Saturday Night’s Alright For Commenting: 8/1/2020

Photo by Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post via Getty ImagesA Tale of Two Owners

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away a man named Jack Kent Cooke owned an NFL franchise located in Washington, DC. Cooke was the J.J. Watt of owners, giving more to the community than he ever took, knowing if he was going to make a living on the backs of the locals, he owed them something in return. Cooke was one of the last, if not the last NFL owner to build a stadium for his team, Fed Ex Field, without one penny of public money.

This mindset of existing symbiotically with the population worked very well for Cooke, who owned the NFL team, the LA Lakers, LA Kings and Toronto Maple Leafs, among other…