NFL’s PR chief fires back at Mark Cuban’s comments

Greg Aiello thanked Mark Cuban for being such a big fan. (USATSI)

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Mavericks owner Mark Cuban tweaked the NFL a couple days ago, saying the league would implode in 10 years' time because of its greed in trying to expand its TV deals to include days other than Sunday and Monday.

"It's all football," he said. "At some point, the people get sick of it."

Cuban laid out his feelings in greater detail in this Facebook post in which he gave five reasons why the NFL would destroy itself: 1) he wouldn't want his son playing football, 2) player behavior could impact the perception of the game, 3) expanding games into Saturday will further dilute the product, 4) the unknown future of fantasy football platforms, and 5) the unknown future of TV.

Since the owners' meetings are happening this week in Orlando, Cuban's comments have been a topic of conversation, and commissioner Roger Goodell and Patriots owner Robert Kraft kind of waved off the criticism Monday.

But credit NFL PR man Greg Aiello, a man I once called "brusque," with this awesome retort Tuesday.

Dear Mark: We appreciate your interest & for taking time to share your views. It's the passion of fans like you that makes the NFL special.

— Greg Aiello (@gregaiello) March 25, 2014

Nicely. Done.

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As Michael Vick settles in with the Jets, it looks like the void he left as the backup quarterback in Philadelphia will be filled by a former Jet.ESPN's Chris Mortensen first reported Monday that Mark Sanchez is expected to sign with the Eagles. This was corroborated by the New York Daily News' Manish Mehta shortly thereafter, and Pro Football Talk added, via a source, that Philadelphia "wants to learn more about [Sanchez's] injured shoulder before proceeding." Mortensen says that Sanchez has resumed throwing and is about 80 percent recovered from the surgery to fix the labrum in his right shoulder that he underwent in October.



Got all that? It's not done yet, but assuming what is expected does happen, it would have no impact on Nick Foles' fantasy value. Sanchez would presumably push Matt Barkley for the No. 2 job in Chip Kelly's system. I could make some jokes about Sanchez, but that would be too cheap and easy, so I'll just stop here since I have nothing left to say about this.