Jets owner Woody Johnson fires back at NFLPA over F grade on bogus report card

PALM BEACH, Fla.— F that.Jets owner Woody Johnson fired back at the NFLPA on Monday after the players’ union gave him an F on their recent report cards.“My first read is I think it was totally bogus,” Johnson said at the NFL’s annual meeting.

“I thought this whole setup, the way it was done … that’s enough said on that.”The NFLPA did a survey of players and then released report cards for each team in February.Johnson was the only owner to be given a grade of F.

Johnson took issue with how the survey was conducted.“How they collected the information, who they collected from was supposed to be according to the agreement we have with the league,” Johnson said.“It’s supposed to be a process where we have representatives and they have representatives, so we know that it’s an honest survey.

That was violated, in my opinion.I’m going to leave it at that.

But I think there’s a lot of owners who looked at that survey and said this is not fair, it’s not balanced, it’s not every player, it’s not even representative of the players.”While Johnson was not a fan of the report cards, he did say he wants to make a better effort to have open communication with the Jets players.There were complaints about the food at the Jets’ training center, which seemed to strike a nerve with Johnson.“The relationship with the players is very, very important,” Johnson said.

“We want to make sure the players are involved now.Whatever they want to comment on, have a committee of the players and if they like soufflé this or fish that or stake that, they should tell us.

If they’re getting bored with the food or bored with the way the place looks, let me know.I can’t do anything if they don’t tell me.

We’re going to have a lot better communication with the players.”Johnson said the Jets strive to be the best.Sign up for Inside the Jets by Brian Costello, a weekly Sports+ exclusive.

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