I'll believe it when I see it. There are a few misconceptions about why there haven't been any black majority owners in the #NFL - A short thread on why it hasn't happened before....
While the process of #NFL ownership can be a bit murky here are the main requirements.
1. You have to have between 30-40% of the team value up front AND be able to buy out the next 2 largest investors. Considering the average team is about 3 billion that's a lot of liquid income
In most cases your ownership group can't be more than 24 people, which means the price of buying out anyone who backs out of the deal is immense
You have to find an owner willing to sell you a team and they can ask you for anything. Personal finances, background information etc. It's not like buying a house where there's a tin of federal regulations
Most importantly. Once someone's agreed to sell to you. And you have the 30-40% roughly 24 out of 32 team owners have to vote to let you into the most high profile exclusive club in America. THAT is why there's been no black majority owners in the NFL in this Era
Basically 24 out of 32 mini Trumps have to agree to let you into thier #NFL club. Trust me there have been a few wealthy black people who've tried. I wrote about one of them, Reggie Fowler, who tried to buy the @Vikings in 09
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Finished #Yellowjackets - Am I missing something here? Because the framing it set up for Jackie to be the 'mean girl' but I absolutely empathize with Jackie and think that Shauna is a horrible friend and person. (Minor spoilers in thread but the finale was 4 days ago 🤷‍♂️)
There's a sort of lazy trope in TV that the viewer is supposed to dislike the "popular mean girl" but by all accounts Jackie wasn't any more cruel or petty than anybody else. Just popular and a good team captain
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#Yellowjackets Lisa & Akilah are written horribly. I'm used to black characters in these majority white shows being written in ways that don't resemble black people anywhere at anytime. But the lack of depth and development for a couple who take up so much screentime is horrible
*Taissa*
Even in 2022 "prestige tv" tokenism is still present. You have a happily married black lesbian couple, where Taissa is running for office...And NO discussion of race, gender of sexuality? She doesn't meet w/ local LGBTQA groups? Or Black organizations? It's ludicrous
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#Seahawks twitter us a funny space. The same folks who were screaming to bench Wilson for Geno after the Packers game were saying this team has a chance ywo weeks later when he won against the 49ers. Maybe the team/coaching is bad and it's not all on the QB 🤷🏿‍♂️
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#AbbottElementary 👍🏿
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Democrats can't win without 90% black voters and high turnout. Centrist democrats respond by blaming #Wokeness which is code for "The Black's have too much power" thus thier fantasy of holding on to an increasingly small and disinterested share of "working class whites"
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This mindset fascinates me. When black people critique Hollywood for failing at representation for decades mostly white studios said we should stop begging to get into movies and "make our own". Now that is the go-to response for black people caping for problematic television
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