Here are 25 fair questions for Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti that cut through the purple fog in Owings Mills:
1. Who is the single person in your organization with the authority to tell you “no” — and when was the last time they did it without fear for their job?
2. When you say “accountability,” what is the actual consequence for failure? Not the word. The consequence.
3. What’s the organizational standard for truth-telling? Not to fans. Not to sponsors. Not to the league. Inside the building, when things go wrong.
4. If you believe this is a “championship organization,” why does it feel like the culture is always explained, never demonstrated when it matters most?
5. How many seasons of “almost” does it take before you admit that “stability” has become a shield for complacency?
6. Do you evaluate leadership like you evaluate players? If a player can be cut after a bad month, why can’t a coach or executive be held to the same performance reality?
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7. Who decided the public message strategy that treats legitimate questions like disloyalty?
8. On the record: what is your philosophy on independent media? Not team-friendly media. Not “partners.” Independent, sometimes critical, sometimes inconvenient.
9. What is the written policy on credentials and access — and why does it so often feel like it’s enforced like a vibe, not a rule?
10. If a PR department can effectively decide who’s “legitimate,” who is policing the police inside your building?
11. How do you measure “culture” beyond posters and podium words? Give me the metric. Give me the standard. Give me the enforcement.
12. Who is responsible when the public messaging is misleading, evasive, or “selectively complete”? Name the title.
13. Do you believe fans are customers, citizens, or marks? Because the pricing says “customers,” the messaging says “family,” and the accountability says “please stop asking.”
814. What is your honest definition of “Ravens Way” in 2026? And how is it different from “Ravens Brand”?
15. When things go wrong on the field, you talk about execution. When things go wrong off the field, you talk about miscommunication. Why is “miscommunication” always the safe word?
16. In your quiet moments: do you think the building has become too insulated from criticism because winning used to cover everything?
17. Who is your most important internal truth-teller: the head coach, the GM, your business executives, or your PR leadership? And which one do you trust least to tell you the ugly truth?
18. If the locker room is fractured or strained, do you actually know first-hand — or do you learn it through filtered reports?
19. What’s your plan if your star players privately believe the organization protects itself before it protects the truth? Do you even accept that as a possibility?
20. How do you evaluate the relationship between your football leadership and your franchise quarterback — and who is held responsible if that relationship fails?
821. Are you comfortable with the idea that fans feel gaslit — not because of losses, but because of how losses are explained?
22. If your organization is as values-driven as it claims, why do the hardest questions always get answered in private, on the phone, with no paper trail?
23. What’s the one decision you’ve made in the last five years that you now regret — not because it didn’t work, but because it compromised your standard of honesty?
24. Do you believe the organization has earned the benefit of the doubt from Baltimore right now? If yes, list the receipts — not the slogans.
25. The big one: What would had to happen for you to make a change that hurts emotionally but is right organizationally? Where is your line? And do you even have one anymore?
