NFL Labor Talks: Can NY Giants Owner John Mara Save NFL from Itself?

April 10, 2011   ·   Benjamin C. Klein   ·   Jump to comments

With the NFL Lockout continuing to drag on, New York Giants co-owner, John Mara, might have to take a page out of his father Wellington’s playbook and save the NFL from itself.
In other words John Mara has to go rogue.
But there is no guarantee that Mara sees it the same way. Not to mention he recently got saddled with jury duty, so he might not have the time to go rogue.  
In fact, while Mara is serving jury duty it is possible that the NFL players and owners sit down for a new round of mediation, as was recommended by the judge currently overseeing the players Anti-Trust suit against the NFL and hammer out a deal.
But if that doesn’t happen, which seems likely, Mara needs to go off the reservation from the rest of the owners and figure out a way to ensure the American public is not deprived of professional football for even a week.
While I cannot say for certain that Mara is up to the task, or even what he should do to fix the situation, Mara...

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