Epstein Emails Raise Questions for Giants Ownership | Evan & Tiki
WFAN Daily
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🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
The release of thousands of Jeffrey Epstein related emails puts uncomfortable attention on the NFL, including the naming of New York Giants minority owner Steve Tisch. The discussion breaks down why some mentions are meaningless, why others can seriously damage reputations, and why this one sits in a very different category.
The guys question why national NFL media largely ignored the story, what responsibility Roger Goodell has when it comes to ownership optics, and whether the league actually has the will to act when no crime is alleged but the association itself is troubling. They also examine how this impacts the Giants brand, the Mara family, and why protecting the shield has mattered in past ownership cases.
Ultimately, it becomes a larger conversation about power, accountability, and whether the NFL will confront uncomfortable realities or quietly move on once the headlines fade.
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| 0:00.0 | Friday news dumps are done so that no one talks about something. |
| 0:04.4 | That's why it's done. |
| 0:05.9 | So without getting into the political reasons, obviously we had the Epstein email dump from Friday |
| 0:12.3 | in which there were 3,000 emails. |
| 0:14.8 | If you were listening to this radio station, you just heard that Al Dukes was in the Epstein emails. |
| 0:19.8 | Now, there are different levels to it. There's a tweetes was in the Epstein emails. Now, there are different levels to it. |
| 0:22.5 | There's a tweet being mentioned in the Epstein emails, |
| 0:25.7 | which is the case of Al Dukes and Mike Francesa, |
| 0:28.1 | and that is, you know, shrap now to say the least. |
| 0:30.9 | Because they both work at WFA. |
| 0:32.9 | Yes. |
| 0:34.0 | And the disgusting pig note is Jeffrey Epstein apparently listened or followed WFAN. |
| 0:38.7 | Then there's you being mentioned for, you know, reasons that don't feel crazy or feel scandalous. |
| 0:45.5 | Like Russell Wilson may be buying a plane, right? |
| 0:49.1 | Or someone's buying a Gino Smith jersey. |
| 0:52.3 | And then there are the mentions that change your reputation. |
| 0:56.2 | And so this commissioner, Roger Goodell, got a freebie this weekend. |
| 1:00.7 | Because all weekend long, very few people reported on the fact that a minority owner of the |
| 1:05.9 | New York football giant Steve Tisch was mentioned prominently in these Epstein emails. And unlike the case with |
| 1:12.5 | Al Dukes or the case of Russell Wilson, there are things in that that will sully a reputation |
| 1:17.3 | and could be far worse than we even realize. I didn't see Adam Schaefter tweet about it this weekend. |
| 1:22.9 | I didn't see Ian Rappaport tweeted about this weekend. So when Roger Goodell meets the media |
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