Why do NFL team owners travel to most of their team games?

I have spent a bit of time on this issue when comparing NFL and English football team owners. One of the overriding issues is that NFL owners are almost universally very rich persons. I do not mean rich. I mean obscenely rich. In most cases the NFL team is not the largest asset in their portfolio. read more

In my view, most owners mainly attend games because they like football and they like owning a team. (By the way, watch the documentary series called Hard Knocks. You really get a feel for the owners’ love of the sport and their desire to be part of the team, not as an investor but as a quasi-general manager. read more

the NFL and the teams share the same revenue stream. Teams can have some autonomy over certain parts (team stores, merchandise, ticket sales, etc.), but the NFL handles some deals that benefit all teams (TV revenue been the major one). read more