Andy Benoit of SI: Goodell should lose his job because of deflategate

karguy85 said:

It's so funny because Goodell could have so easily handled this behind the scenes and everything would be fine. He tried to use the incident as a way to gain credibility back but it's only caused him to lose even more credibility.

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Under Pete Rozelle, Tags, David Stern, Fay Vincent, Bud, Bart even Gary Bettmen this would have never seen the light of day.

Maybe Bowie Kuhn....he crapped on players and teams every now and then.

Goodell told the Patriots false information about the facts, and the media was leaked same false information -- and the Patriots had to defend it during their superbowl preperatio.

If that isn't against 'integrity of the game' then I'm not sure what is.

Every owner (except the Jets) should be demanding a full cleaning of the NFL offices -- they aren't acting in the best interest of the league/owners -- just in the best interest of themselves.

varjao said:

What is that moron fat ass named Greg Bedard saying?

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He says nothing has changed in his mind. Goodell is incompetent, Brady is evasive.

Didn't seem to mention that Goodell is lying, not just incompetent.

How much of Godell's contract till 2020 is guaranteed money?

Rob0729 said:

It always sickens me whenever I hear Goodell talking about protecting the integrity of the shield. Has there been any one single person who has tarnished the integrity of the shield more than Roger Goodell?

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Has there been any one single person who has tarnished the word "integrity" more than Roger Goodell?

Count me in with the gang who keeps seeing articles like this being merely half positive. When are these assholes going to admit that there is NO question that Brady did NOTHING! There is no need to qualify this scam with quotes like:

"I’m not saying Tom Brady and the Patriots are totally innocent..."

That is simply just playing to the crowd when the evidence PROVE that they ARE "totally innocent". Why the F aren't they saying that when they know its true, or they WOULD know its true if they did the work and checked the evidence.

I can only pray that soon there will come the time when one of these mediots will have the balls to step up and unequivocally state that the Pats and Brady are INNOCENT. Nothing happened! The evidence is clear! There can be no mistake or other possible opinion. NOTHING untoward happened at the AFCCG EXCEPT for a malicious and preplanned attempt to slander Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.

Now THAT is the guy I will have some respect for. I'm just waiting for him to finally step up and be counted.,

Kdo5 said:

He says nothing has changed in his mind. Goodell is incompetent, Brady is evasive.

Didn't seem to mention that Goodell is lying, not just incompetent.

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What people don't seem to understand is how much their current opinion rides on first impressions.

Brady when asked if he was a cheater replied "I don't think so".

That right there laid the foundation for people's "evasive/lying" opinions.. especially anyone wanting to believe in the scandal.

And yet as we all know, there was a very good reason for that "I don't think so" -at the time, Brady thought their footballs were a full 2 pounds below minimum with another coming in at 10.1 psi.

In light of Brady believing in false evidence, his "I don't think so" is actually being incredibly honest and forthright.

What 31 other need to realize is, no matter how much they'd like to see the Patriots humbled - lies, misinformation and an apparent framejob coming from the NFL home office should be a very, very scary kind of precedence to them. It alone does more to harm the integrity of the NFL that anything the Patriots are being falsely accused of.

Sometimes innocent people act guilty.

Chris Kinard ‏@ChrisKinard 4h4 hours ago
The result of Deflategate: No one is sure if Tom Brady is a liar/cheat. Everyone KNOWS Roger Goodell is a liar. Well done again, NFL

Goodell Made the same mistake most Executives make that crash and burn, he made himself the center of attention. A good CEO is the CEO that is in the shadows, not standing in the limelight. Like that chick Ellen Pao that got canned from reddit, the same one with tons of lawsuits over being fired for being a women.

I don't give a **** about the CEO's I care about the product, and when I'm spending more time hearing about the CEO then I am about the product, either the product sucks, or the CEO is doing their job wrong.

I want to watch football, Not the NFL office act like Divas. I don't pay to watch Roger Goodell being an idiot, I pay to watch the players play. Goodell is turned the NFL into a D level Wrestling promotion.

NashuaPats said:

Has there been any one single person who has tarnished the word "integrity" more than Roger Goodell?

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I am not sure, but I am pretty sure there is no one in the world ever who misunderstands the definition of integrity more than Goodell.

Ras-IR Dowling said:

He should've lost his job after the Ray Rice incident. With a competent commish we would be talking preseason football instead of this crap

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I thought he was going to lose his job after the rice debacle. Instead he locked himself in a bunker and rode out the storm until deflate gate came along and he could use it to redeem his image.

Rob0729 said:

I am not sure, but I am pretty sure there is no one in the world ever who misunderstands the definition of integrity more than Goodell.

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Integrity is how you get to the truth....not the truth as you mold it to be.

chasa said:

Goodell Made the same mistake most Executives make that crash and burn, he made himself the center of attention. A good CEO is the CEO that is in the shadows, not standing in the limelight. Like that chick Ellen Pao that got canned from reddit, the same one with tons of lawsuits over being fired for being a women.

I don't give a **** about the CEO's I care about the product, and when I'm spending more time hearing about the CEO then I am about the product, either the product sucks, or the CEO is doing their job wrong.

I want to watch football, Not the NFL office act like Divas. I don't pay to watch Roger Goodell being an idiot, I pay to watch the players play. Goodell is turned the NFL into a D level Wrestling promotion.

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John Gotti

karguy85 said:

We need more writers being this bold.



http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2015/08/06/roger-goodell-nfl-deflategate-dez-bryant-fight-chip-kelly

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From his pen to God's ears...

Sally Jenkins ‏@sallyjenx 13h13 hours ago
Unsealing of Brady hearing is a mushroom cloud for THE Roger Goodell. He’s done, as far as credibility. Will not recover.

Sally Jenkins ‏@sallyjenx 3h3 hours ago
NFL didn’t know balls deflate in weather, Goodell willfully distorted Brady testimony, Wells cited client privilege. #Transcriptdisaster.

karguy85 said:

Chris Kinard ‏@ChrisKinard 4h4 hours ago
The result of Deflategate: No one is sure if Tom Brady is a liar/cheat. Everyone KNOWS Roger Goodell is a liar. Well done again, NFL

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Goodell is a cheat as well as a liar. Hamstringing a top opponent to make it easier for other teams to win is cheating.

NashuaPats said:

Has there been any one single person who has tarnished the word "integrity" more than Roger Goodell?

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Barry Bonds, Lance Armstrong, Alex Rodriguez, Mark McGuire. Just to name a few..

karguy85 said:

Sally Jenkins ‏@sallyjenx 13h13 hours ago
Unsealing of Brady hearing is a mushroom cloud for THE Roger Goodell. He’s done, as far as credibility. Will not recover.

Sally Jenkins ‏@sallyjenx 3h3 hours ago
NFL didn’t know balls deflate in weather, Goodell willfully distorted Brady testimony, Wells cited client privilege. #Transcriptdisaster.

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Sally, I beg you to bear my child

(Please do NOT forward this post to wife)

Rob0729 said:

It always sickens me whenever I hear Goodell talking about protecting the integrity of the shield. Has there been any one single person who has tarnished the integrity of the shield more than Roger Goodell?

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No, not even the few people in football who are clearly worse as human beings.

karguy85 said:

Chris Kinard ‏@ChrisKinard 4h4 hours ago
The result of Deflategate: No one is sure if Tom Brady is a liar/cheat. Everyone KNOWS Roger Goodell is a liar. Well done again, NFL

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Classic example of how/why we can forgive somebody who is a little slow to come to a firm opinion re Brady.