Football visionary Woody Johnson is buying a stake in English soccer team Crystal Palace

Football visionary Woody Johnson is buying a stake in English soccer team Crystal Palace
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In this episode, we send sympathy to Palace supporters.

Jets owner Woody Johnson has agreed to buy 43 percent of English Premier League club Crystal Palace.

Johnsonโ€™s interest in Crystal Palace was first reported last week.

The only good news for supporters of Crystal Palace is that Johnson is not buying a controlling stake. (That means he wonโ€™t be running the team.)

It isnโ€™t entirely clear what this means for the Jets. If Johnson is distracted enough by his new, shiny toy perhaps he will be less involved with the Jets on a day to day basis. That canโ€™t possibly be a bad thing. It is worth noting that the last time Woody was occupied by a venture in England, his brother took on a bigger role. So we might just end up with a different flavor of the same Johnson family incompetence.

But we can certainly dream that this could mean less day to day involvement for Woody.