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The Sliver of Hope for Jay-Z’s NFL Ambitions

You could see the wheels turning in Eric Reid’s head Friday night as he learned of TMZ’s report that Jay-Z will have a “significant ownership interest” in an unnamed NFL team.

The Panthers safety, speaking in front of his locker after a preseason loss to the Bills, had been trying to make sense of the mogul’s new endeavor since news of his partnership with the league broke early in the week.

The latest news could go one of two ways, and in that moment Reid was grappling with both. On one hand, it could be “despicable” as Reid called it.