Will the NFL discipline Woody Johnson?

Jets owner Woody Johnson is in hot water after allegations surfaced that he made racist and sexist remarks and was investigated by the State Department for using his position as ambassador to the United Kingdom to promote President Donald Trump’s business overseas. Johnson has since denied this report and general manager Joe Douglas defended the Jets owner after Johnson’s brother, current Jets CEO and Chairman Christopher Johnson, told Douglas the reports were false.

But what will come of all this? It’s impossible to tell without more information, but we’ve seen what’s happened to other team owners when similar allegations came to light. The NBA banned former Clippers owner Donald Sterling after audio tapes revealing he made racist remarks, and the Sterling family sold the team soon after in 2014. The NFL didn’t do the same to former Panthers owner Jerry Richardson in 2017 following reports that he engaged in inappropriate workplace comments that included sexually suggestive and racist remarks, but Richardson still sold the team.