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The real question is why people think the NFL has a left-wing bias. Yeah, they have the End Hate messages and whatever, but that seems more like a sop to their predominantly black employee base in the wake of the Kaepernick scandal and 2020 protests than a serious political statement. If you look at the political leanings of the actual owners, you have:
Arizona Cardinals: Bidwell — Republican, but supports Sinema, so probably moderate
Atlanta Falcons: Arthur Blank — Democrat
Baltimore Ravens: Stephen Biscotti — Inconclusive, but a pretty big Catholic, for whatever that's worth
Buffalo Bills: Pegula — Moderate, made his money from fracking (I personally worked on the sale that raised the capital for him to buy the team)
Carolina Panthers: David Tepper — Republican, but pro gay rights
Chicago Bears: McCaskey (Halas) — Inconclusive, but George openly feuded with Trump during the national anthem controversy
Cincinnati Bengals: Brown — Republican
Cleveland Browns: Jimmy Haslam — Republican
Dallas Cowboys: Jerry Jones — Republican, Trump supporter
Denver Broncos: Joe Ellis — Republican
Detroit Lions: Ford — Democrat
Green Bay Packers: n/a — Inconclusive. Held by stock, but the team president leans left
Houston Texans: McNair — Republican
Indianapolis Colts: Irsay — Republican
Jacksonville Jaguars: Shahid Khan — probably more interested in British politics, but sided with the players during the anthem controversy
Kansas City Chiefs: Hunt — Republican
Las Vegas Raiders: Davis — Inconclusive, Mark doesn't talk about politics, but the old man seemed pretty liberal
Los Angeles Chargers: Dean Spanos — Republican
Los Angeles Rams: Kroenke — Definite Republican lean, Trump included, but also supports some Democrats
Miami Dolphins: Stephen M. Ross — Republican, Trump supporter
Minnesota Vikings: Zygi Wilf — Democrat
New England Patriots: Robert Kraft — Probably a Democrat, but an open Trump supporter
New Orleans Saints: Benson — Republican
New York Giants: Mara/Tisch — Democrat
New York Jets: Woody Johnson — Republican, Trump Diplomatic Appointee
Philadelphia Eagles: Lurie — Democrat
Pittsburgh Steelers: Rooney — Democrat, Dan was an Obama Diplomatic Appointee
San Francisco 49ers: DeBartolo — Inconclusive. Denise is a Democrat, but Trump pardoned Eddie. It should be noted that Eddie was forced to give his sister control of the team after he was convicted of public corruption.
Seattle Seahawks: Allen — Inconclusive. Paul was a Republican, but he's dead and team ownership is held in trust. Jody controls the team and she's pretty bipartisan.
Tampa Bay Bucs: Glazer — Moderate, Eddie's a confirmed Trump supporter.
Tennessee Titans: Adams — Republican
Washington Commanders: Josh Harris — Republican
Commissioner: Roger Goodell — Republican
By my final tally, there are 16 confirmed Republicans, or over half the league, plus the Commish, plus Kraft, who may not be a Republican but likes Trump. Of the remainder, I'll count 10 confirmed Democrats or left-leaners. That leaves five who are inconclusive. At best, you might be able to argue that half the league wants to fix the country's biggest sporting event to get a political endorsement that may or may not have any impact on the election. The team that would be the beneficiary of this would be at odds with the politics of the whole thing, since the Hunt family have been big Texas Republicans for a long time. On the other side, Denise DeBartolo York has donated to Democrats in Ohio. She's also from Youngstown, and the Democratic Party there is a lot more conservative than in the country at large; it's mostly Trump country these days. It also has corrupt politics, so I wouldn't put taking a dive past her if they sweetened the pot enough. Steve was already busted for political corruption (and he lost a lot of money financing the Jacksons Victory Tour in 1984 because he didn't know what he was doing). I'd say it's unlikely that there's enough motivation among ownership and the commissioner to do something like this, and there's certainly enough conservative owners that even if the league did try it you'd have quite a few screaming about it publicly.
I think the problem is that people have a tendency to think of "The NFL" as this faceless behemoth that has whatever characteristics they want it to have depending on how they're feeling that day. They don't stop to consider that this is an organization run by real people with real personalities and real opinions, and that the only thing they really agree on is that they all want to make as much money as possible. I don't see how the NFL, viewed in that light, would have any reason to fix a championship for political reasons.
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