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I’ve had enough of Roger Goodell, and feel it’s time for fans to start making themselves heard. He seems drunk with power and out of control with all the wussy rules emphases, petty fines/suspensions, obsession with international games, talk of lengthening the regular season when injury woes seem worse than ever, etc., etc.

Why is it important to make ourselves heard? Because WE are the ones paying for his nonsense, literally and figuratively. What I don’t understand is why the owners have allowed him such free rein. Note to Robert Kraft: The NFL needs a fair and rational commissioner to help administer the league as its STEWARD, not as a heavy handed bully whose personal power trip is chipping away at the game’s integrity.

Joker

I've been banging this drum since last September.

Deus Irae

Ommissioner Clouseau....

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jczxohn1

IMO, the upcoming negotiations with the player's union is the most important aspect of the future for Goodell. So far, he does not project the mature fair-handedness this immense undertaking is going to require. Hopefully, he will realize he is just not large enough for the job, will step aside and let Condaleeza take over.

Am I joking, you say? Let's just say she's the only one who has publicly said she wants the job who could handle it. Would the owners hire her if the position was open?

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reflexblue

I'm sick of his pettyness, the fines the suspensions etc. So i voted to can his AZZ A.S.A.P.

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Seymour93

He is making things worse. Every arrest or dirty play is now a HUGE deal and Goodell is at fault for his ironhanded responses.

DarrylS

In his quest to make the game more pallatable that it already is, he has defied all measure of responsible leadership.. last year is a classic example, what happened to BB and the Pats was completely uncalled for and a result of media frenzy. Last week he fined Moss 20K for an obscure remark...

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flasox27

I think there are a lot of people in high places with good memories who aren't going to forget his performance. Runnning the league isn't just keeping the Jets and Colts happy.

E Belichick Unum

I think he is trying to protect the sport from itself. As players get bigger and faster more high profile injuries are happening, some of them are scarey. I think that the thing we have to remember is he actually works for the owners. If the owners get angry at the job he is doing they will force a change.

Leave No Doubt

My outlook on GODell's been posted many times so I'll refrain from retyping it all, but as far as the Pats go, most of the bs problems which have haunted us this season stem from his complete mishandling of Spygate. He's been trying to compensate ever since, but rather than we should jump forward to the present and apply some of his inconsistencies in a more general way.

He's imposed more rules of play than any one person can reasonably keep track of, yet the entire league is becoming besmirched with season-ending injuries. More rules inherently implies the opposite effect;fewer of these kinds of injuries, yet the opposite is happening.

His mantra's always been "preserving the integrity of the game" yet his actions denote "changing" the game. He also fails to address officiating problems,instead opting for the silencing any attempts to address the problem by fining anyone who dares question it or speak out about it.

I'm also not too warm and fuzzy about his injection of the military, retired or not, into the sporting world.

Bottom line for me...he's taking the NFL in a direction that should be making a whole lot of people begin to feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Anyone who heads up a multi-billion dollar industry like the NFL should be subject to much more intense scrutiny imho. When there's that much money and influence floating around, the person in charge needs a few more checks and balances in place; no one person should possess so much power.

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