The Best Untold Story of 2007: Arthur Blank

-Did Petrino see the handwriting on the wall early-on and was planning his exit the whole time?
 
-Were Vick and his advisors pretty certain he'd face jail time before Blank and Rich McKay decided to "make a show of support for their guy" by trading Matt Schaub to Houston?
 
-Was Mora actively seeking a move to Washington state well before he slipped and let his thoughts become public?
 
Hard to say. Because the pattern has repeated itself so may times, it's fair to explore whether Mr. Blank is simply one of those "kick me here" perennial victims.

But it also raises the legitimate question of whether the way things now get done in the NFL have descended to a point where bright, honest, well-intentioned individuals get regularly screwed by ambitious high-ego people with the personal loyalty of Aaron Burr.
 
The NFL family has many issues to contend with, including: Criminal activity among its players, concussions, care and treatment of former players, high paid players as targets, and performance enhancing drugs. To effectively deal with these problems while attempting to put its best public foot forward, it needs all the "good guys" it can get.
 
Allowing honorable owners like Arthur Blank to be screwed over by less-principled members of the NFL family is tantamount to "eating your young."
 
Without a doubt, there are other sides of each incident worth exploring. But it all comes down to: "Why has a good guy like Arthur Blank been screwed over so repeatedly?" and "Does this mean that NFL owners have to be bastards in order to survive?"
 
For all of the above reasons, I believe this represents the Best Untold Sports Story of 2007.

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