While's there's nothing new here, there are some things strongly reinforced, and from what seem to be new sources. A great read:
Four well-placed sources The Buffalo News spoke with about the Bills’ long-term status were skeptical the NFL would dare upset Cuomo and Schumer and permit the team to leave Western New York.
The NFL isn’t in the business of flouting political juice. Cuomo could run for president in 2016. Schumer is the popular, third-ranking Senate Democrat. To let the Bills leave would cause the NFL, with its headquarters in Manhattan, to lose those influential allies and practically beg for added scrutiny on controversial issues.
The NFL has been fighting multibillion-dollar concussion litigation and last week was sued by eight former players for recklessly supplying and administering painkillers.
And what if Schumer woke up one morning and decided to hold hearings about the NFL’s antitrust labor exemption, a hard-to-believe nonprofit status or the FCC’s controversial blackout rules?
“The NFL doesn’t want to risk upsetting the political structure,” Parks said. “The league is facing critical issues. They don’t want to litigate these things.
“In many ways, they’re like the old Mafia. They just want to make money and don’t want to do anything that will disrupt that.”
Four well-placed sources The Buffalo News spoke with about the Bills’ long-term status were skeptical the NFL would dare upset Cuomo and Schumer and permit the team to leave Western New York.
The NFL isn’t in the business of flouting political juice. Cuomo could run for president in 2016. Schumer is the popular, third-ranking Senate Democrat. To let the Bills leave would cause the NFL, with its headquarters in Manhattan, to lose those influential allies and practically beg for added scrutiny on controversial issues.
The NFL has been fighting multibillion-dollar concussion litigation and last week was sued by eight former players for recklessly supplying and administering painkillers.
And what if Schumer woke up one morning and decided to hold hearings about the NFL’s antitrust labor exemption, a hard-to-believe nonprofit status or the FCC’s controversial blackout rules?
“The NFL doesn’t want to risk upsetting the political structure,” Parks said. “The league is facing critical issues. They don’t want to litigate these things.
“In many ways, they’re like the old Mafia. They just want to make money and don’t want to do anything that will disrupt that.”
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