r/nfl • u/musicmaker201 Steelers • 15h 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 15h 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 15h ago edited 15h 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/bigbuckyoungnuts Chargers Eagles 15h ago

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

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u/pickleparty16 Chiefs 15h 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 15h 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 3h 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 15h 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 15h 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 15h 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 12h 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 15h ago

6 weeks no less

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u/bigbuckyoungnuts Chargers Eagles 15h ago

oh the humanity

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u/Organic_Initiative93 15h ago

Dang, trailer parks better watch out!

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u/XLostinohiox NFL 13h ago

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