our text thread we don't have it in the rundown. I think it's
something that's going to ultimately, invade The Rundown.
It's something to keep a close eye on and it was a surprise
when it landed on Monday,
and I believe had it has escalated in relevance over
the past couple of days. It's just something to watch and
I mentioned it because there are people out there who who don't
understand
why what happened to Jim Trotter is a problem.
But what NFL media has
Done to Jim Trotter
is potentially, if not likely going to spark litigation,
and it's going to be very interesting because finally we have
really under the microscope, this Dynamic
of leagues, that hire reporters to cover
the league, and there's always been an issue with that. And
any time I bring it up,
the people who work for NFL, media get mad at me because
they are the ones who are taking a paycheck from
the league to cover the league. And the people who don't NFL media,
get mad at me because in their mind,
hey look, we got less competition for our own jobs
because those people all have a job and NFL media and maybe
someday we way need a job at NFL me to. So, ixnay on the
don't talk about
leagues. Yeah. Hiring reporters to cover the league. Well,
you know, as long as the reporters go along
with the reality that there's only so far, you can go when
you cover a league and Mike silver. Has admitted that Mike
silver work for NFL media for multiple years and after he
left, he talked openly
about how he edited himself.
There were certain stories he'd pass on because he knew that
was taking it too far. There are things that you just can't
say, you can't question the CEO of Procter & Gamble in a public
setting. If you work for Procter & Gamble about
something that is
problematic for Procter & Gamble. Well, what happened to
Jim Charter was yeah, two consecutive Super Bowl, press
conferences. He pressed the commissioner on issues of
diversity. The equity inclusion
in the NFL media Newsroom, and a very specific narrow issue.
It is the number of black managers
in the NFL media hierarchy, and he said, there were none,
right? And black employees. On the news desk,
participating in the process of covering a league that is made
up of 60 to 70% black players and that he pin. And it, look,
it pointed direct
awkward almost. But man. Wow, I remember when he did it work.
It's super bone. I remember when I saw that, he done
addition. I'm thinking, man, this guy's this guy's got some
guts. Yeah, this guy's got some guts because you know,
there's a little unspoken here,
you just got to be careful. They hire you to be
a journalist just don't do too much journalism. There are
certain things we don't want you to journalize on and
and and of course
there's going to be defenses, there's going to be arguments.
The the NFL is going to say it had nothing to do with
the decision to not renew his contract, and already got
the people online saying he wasn't fired. They just didn't renew
his contract, well, if
he wanted a new contract and
Renew his contract, he was fired. He wanted to continue to
work there and they said you don't work here anymore. You
are fired even if the semantics are his contract wasn't
renewed. So I just want to mention that for for that
reason. Yeah,
this is something
and somebody I know and I can't say the name. I don't want to
get somebody else fired. But I was told by somebody connected
to the NFL media apparatus, this is not going to end well.
So it's something to pay attention to.
And also, I learned late last night, you know, we talk about
the arbitration provision that coaches. That forced them to go
into the secret rig Kangaroo Court to address their
Grievances and obviously it's rigged against them, right?
Ergo the
name, secret rig Kangaroo Court, no arbitration provision
and Charters contract, so he can go straight to court. If he
wants to and have all this stuff in the open for everyone
to see and everyone to hear about whatever it was. He did
internally, whatever pushback he
may have gotten internally, whatever else may be in
Personnel, records, emails, text, whatever. So, anyway,
I wanted to Action at? Yeah, I hear you. But it doesn't look
good if he/she looking for sure. I'm with you there. Yeah.
And
and, and finding, and we finally have an opportunity
because think of all these situations and they may just
write a big check and settle it, who knows? But I get
the impression Jim isn't a guy that's going to be bought off
at this point.
He seems very Resolute he was on brother from another
yesterday, talking about it. He seems very Resolute, very calm,
very clear-eyed, very focused, very determined on what he's
trying to do here.
And I don't think they're going to be able to pay him off and
make this go away. And I say that because all these other
cases they do end up being crammed into arbitration or
they get settled before
the discovery process.
Can get two things that kind of peel back the curtain and let
us see what's going on. This may be a case that peels back
the curtain and lets us see what's going on. And again,
it's one of the pitfalls
of actually hiring reporters to cover you.
There's a chance. They are going to actually take that job
seriously? Yeah, no I it's
it's a shame. It does look fishy. Mike, I'm with you.
I mean,
Jim Trotters, one of the best in the business, he's one of
the smartest, guys. You'll come around. He's well thought out.
It's got connections everywhere. And yeah, those are
two moments that certainly
jumped out in my mind and then yeah, you hear that. That's you
wondered. If it was payback, you did. So
I'll be interested to see where this goes. And yeah, Jim
Trotter is pretty smart, you know, calculated guy. I'm sure
he's going to put up a good fight here if he wants to.
The the hints are already there that it's headed for litigation
and I firmly believe that, that's where it's going. And
yeah, it's not too late for the NFL to change its mind. It's
not too late for the NFL to take it back. It's not too late
for the NFL to say, you know what? We thought this through.
We've had some conversations about it. We are going to offer
you a new contract site things. But, you know, you know how it
goes, people don't do that. They double down. They, they go
into their,
their battle positions. And,
and they, they, they, and that, this is the other reality to,
and, and if, and when it becomes
A point of litigation will talk about it in more detail
when you decide to take on
a large company. In that setting,
they throw everything they can at you, they turn it around on
you. They try to make you look as bad as they possibly can,
and social media is already already
into camps on this, and it's just a shame because people,
I think refuse to see the objective truths in something
like this. Just so they can make their
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