Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross has now owned the Dolphins for a decade. What lessons have the past 10 years yielded? Hopefully Miami’s painful stretch of infighting and a mediocre product have schooled Ross on the ins and outs of NFL politics. It seems to have made a mark, as Ross’ 2019 front office overhaul was a drastic shift from what we’ve seen him try to implement for his Dolphins’ organization throughout the rest of the decade.
One thing we can formally put to bed? That the painful lessons of Ross’ first ten years of ownership will result in him walking away and selling the team. Pro Football Talk released a report speculating that the Miami Dolphins may be on a collision course with quarterback Tom Brady — and that part of the allure may be Brady picking up a minority ownership in the team. Would that materialize, according to Pro Football Talk, it would likely come with Ross selling the team “sooner than later.”
Ross wasted little time squashing the speculation yesterday.
“I have no interest in selling (the Dolphins). Zero. Got it?,” said Ross.
“People want to write. They can write whatever they want to. I’m an owner till I die. I love it.”
That doesn’t leave a lot of room for ambiguity — and so we are likely to bid the hypothetical of Miami entering a new decade or new era with anyone other than Stephen Ross at the helm farewell. And if Ross has truly learned his lessons after a painful first ten years of NFL ownership, then that might just be the best possible thing for the Dolphins when it is all said and done.
