The Giants have sold a piece of their pigskin soul to the
soulless Koch family. It allowed them to buy into America’s #1 Sunday
religion.
One must ask: How scary is the influence MAGA wields at
the NFL owner’s Roundtable? Imagine Darth
Vader calling plays while Ebenezer Scrooge
does the salary cap math and Joseph Goebbels
runs the PR shop. That’s the kind of power
cocktail we’re sipping when politics,
football, and authoritarian nostalgia cross
streams at the billionaire’s table that
controls America’s Sunday religion.
The NFL Owner’s Roundtable: Billionaires,
Bourbon, and Backroom Deals
Forget the myth of the NFL as a “league of equals.” The
real action doesn’t happen on the gridiron; it
happens in the leather-clad sanctum of the
owners’ Roundtable, where thirty-two men -
nearly all white, nearly all conservative,
nearly all absurdly wealthy - decide the fate
of the most popular sport in America.
This isn’t a table - it’s an altar. And what they worship
is money, control, and power. The MAGA ethos
slides right in, no introductions necessary.
Whether it’s blocking players from kneeling
during the anthem, slow-walking concussion
settlements, or keeping the league’s top jobs
whiter than a Nebraska tailgate, the
Roundtable already hums on a MAGA frequency.
The Koch Family Joins the Huddle
And now? Enter stage right: the Koch
Family. Once referred to as the Koch Brothers,
Charles and David, David checked out in 2019,
leaving the Koch Family to purchase 10% of the
Giants in 2025. They have long treated
American politics like a Monopoly board.
They’ve spent decades bankrolling right-wing
think tanks, anti-union campaigns, climate
denial operations, and voter suppression
initiatives.
So when Charles Koch plunked down cash
for a stake in the New York Giants, let’s not
pretend this is some quaint love of football.
This is about influence - buying a front-row
seat at the cultural coliseum where politics,
entertainment, and identity collide.
A Koch in the Roundtable means more than
just a minority stake. It’s symbolic: the same
billionaires who poisoned democracy are now
extending their reach into the NFL. If the GOP
is their political arm and Fox News their
megaphone, the NFL just became their pulpit.
Jerry Jones: Trump’s
Kindred Spirit in a Cowboy Hat
And then there’s Jerry Jones - the Dallas Cowboys’
carnival barker and self-appointed kingmaker
of the NFL. Jones is the living embodiment of
the Trump ethos: loud, shameless, addicted to
the spotlight, and convinced that there’s no
such thing as bad press.
Jones once said he’d bench any Cowboys player who dared
kneel during the anthem. Sound familiar? It
echoes Trump’s 2017 rant, where he called NFL
players who protested police brutality “sons
of bitches” who should be “fired on the spot.”
Both men, in lockstep, weaponized patriotism
as a club to silence Black voices.
For Jones, like Trump, headlines are currency. Scandals
don’t sink them - they feed them. From sexual
harassment lawsuits to mismanagement flubs,
Jones treats controversy as free marketing,
the same way Trump turned bankruptcies,
lawsuits, and insurrections into fuel for his
brand.
And look at how Jones has handled Micah Parsons - the
Cowboys’ generational talent who dares to
speak with a little backbone. Parsons has been
publicly chastised, belittled, and scolded for
expressing his own thoughts, as though his job
description is to sack quarterbacks and shut
his mouth. Jones wants stars, but only if they
shine the way he directs - another example of
MAGA-style control where individuality is
tolerated right up until it threatens the
plantation hierarchy.
The MAGA Playbook on the Field
So what does MAGA’s presence look like at the NFL
Roundtable? It looks like:
● Controlling the Narrative: Anthem protests framed as treason, not free speech.
● Protecting the Heritage: “Tradition” becomes code for keeping the league’s power
structure white, male, and conservative at the
top.
● Punishing Dissent: Colin Kaepernick’s career torched, while Jon Gruden’s
comeback gets floated.
And now, Shedeur Sanders and his father, Coach Prime, are
feeling the same sting. Shedeur is one of the
most electric young quarterbacks in the game,
but the owners whisper “too flashy,” “too
cocky,” “too uppity.” Translation: too
unapologetically Black, too unwilling to bow
his head. His father, meanwhile, has turned
Colorado football into a cultural movement -
so naturally, the establishment treats him
like a problem to be managed rather than a
trailblazer to be celebrated. The punishment
comes not in words but in whispers, in draft
stock manipulation, in backroom judgments, in
the subtle blackballing of anyone who doesn’t
know their “place.”
The MAGA Playbook: Punish Kaepernick,
shackle Shedeur and silence Parsons”
This isn’t accidental. It’s systemic. MAGA doesn’t just
coexist with the NFL - it animates it. The
Kochs bring money. Jones brings spectacle.
Trump brings grievance politics. Together,
they turn the NFL into a cultural superweapon:
the ultimate crossover event between politics
and sports.
Why This Should Terrify You
The NFL isn’t just a sports league; it’s a stage where
America works out its identity in real time.
If MAGA controls this space, it controls a
massive slice of American culture. A
Koch-funded, Trump-approved,
Jerry-Jones-managed NFL doesn’t just influence
what happens on Sundays. Tragically, pathetically, it influences how millions of Americans interpret patriotism, protest, race, and power.
Think about it: the same Koch network that funds voter
suppression now has its hooks in the Giants.
The same Trump who told Black athletes to
“shut up and stand” is still a kingmaker with
half the owners. The same Jerry Jones who
treats scandal like a marketing plan is
steering the Cowboys - and influencing the
entire league - like it’s his personal brand
of MAGA reality TV. And the same ownership
circle that crucified Kaepernick is now
quietly undermining Shedeur Sanders and
dismissing Coach Prime, just for daring to
carry themselves with confidence instead of
contrition.
This isn’t about football. This is about democracy, and
how billionaires in cowboy hats, red ties, and
Koch boardrooms are running the ball down the
field while the rest of us are stuck watching
from the bleachers.
So, under such dire circumstances, it’s the opening week
of the 2025-26 season, and not one player went
down to one knee during the national anthem,
not one raised a fist in open defiance during
the anthem, not one remained back in the
locker room or turned their back to the flag.
It was so quiet, you could hear a rat piss on
cotton.
Oh why can’t the blind see?!
Final Whistle: “Kneel, Shut Up, Play: How Trump, Jones,
and Kochs Script the NFL”
So, how scary is the influence MAGA wields at the NFL
owner’s Roundtable? Scarier than a 300-pound
linebacker running a 4.4 forty straight at
you. Because unlike the game on the field,
this one isn’t four quarters long. This one’s
about rewriting the rules - who gets to speak,
who gets to protest, who gets to profit, and
who gets benched in the great American
experiment.
And trust me, MAGA’s already in the huddle, drawing up
plays.s
