Misery loves company, and a whole lot of people in England are about to share the misery of the fans of the New York Jets.

Jets’ owner Woody Johnson has agreed on a £190 million deal ($254m) to buy a 43% stake in Premier League team Crystal Palace from American businessman John Textor. The move was announced by the club on Monday.

The agreement is subject to Premier League approval and Johnson passing the league's Owners and Directors' Test, otherwise known at the Fit and Proper Persons Test. That shouldn’t be too much of an issue for Johnson who was an Ambassador to the UK under President Donald Trump in his first term.

"Whilst the completion is pending approval from the Premier League and Women's Super League, we do not envisage any issues and look forward to welcoming Woody as a partner and director of the club," Palace added in a statement.

"We would like to go on record to thank John Textor for his contribution over the past four years and wish him every success for the future."

Johnson previously tried to get into the soccer world when made a failed bid to buy Chelsea after previous owner, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Johnson has previously declared himself to be a Chelsea supporter.

I believe that Johnson’s sports ownership diversification can only mean good things for the Jets and their fans. I have long maintained that Woody Johnson is one of the worst owners, not only in the NFL, but in sports. Members of his organization have made it abundantly clear what they think of him. From dodging the media when things got tough, to the whole Madden rating fiasco, Woody Johnson’s tenure as owner of the Jets is nothing but an abject failure.

Woody’s problem isn’t that he is cheap, in fact that is one of the few good things I have to say about him. Woody doesn’t mind spending on players. Woody’s issue is he is far too involved with football decisions when he has no clue what he is doing. Giving Woody Johnson another high-profile, headline-grabbing organization to focus his attention on might just give the Jets the break from his terrible micro-managing that they need to finally turn this organization around.

Woody spends far too much time in the Jets’ offices despite the fact that he is the head of a multi-billion dollar organization. Having someone around who doesn’t know what he is doing, but holds all the power has, in my opinion, been the biggest factor in the Jets 14-year playoff drought.

Let Woody go to the U.K. and ruin another organization based on video game ratings and headline battles. Leave the Jets to people that actually know football. Hopefully the Jets already have those people in place.

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