ay ▁and ▁Kl iff ▁Kings bury , ▁according ▁The ▁Und efe ated ▁writer , ▁Jason ▁Re id , ▁black ▁assist ants ▁told ▁him ▁that , ▁“ It ’ s ▁cr ushing ▁that ▁someone ▁with ▁such ▁an ▁un im press ive ▁res ume ▁could ▁asc end ▁to ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁their ▁business ▁merely ▁because ▁his ▁background ▁is ▁on ▁off ense … ”. ▁▁ ▁The ▁power ▁dynamics ▁between ▁the ▁own ers ▁and ▁players ▁in ▁the ▁NFL ▁has ▁created ▁ra cial ▁inequality ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁groups . ▁ 3 0 ▁own ers ▁are ▁white ▁while ▁only ▁two ▁own ers ▁are ▁of ▁color ▁( one ▁is ▁from ▁Pakistan ▁and ▁one ▁is ▁Asian ▁American ). ▁Richard ▁Roth , ▁sports ▁att orney ▁who ▁has ▁represented ▁P ey ton ▁Mann ing , ▁claimed , ▁“ 2 2 ▁of ▁the ▁teams ▁in ▁the ▁NFL ▁have ▁been ▁owned ▁by ▁the ▁same ▁person ▁or ▁family ▁for ▁at ▁least ▁ 2 0 ▁years ” ▁. Dr . ▁Richard ▁Lap ch ick , ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Institute ▁for ▁D iversity ▁and ▁Eth ics ▁in ▁Sports , ▁claimed , ▁“ Who ▁own ers ▁inv ite ▁into ▁their ▁frat ern ity - and ▁its ▁over wh el ming ly ▁a ▁frat ern ity - is ▁self - select ive ”. ▁O wn ers ▁of ▁teams ▁must ▁be ▁very ▁wealth y ▁as ▁teams ▁“ Cost ▁up wards ▁of ▁$ 1 B ”. ▁Due ▁to ▁wealth ▁inequality ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁there ▁are ▁few ▁black ▁billion aires ▁who ▁could ▁be ▁potential ▁candidates . ▁Furthermore , ▁from ▁a ▁social