On Saturday a story on the Jets’ official web site reported that a coin toss would be used to determine whether the Jets or Giants got to host the first game at the teams’ new stadium.
The league office says Commissioner Roger Goodell, not a coin, will make that decision.
The New York Daily News reports that an NFL spokesman (who curiously isn’t named in the report) said on Sunday that Goodell is the one who “determines the schedule,” and that “Other than that, we have no announcements on the schedule now.”
A Giants source told the Daily News that the Jets have been pushing the coin toss idea because they think the league is planning to give the game to the Giants.
The Jets, however, stand by their story, and team spokesman Bruce Speight says, “We look forward to the coin toss.”