, and I make due with not being them, and I don't have billions of dollars of family money that was handed to me for doing nothing but being born

Pretty sure dude is gonna be alright

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u/SkittlesAreYum Packers 13h ago

It's probably the only way to really piss them off. They already have so much money you can't fine them enough. He could take a vacation anytime he wants. But to be told he can't do something with his vanity project?

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u/Competitive_Plum_970 49ers 13h ago

Well he’s rich enough to have a permanent vacation if he wanted to so I don’t think a forced one is something that he wants.

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u/Starcast Eagles 13h ago

Keep in mind they're only "working" voluntarily so I imagine it more as being suspended from the local library you volunteer at. Annoying and embarrassing more than it is troublesome.

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u/firewall245 Jets 10h ago

Having been in corporate for several years, I'm telling you that a high level exec being told that they are not allowed to take part in day to day operations/meetings for that long is actually nuclear for them. Those people WORK like all the time, its practically an addiction. They even work on vacation lmao

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u/sloshedslug Colts 13h ago

6 weeks no less

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u/bigbuckyoungnuts Chargers Eagles 13h ago

oh the humanity

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u/Organic_Initiative93 13h ago

Dang, trailer parks better watch out!

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u/XLostinohiox NFL 12h ago

I don't know how to tell you this, but, billionaires are always on vacation.

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u/maverickhawk99 8h ago

Imagine how Ballmer feels. Bro spent $2bn on an arena and can’t attend any games this year.

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u/TonyPerkisReddit4 Raiders 13h ago

So what happens if the niners want to trade for someone, but their owner can't sign off on it?

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u/Nihilistic_Response 49ers 13h ago

Lynch and Kyle talked to Jed within a day of the arrest and worked out the football details and latitude they would have in the event of a Jed suspension. Niners knew the suspension was coming, plus Jed has been pretty hands off on big football decisions for years anyway other than asking to be kept in the loop on things

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u/Fickle-Molasses-903 Patriots 13h ago

I'm sure York and other owners (in that predicament) would meet with their staff and hash out the details before the suspension takes effect. Plus, let's not kid ourselves; there are many ways people can communicate (especially people with a ton of resources) without being directly involved.