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EPISODE · Dec 31, 2025 · 37 MIN

Inside the NFL's Secret Ownership Shame Machine and NFL Week 18 Super Bowl picks

from Business Decision with Mike Vorkunov

It's Week 18 in the NFL and the big question now is which team will Taylor Swift fans root for to win the Super Bowl since the Chiefs are done? On this episode of Business Decision, New York Times NFL reporter Ken Belson gives his Super Bowl picks and discusses how power really works in the league. It flows through Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Their voices in the #nfl highlights today how the league got to be so big and rich. This episode isn't just about NFL scores but also the secrets of the league's most important owners. Mike and Ken discuss the NFL's secret shame machine, Robert Kraft's homegrown eggs, the TV deal that set it on course to be what it is today, and the FOX NFL music. Ken's book's is available now. Every Day Is Sunday: How Jerry Jones, Robert Kraft, and Roger Goodell Turned the NFL into a Cultural & Economic Juggernaut #cowboys #patriots #madden

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