# Those poor, mistreated NFL owners **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [November 22, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540 "2023-11-22T16:43:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LoneRhino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lonerhino/32/1311_2.png) [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540/1 "2023-11-22T16:43:57Z")
Colts owner Jim Irsay talks about his DUI arrest in 2014. > **[Jim Irsay blames his 2014 arrest on police prejudice against white billionaires](https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/jim-irsay-blames-his-2014-arrest-on-police-prejudice-against-white-billionaires)** > > Colts owner Jim Irsay says his 2014 arrest for driving under the influence was a result of prejudice against him for being white and rich. The money quote is “I am prejudiced against because I’m a rich, white billionaire” ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540/2 "2023-11-22T17:25:48Z")
He’s probably not wrong. Though I’m not buying that the police are in the cohort who are likely to be most biased. Also, obviously, boo fucking hoo. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540/3 "2023-11-22T18:03:08Z")
It’s a known fact around town (I live in Indy) that Carmel police pull over 100% of the drunk/drugged up white billionaires in town, and 0% of the black ones. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540/4 "2023-11-22T22:49:01Z")
> [@LoneRhino](#): > > The money quote is “I am prejudiced against because I’m a rich, white billionaire” I’m prejudiced against him for it, so I guess there’s a bit of truth to it. Due to that prejudice though, I have zero sympathy. Boo hoo, wipe your tears with some hundred dollar bills or the fur of some extinct animal you have on your giant bed. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540/5 "2023-11-22T23:15:50Z")
Irsay has struck me, for years, as being tone-deaf, privileged, and maybe not terribly intelligent, as well. So, there’s nothing in here that surprises me. Dude, you were pulled over because you were driving while impaired, and you admitted as much. Full stop. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540/6 "2023-11-22T23:20:48Z")
Oh, I needed a good laugh today. Thanks for that. ---
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540/7 "2023-11-22T23:31:10Z")
As a Baltimorean of a certain age, I cannot refrain from blurting out _Irsay sucks!_ whenever I see that name. And I don’t even care that much about football! ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540/8 "2023-11-22T23:55:00Z")
Man is he wishing Dan Snyder was still around. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540/9 "2023-11-23T01:16:44Z")
Actually, my first thought was, “Was he arrested in Baltimore? He might have a point.” ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540/10 "2023-11-23T01:48:55Z")
From the article: > He has admitted he had prescription painkillers and a sedative in his system at the time. He has not explained why, as a billionaire, he didn’t hire someone to drive him when he was unsteady after surgery. It’s because his ass was too drunk and/or high to think of that. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540/11 "2023-11-23T13:22:48Z")
Wasn’t there a recent poll or article that said that Irsay was voted the worst owner in the NFL now? This sucks for me. I’m a diehard Colts fan, born and raised in Indiana. I can appreciate the moments when Irsay at least _talks_ about making a winning team. But then he goes and fucks up the goodwill by shooting off this mouth like this. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540/12 "2023-11-23T13:37:58Z")
Does being a billionaire always turn one into being such whiny and unsexy jerks? Sure seems that way lately. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540/13 "2023-11-23T13:55:14Z")
Of course not. You don’t know about the ones who aren’t, who are certainly the vast majority, because they keep to themselves ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540/14 "2023-11-23T14:10:09Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Does being a billionaire always turn one into being such whiny and unsexy jerks? > > Sure seems that way lately. Warren Buffet is pretty sexy. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540/15 "2023-11-23T14:11:37Z")
Well, we all have our kinks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540/16 "2023-11-23T14:32:30Z")
Seems to me that you could party pretty good with the $29,000 in cash he reportedly had in the car, not to mention the “various prescription drugs”. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540/17 "2023-11-23T15:09:13Z")
Irsay is basically Elon Musk without the accomplishments. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540/18 "2023-11-23T19:33:18Z")
I do think Irsay deserves a good deal of credit for his efforts in promoting mental health issues via the NFL. He has a lot of demons he’s battled for most of his life, and has lost at least as many as he’s won. He rarely shies away from the topic, which makes this particular rant of his a bit perplexing. He’s spent a considerable amount of money making it the Colts’ off-field issue that they promote. [Kicking the Stigma](https://www.colts.com/community/kicking-the-stigma/) is the name of the program, if anyone’s interested. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540/19 "2023-11-23T20:00:53Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > He rarely shies away from the topic, which makes this particular rant of his a bit perplexing. Indeed, as well as choosing to dredge up an incident from nine years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540/20 "2023-11-23T20:11:11Z")
If I was a billionaire I’d never get pulled over because I’d be in the back with the minibar. Looking through the [list of chauffeurs,](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fictional_chauffeurs) I’d have either Kato or Parker at the wheel [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-poor-mistreated-nfl-owners/993540.md?page=2)