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don't care = don't vote
Thats a good way of putting it.He cleaned up the off-flied problem the NFL was having, he did an outstanding job with that. But I think he got a little carried away with the fines, the special rules to protect the QBs are a bit much.Remember TD Celebrations.... they were usually funny.I hate when they play games outside of the country; any owner that agrees to have their team take a flight to London and give his team a short work week so they can go play Football on a soccer field and give up a home game does not care about their players. There is zero advantage in having your team do this and its clearly all about "how much money can we make."
The NFL still has about the same amount of off-field problems.
1. The rules committee is as much or more involved in the QB protection stuff.2. There is plenty of advantage for all involved by expanding the sport of American football outside of this country. NFL Europe couldn't cut it, though. No one could honestly believe that putting minor league teams in Europe, Latin America, or Asia would significantly expand the sport. Ceding the world to soccer may be required... but basketball and baseball, especially? Football can own them, and should try. NFL must lead that charge.
Agree with all of these. On the flip side, he has taken a hard stance to prevent the NFL from turning into the NBA. For that, I applaud him.
Does the Ocho Cinco jersey situation matter? Do we rule on the decision?
Completely agree. The Raiders situation was disgraceful.
Ask Bud Admas about this.
What it really needs is a "Do not bother opening thread if you don't care" warning.
Chad? Is that you?
Resident of NE Florida?
the roughing the passer call on brady was the refs being terrible which has gotten really bad since goodell took over.
This current CBA negotiation is critical to his legacy, it will set the foundation for the future.One other area not mentioned yet is the handling of NFL Network and its lack of availability among certain cables companies. MNF/SNF ratings are three times as high as NFLN games, and this is due in large part to consumers not having access to NFLN content. I guess some may argue that scarcity creates demand, but not letting the public have access to a product seems counter productive and hurts growth IMHO.
Losing a first round draft pick is not getting off light.Has Cable been charged yet? I'll reserve judgement on that until there's a conviction. As I recall, Stallworth wasn't dealt with until after his hearing.
I know that's important to us and I'm not saying it shouldn't be corrected but my opinion is if that's the worst thing you can think of with something as huge as the NFL is and how many areas he's responsible for, he's doing a heck of a job.
The other problems have already been mentioned. I really don't think Goodell is that bad. I just wanted to mention this because Goodell talks about integrity and lets this go. I also think Goodell will be judged by the upcoming labor negotiations.
didn't stop him from punishing Marshall before his trail and no-conviction; Goodell owns Marshall a game check IMO.BassNBrew said:
The should get Spike Lee or Al Sharpton to be the commish.
