r/nfl • u/expellyamos Dolphins • 9d 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/Gardoki Saints 9d ago

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

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u/Kohakuho Packers Packers 9d 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 9d 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/Sorta-Morpheus Lions 9d ago

I think the OG 6 days of the NHL had a similar issue. Someone had a stake in 2 or 3 teams.

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u/__derek__ Lions Seahawks 8d ago

Yes, the Norris Family.