Listening to Dan Patrick and KO on ESPN......Conda for NFL

[MsUSA]

commissioner. She has said it's been one of her dream jobs. :puke:

[TomInTib]

1. Anyone here think the team owners would vote her in?

I am tired of this crap.

On this point, KO is rolling around in the same pen with Wolfie, Tweetie, Faux, et al.

And about her qualifications...

And what about the very real possibilities she could be looking at some serious ramifications re: her absolutely fabulous job performance to present.

[tanyev]

2. Yes, if they use Diebold.

[zbdent]

3. Yes

They're rich, white men who tend repuke . . .

[TomInTib]

5. But they have advertisers and sponsors ...

and THAT is where the money comes from in the day-to-day operations of the NFL.

That is where the pink tutu crowd MIGHT find a voice.

[zbdent]

6. Really?

Not just a guaranteed TV contract that gives them billions of dollars? (One of the socialist aspects of the NFL is that each team is guaranteed a specific portion of the TV bucks from the contract they brokered a few years ago - revenue sharing. That, and the salary cap . . .)

I thought it was that the TV stations paid the NFL shitloads of money so that they could rake in the cash on football's ratings . . .

Now, the merchandising, that's where they have the licensing $$$ . . .

[TomInTib]

9. And just where do the networks get their money?

Hint... not from trees.

[zbdent]

17. The networks put their necks on the lines

by giving GUARANTEED BUNDLES OF MONEY to the team owners.

Now, you were talking about the owners, not the networks. The owners don't have to worry about their money for years . . . they get it GUARANTEED. You think the networks would survive if they wouldn't pay up on their contracts to the NFL? Maybe . . . but they'd be dealt a major blow . . . especially if you have Condi on board fighting for the owners vs "liberal Hollywood" and the "evil networks who push their liberal agenda" . . .

[SammyBlue]

4. Football is still a boys club. Unless you wiggle your boobs in a

cheerleader's uniform, you're not going to have a position of power if you're a woman.

How man female owners are there? Female GMs? Female coaches? ZERO!!! Look at all the major sports!

Unless you can shake like a polaroid picture, you're useless to sports! Sorry, ladies. . .not a slam on you, but there will not be a female commissioner. There will be a female player faster than there will be a female commissioner.

EDITED TO ADD: And I am one of the biggest football fans in the world!

[Poiuyt]

15. The St Louis Rams have a female owner

Georgia Frontiere.

But I agree with you that the chance of a female commish would be small

[SammyBlue]

16. She's an owner by inheritance and not by buying.

Her 7th husband died and she inherited the team.

Owners must approve all sales of teams. Trust me, the NFL is still a boy's only club.

[MADem]

13. Years ago, she did actually say it was her dream job--it got a little

press at the time, that comment. Then they made the comparison that Monkey wanted to be Baseball commish, and that was HIS dream job.

No one is asking her, and she has already said she would decline if asked.

It's a nonstory, really.

[Radio_Guy]

18. Team owners won't hire blacks as coaches

What makes anyone think they will vote in a black, even one like her, be commissioner of football?

[Don Claybrook]

22. Where's the downside?

Admittedly, I don't watch football. But even if I did, I think I'd rather have her making football decisions than being our top diplomat.

Of course, there's always the concern about who dimwit would replace her with.

[madinmaryland]

7. CNN Thinks it may be Clinton:

Bill Clinton held the job as the most powerful person in the world. Now he's being mentioned as a potential successor to Paul Tagliabue. -- New York Daily News

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/scorecard/

Go figure.

[Bridget Burke]

8. CORRECTION: Houston's Dan Patrick is NOT the one on ESPN!

(Our Dan Patrick started out as a sportscaster. But he's turned to the Dark Side. Please, don't have evil thoughts about the guy on ESPN.

But I'm keeping this post up to let interested parties know about The Other Dan Patrick!)

He won the Republican primary handily. And his talk show will be back on the air soon.

HOUSTON – Republican State Senate nominee Dan Patrick announced this morning he will resume his daily radio program. Beginning Tuesday afternoon, Patrick will begin again his daily two hour radio program that can be heard on AM 700KSEV from 4 PM – 6 PM.

“We have met with Dan’s opponents in the November election, have conferred with our attorney and solicited advice from the Federal Communications Commission prior to Dan’s decision to go back on the air,” Patrick Campaign Chairman Court Koenning reported. “We are on solid legal footing for Dan to continue his normal broadcast schedule,” Koenning concluded.

“I am excited to be back on the air and to get re-connected to the listeners,” Dan Patrick commented. “We have so much to talk about, and I look forward to getting back to work on the issues important to our community,” Patrick concluded.

More than you really want to know about Dan Patrick: http://danpatrickforsenate.com/

[TomInTib]

10. Are you sure that is the same guy?

[NYCGirl]

11. Ummm....that's a DIFFERENT Dan Patrick. NT

[MsUSA]

12. Thanks Bridget

I don't know what affiliation he is though...... he does kid KO for being a liberal. I sent your website to him at ESPN. If anything he might get a laugh out of it. :shrug:

[Bridget Burke]

14. I'm CORRECTED! He's a different Dan Patrick.

OUR Dan Patrick began as a sportscaster. But he turned bad.

[n2doc]

19. NFL commish is a big money job

No way they put an incompetent, thin-skinned fool like Rice in the job. When the big $$$'s are involved in private industry the people in charge do tend to take it seriously. I could see Clinton doing it, though, he has a knack for fundraising and managing people. But I suspect neither one will end up with it.

[drbtg1]

20. Can Rice work with the players' union?

I don't think there has been a work stoppage during Tag's tenure. That is probably his greatest accomplishment. If Rice is incredibly anti-union, as so many Republicans are, she simply can't be effective as the Commish.

[Norquist Nemesis]

21. As much as I love football

putting Rice in Commissioner would be a disaster for the game.

[RDU Socialist]

23. there's a better chance of GWB replacing Bud Selig

as baseball commissioner than Condi becoming the next NFL commish. SI's NFL front page had an article on the Chief Operating Officer of the NFL who's a young guy but incredibly smart and well liked around the league by players and owners alike. It's going to be that guy, this Condi for Commish thing is a right wing pipe dream.