The football owners have to vote to accept a new owner into the club.

So even if Dan Snyder wants to sell the team to whomever he wants at whatever price he wants,

he can't, they'll stop him and that like helps to protect the culture that they want to continue to perpetuate

and also helps to protect their franchise values because the last thing they want to do is Dan Snyder to sell his franchise for cheap.

I'm Chris Hill and we are kicking off a week of episodes related to the business aspects of Super Bowl 57

and it starts today with the man you just heard. Dominic Foxworth is a writer and contributor for ESPN.

You can see him on any number of television shows on the network and he's the co-host of the podcast debatable

and host of his own podcast, the Dominic Foxworth Show.

Two podcasts that are part of my weekly listening by the way.

After playing cornerback in the NFL for six seasons, he went to Harvard Business School to get his MBA.

I caught up with him a few days ago to talk about that decision.

His thoughts on the NFL's enduring popularity as well as what he's going to be watching for during the big game between Philadelphia and Kansas City.

But I started the conversation by asking him about what is to me the most interesting part of his playing career

because off the field, Dominic quickly established himself as a business leader among both fellow teammates and rival teams.

He was the youngest player to be elected vice president of the NFL Players Association Executive Committee

and I wanted to know what it was like to face off not against an opposing wide receiver but against the NFL owners.

You go into your first meeting with the NFL owners.

What do you remember about that first meeting?

Because as fans, we see the owners in their box every Sunday.

There are always those shots of the owners.

But being in the room with them, what was your takeaway?

The first impression was they aren't super geniuses, which I think I assumed that they were.

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