Education Quote by Ron Jaworski

Jaworski’s line reads like the moment a former player-turned-insider stops playing commentator and starts playing translator. The key phrase is “as I learn more and more,” which signals a slow reveal: this isn’t a hot take, it’s an accumulating suspicion hardening into certainty. He’s inviting you behind the curtain, where the real game is not Sundays but spreadsheets.

The punch is “at all costs.” Coming from an athlete, it’s loaded. In football talk, it’s motivational; in labor talk, it’s ominous. Jaworski isn’t claiming owners wanted a deal because they love labor peace. He’s implying they needed it, and that need made them ruthless and flexible in the ways that matter to power. A six-year extension isn’t just a contract term; it’s a stability purchase. It locks in predictable revenues, cements TV money, keeps stadium financing humming, and makes the league look like the steadiest product in American entertainment. If you’re an owner, labor certainty is an asset.

The subtext is that the “new deal” was never a coin flip. Owners, with deeper pockets and longer time horizons, can treat negotiations like infrastructure: pay upfront, collect later. Jaworski’s framing also subtly nudges blame away from messy public narratives about player greed or union brinkmanship. He’s saying the owners knew the outcome they needed, and when you know the outcome, you shape the process.