Thread: John Kent Cooke
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Old 10-25-2007, 01:13 PM   #15
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Re: John Kent Cooke

I heard from a couple of people who would know as well as anybody that Jack Kent Cooke used to give John a lot of busywork projects to keep him away from being involved in the key decisions of the franchise. When it came time to close deals with players for example, Papa Cooke allegedly used to have his son in at the beginning and then send him off to find things like the best bottle of champagne, and while he was gone the deal would actually be negotiated. Apparently, it was a running inside joke that as long as John was in the room it meant Jack wasn't planning on doing anything.
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