Partnership has its privileges.

The NFL, which has had an array of media broadcast partners for decades, seems to be expanding the extent to which it puts its hooks into those that are otherwise in position to paint Big Shield in a less-than-stellar way.

In the wake of an agreement that, if approved by the current administration, would give the NFL a 10-percent equity stake in ESPN, the league has struck a couple of deals with media outlets that previously had full and complete independence to report on anything/everything that the league would prefer not to be mentioned.

Last week, it was the NFL and FrontOfficeSports.com. Presumably for a sizable fee — and perhaps for the unspoken exercise of discretion — FOS will enjoy expanded “ access ” to the league.

On Thursday, the New Y

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