NFL owners meeting is nothing special
When we heard that some of the richest men in the world — i.e. NFL owners — were meeting Tuesday in Boston, we imagined a procession of long black limos rolling from Logan Airport to the front door of the Four Seasons. We were wrong. The billionaires — no fewer than 18 of the league’s teams have owners in that rarefied income bracket — gathered instead at the Hyatt Boston Harbor, a utilitarian-looking lodging just a few first downs from the airport. (It used to be called the Hyatt Harborside.) Why there and not, say, at the Mandarin Oriental, the InterContinental, or the Ritz-Carlton? Convenience. This was a one-day business meeting, not an excuse for the pigskin privileged to wine and dine. The owners started early Tuesday. After an ordinary buffet-style breakfast, they huddled in one of the ballrooms like any other trade group. But, let’s be honest, there’s no confusing Robert Kraft,
Falcons owner Arthur Blank, or the Cowboys’ Jerry Jones for members of the Grocery Manufacturers Association. Lunch was another unremarkable buffet — penne pasta, clam chowder, and salad. Then it was back to the ballroom. At day’s end, the owners packed their brushed leather briefcases and headed out. The hotel’s main driveway was blocked by at least a dozen limos, with drivers standing with signs with the last names of some of sports’ most famous owners: “Jones,’’ “[Daniel] Snyder’’ and “[John] Mara,’’ among others. From there it was off for the airport and the jets waiting on the runway.
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