Donald Trump stopped proudly owning skilled soccer groups virtually 40 years in the past, however he nonetheless has his fingerprints on considered one of them.
After successful the 2024 election, there’s a practical probability the New York Jets could possibly be straight affected.
That is as a result of their proprietor, Woody Johnson, may return to his position as Trump’s ambassador to the UK.
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Donald Trump and Woody Johnson attend the New York Jets kickoff luncheon get together at Cipriani Wall Road Aug. 27, 2008, in New York. (Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Pictures)
CBS Sports activities stories the Jets are getting ready for that very scenario. SportsNet New York says some within the group anticipate Johnson to work alongside Trump once more.
In a convention name to debate his firing of Robert Saleh, Johnson was known as “Ambassador Johnson” by Jets PR.
Johnson ditched the Jets to work for Trump in January 2017, giving his brother, Chris, full management of the crew.
Whereas Chris was in cost, the Jets made some questionable strikes. Chris fired former normal supervisor Mike Maccagnan in 2019, simply weeks after the NFL Draft.Â
Former President Trump, left, listens as Robert Wooden Johnson, chairman and proprietor of the New York Jets, speaks throughout a Nevada Republican caucus night time watch get together in Las Vegas Feb. 8, 2024. (Ian Maule/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures)
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Chris then employed Joe Douglas, who then employed Saleh because the crew’s head coach to interchange Adam Gase. Saleh’s hiring got here simply days earlier than President Biden was inaugurated.
Woody, nevertheless, fired Saleh 5 video games into this season after the Jets began 2-3. They misplaced their first three video games after Saleh’s firing however bought again within the win column Oct. 31 towards the Houston Texans.
Donald Trump and Woody Johnson (AP Newsroom/Imagn)
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There was hypothesis Johnson fired Saleh as a result of the crew misplaced in London.
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