New York Jets: Christopher Johnson should remain in charge when Woody returns
Current acting New York Jets CEO Christopher Johnson should remain in charge of the day-to-day operations of the Jets when his older brother returns from the UK.
When Leon Hess died in 1999, the New York Jets were put up for sale. Robert Wood Johnson IV — a.k.a. Woody — bought the team, outbidding Charles Dolan, for $635 million. The Jets have had some good times, but mostly bad under the ownership of Johnson. In fact, over the last few years, they have been called dysfunctional. That’s not a good look for the owner.
On Aug. 21, 2017, he was sworn in as ambassador, but when he was nominated by President Trump to be a United States ambassador to the United Kingdom, his brother, Christopher, took over the day-to-day operations of the team.
Since then, the team not only seems to be heading in the right direction, but the man in charge seems to also have the backing of his players. That’s something we never heard from about the elder Johnson.
The first thing that happened was Christopher standing on the sidelines with the team during the national anthem in a sign on solidarity in the 2017 season. The second thing was, even though he was one of the owners that approved the new rule, saying that the team would absorb all fines as a result of anthem protests. The third just recently happened. A free agent willingly signed with the Jets after changing his mind about a contract offer from another club.
In fact, second-year safety Jamal Adams went out of his way to acknowledge Johnson on Twitter:
A man of the players, Mr. Johnson! Thank you for everything you do for us! First-Class gesture https://t.co/CYciPWKzBb
— Jamal Adams (@Prez) May 23, 2018
We will never know if it would’ve happened this way under his brother. However, this franchise has turned from a place no player would’ve wanted to come to a potential destination place, and the only major change was from one brother to the another.
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It may be a short time, but things have changed so drastically in New York, that it’s palpable. Christopher Johnson should undoubtedly remain in charge when Woody returns. It’s what’s best for the organization.