19 angry billionaires have it made and don't even know it

I’m not sure “angry” describes all of the characters. The picture shows men confronting their own emotional and experiential pasts and those of their fellow jurors as they decide whether or not to send a youth to the electric chair for the murder of his father. Some are plagued while others are buoyed by their respective personalities in this stressful situation, but each one has to decide how to move forward. They smoke, they sweat, they swear, they sprawl, they stalk, and they get angry.

The late Ralph Wilson Jr., 92, long-time owner of the Buffalo Bills and one of the founders of the American Football League, served in the Navy during World War II. None of the present owners ever served in the military.

Sports Xchange:

19 of the NFL's 32 teams are owned by billionaires. Seattle Seahawks' owner Paul Allen tops the NFL list at $17.5 billion. Allen started Microsoft with Bill Gates, who remains the richest person in the world with a net worth of $75 billion. Miami Dolphin's owner Stephen Ross is second on the NFL list at $12 billion, followed by Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke ($7.7 billion). Robert Kraft of the New England Patriots sits at $4.9 billion.

The NFL is now looking into the Seattle Seahawks' situation on CB Richard Sherman’s partially torn MCL, and head coach Pete Carroll noting that he wasn’t on the Injury Report. Carroll said that Sherman had suffered a MCL injury in his knee during a game and played through it during the second half of the season. However, Sherman's injury was never disclosed on the league's official injury reports.

Sherman's injury situation marks the third time the Seahawks have violated NFL rules. The Seahawks violated offseason rules in 2016 and 2014. They were disciplined for excessive contact during OTAs in 2016 and impermissible contact in 2014. League owners are up in arms over the fact that the Seahawks were not punished.

Rich Hill, SBNation:

The issue with DeflateGate runs deeper than just the flaws in a system that allows NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to hear and rule on the appeal of a penalty he issued himself. It's more than Goodell.

It boils down to the pettiness of owners. Owners that have managed to stay out of the spotlight by deflecting the focus on Goodell. Owners that have hit the Patriots with a lasting penalty because they can't stand the fact that their teams aren't as successful on a consistent basis. Owners that have found a way to get the greatest player in the history of the sport suspended for four games over nothing at all.

The owners have made this about taking down New England owner Robert Kraft, with QB Tom Brady being merely collateral damage, and Patriots fans are forced to deal with the repercussions.

If Henry Fonda plays Roger Goodell in the movie, they will really have something to cry about.

And Lee J. Cobb plays Robert Kraft as the last one to "let it go."

Paul Murphy

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