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Sounds like a Commissioner who is doing his job. BTW, Sepp Blatter that low is a poor reflection on that list.
I think you're wrong. The Commissioner is supposed to be an impartial liasson between the owners and players. If 60% of the owners hated his guts would you still feel that way? This guy is a power hungry despot who is all for the owners and is disinterested, at best, in what benefits the players.
The Commissioner doesn't work for the players. The players work for the owners who are represented by the Commissioner.
He's hell-bent on appearing to make the game safer for the players because he's scared to death of the damages that litigation from the players will bring. No one truly concerned with player safety would propose an extended regular season.
If you're resting your laurel on that as an argument you're going to have to do better. I don't want an extended season because I'm happy with the current format, not because of potential exposure to more harm disregarding the measures taken to mitigate that harm.
"...resting your laurel..." Huh? I did, however, use the extended season proposal as evidence to support my contention. And, I stand by it. Just because you say I'm going to have to do better doesn't mean I do. Either way, I'm done with this matter.
You're done with it because it's a crappy position to begin with. There's no connection between your assertion. Goodell is doing things to benefit the players. Your blind disgust for Goodell has clouded your ability to judge him fairly.
You need to read my comments more closely. I said Goodell is doing things to improve player safety against the point that Goodell is doing (in essence) nothing for the players.
You need to express yourself more clearly. I did not say that Goodell was doing nothing for player safety. My point was that what he's doing, and transparently it appears substantial, is in response to him being scared *****less that he, personally (although he's' surely indemnified), and the league will lose billions, not millions over many decades if he and the league don't at least superficially try to make player safety a priority.
I'm not sure how I could be any clearer in my first few posts Jackson? Whichever way you look at it, you've at least included that Goodell by association or superficial measure, is addressing player safety. I'm happy enough to concede ground and meet in the middle.
Honestly, ausbacker, I have no quarrel with you and your posts. In fact, I have also frequently enjoyed and agreed with your opinions. And in the event that you might consider me a guy who favors labor over management, I'll only say that I spent 30+ years in management dealing with one of the largest unions in the US. Prior to becoming a manager, I was an official and negotiator in the union to which I referred above. Anyway, my point is that the truth in labor/management disputes rarely, if ever, is rooted in either side. I just think Goodell is a poor commissioner and I fully admit that my opinion is largely based upon the screwing the Pats took over Spygate.
That's fair Jackson. We've all had our dealings with both sides of the fence. In regards to Goodell, I agree his handling of Spygate was poor (even pathetic) but I'm not going to judge his performance on that situation in isolation. It's my belief that he's doing a reasonable job.
