It unfortunately happens. What franchise in any sport doesn’t go thru down periods? Changing ownership does next to nothing to fix it. Unless there’s true evidence of incompetence (such as the jets story about madden ratings).
As far as we know Mara has done nothing remotely close that.
I myself am not advocating Mara selling the team. I do not believe that he falls under the same umbrella as Woody Johnson or Dan Snyder who would be better off.
What I will say is that the Giants have been arguably the worst operated franchise in the NFL in the last 15 years. I cannot think of a franchise that has fallen from such a lofty perch to where they are today.
And it is not just on the field but off the field too. Tearing down Giants Stadium and building MetLife, a downgrade in just about every single way except in luxury amenities, while financing it through PSLs may have made the team more money, but in all other respects it was a historic boondoggle that left the franchise worse off. Remember when the Giants had a 25 year waiting list for season tickets? Having Giants season tickets was a point of pride, passed down from generation to generation. That's all gone now.
I think that Mara is a well intentioned man who is as passionate as a fan as anyone. It must be killing him that he has tried and failed to turn this team around. But if he truly wants to turn things around and bring the Giants to where they were before, then he needs to do some serious soul-searching and accounting of the decisions made over the last 15 years that have led up to this point.
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