Jews in the NFL owner's box
One in three NFL teams has a Jewish owner
The Atlanta Jewish Times summed up Jewish influence in the NFL with its headline, “Who’s in the Owner’s Box? Jews!” Although it’s been a few years, not much has changed.
There are 32 NFL teams. More than a third of the league — 11 out of 32 — is directly owned by Jews with controlling stakes.
These are the NFL teams with Jewish owners
Arthur Blank1 (Atlanta Falcons)
David Tepper2 (Carolina Panthers)
Jim Irsay3 (Indianapolis Colts)
Mark Davis4 (Las Vegas Raiders)
Stephen Ross5 (Miami Dolphins)
Wilf family (Minnesota Vikings)
Robert Kraft6 (New England Patriots)
Steve Tisch7 (New York Giants)
Jeffrey Lurie8 (Philadelphia Eagles)
Glazer family (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Josh Harris and Mitchell Rales9 (Washington Commanders)
While researching this, I found out NFL rules require the general partner to own at least 30% of the team. And they forbid a majority owner from owning part of another NFL team.
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Arthur Blank owns 70% of the Atlanta Falcons. Some of the remaining shares are owned by Jews, including Doug Hertz, Alan Kestenbaum, and Edward Mendel.
David Tepper owns 100% of the Carolina Panthers.
Jim Irsay owns 100% of the Indianapolis Colts.
Mark Davis and his mother Carol own 40% of the Las Vegas Raiders. Another Jewish co-owner — Michael Meldman — owns 7.5%.
Stephen Ross owns 84.5% of the Miami Dolphins. Most of the remaining shares are also owned by Jews, including Anthony Ressler and Oliver Weisberg. Ressler is co-founder and chairman of Ares Management, which owns 13%. Oliver Weisberg has an undisclosed share. The only Miami Dolphins shareholder who is not Jewish is Joe Tsai.
Robert Kraft owns 100% of the New England Patriots.
Steve Tisch and his family own 50% of the New York Giants since 1991. The rest is owned by John Mara, who is not Jewish.
Jeffrey Lurie owns 85% of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Josh Harris owns 30% and Mitchel Rales owns 12% of the Washington Commanders. Both are Jewish. Other Jews such as Mark Ein, David Blitzer, Marc Lipschultz, and Michael Sapir also own undisclosed shares.