We only brought it up near the end of a 20-minute chin-wag Thursday because a discussion detour about a certain team that shares MetLife Stadium proved beyond any reasonable doubt that this guy is truly his father’s son — classy, gracious, discreet...
“The one thing that motivates me is that rough stretch in the ’70s, which was a torturous period for all of us, but especially him,” John Mara said. “The memories from those years still burn within me. I never want to go back to that. Yes, you’ll always have ups and downs, and you can’t win every year. But you can contend every year — the Patriots have been able to do it. The Steelers. It’s a place that we want to get to, and I think we can.”
Look, I'm sure John Mara is a decent man, and I do admire the way the Giants handle their business, but there's something about this profile of the man that still rubs the wrong way.
After all, this is a guy who was instrumental in the building of MetLife Stadium, which to my mind was just a giant clusterfuck and complete money grab. Yes, I know, NFL teams are businesses whose job is to maximize profits, but this was a team with a years long waiting list, making money in buckets, who built a $1 billion monstrosity for no real reason, that adds nothing to the experience of attending games other than higher prices and oddly being further from the field. To attend a Giants game is to feel completely gouged, right down to the $30 parking pass.
Which isn't to say he's doing anything wrong, or that he's not a good person, but it just makes you groan a little to read this kind of PR. Like fuck you dude, for the outrageous prices you guys charge, the fucking team better be good. Just watch what happens to that place if they ever go 4-12. It'll be a shitshow.
But I guess congratulations on not being a total douche?
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