Goodell's pursuit of the almighty dollar on behalf of his 31 employers has been as relentless as it has ruthless, with players safety treated as little more than by catch as the NFL trolls the world for dollars.
Goodell's latest bungling with the deflated balls has been both petty and vindictive. He’s been in charge of systematically leaking stories to his favored media darlings at ESPN, that have dragged one of the league’s premier franchises through the mud for the past 2 weeks. All the while hiding behind not being able to comment on an "ongoing investigation". The leaks are coming from the NFL head office and yet the man cannot comment on the very stories that have come about, based on his own office's leaks? When I hear the word integrity coming from Goodell, my immediate reaction is to just laugh. The man has no shame and what we have is a truly great game being run by a truly awful person.
Money over player health and safety. Money over ethics. Money over everything. Could the owners not humor us a little by finding someone at least a little more likable to implement their dirty work? Perhaps the owners recognize that Goodell's lack of a moral compass, and seeming affinity for treachery, are a rare find, worth the inevitable headaches his incompetence all but guarantees.
The media needs to bring some of this ugliness to light.
