Ben Gilbert: belief

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…I mean, this is the great paradox of the NFL. Everything is about the game on the field and nothing is about the game on the field. What it is about is making sure the game on the field is compelling. Whoever wins, they all win. Well, and this is kind of the debate today between the new group of owners and the old group of owners. The original owners are so steadfast in, this is about football and we make a great entertainment product, but there's football at the core. The thing that they're all a little bit nervous about with the new group of owners who are so excited about building these unbelievable businesses and taking on more and more sponsorships and sponsoring team jerseys and on-field sponsorships and building the spectacle around every game. What if we had a Super Bowl halftime show at every game?It's like, are we not a football product anymore? Are we some kind of entertainment franchise that has lost its way? I think that's the interesting dichotomy between owners these days. Yeah, how far is too far? But at this point in time, they are nowhere near too far.…

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