NFL Owners in disarray as Goodell is losing control of the league

KDPPatsfan85 · Feb 11, 2016

NFL Owners in Disarray as Roger Goodell is Losing Control of the League

This is an interesting article. I see now that there is a lot more to deflategate than we knew. Not only was it a jealous hatred for Kraft and the Patriots, but a small war between owners over where to have the stadium built in Los Angeles.

After the DeflateGate verdict, owners like Jones and Lurie voiced their support for Goodell's decision, while old-money owner Art Rooney claimed that he wouldn't put DeflateGate "on the scale of serious," and Spanos offered his support to Kraft.

A proxy war. The game didn't end on the gridiron.

Apparently, Kroenke and Jones wanted the stadium built in Inglewood. Spanos and Kraft wanted the stadium built in Carson.

"The dueling proposals did not only represent the NFL's most recent, best opportunity to return to Los Angeles. They had also become the centerpiece of a chaotic power struggle among the league's 32 owners, between the so-called new-money group, with members who all supported Inglewood, and the old guard, most of whom favored Carson."

Brady_to_Moss · Feb 12, 2016

Hope someone ***** in goodells tuna sandwich

Joey007 · Feb 12, 2016

It also kinda show though that the problem roots much deeper than Roger Goodell.

NashuaPats · Feb 12, 2016

There's a lot of talk about money in that article. Not a lot about "integrity". Hmmmm
Those owners are so nasty and greedy.

supafly · Feb 12, 2016

NashuaPats said:
There's a lot of talk about money in that article. Not a lot about "integrity". Hmmmm
Those owners are so nasty and greedy.

Which is exactly why the majority will continue to support Goodell, despite what we all want to believe.

cmasspatsfan · Feb 12, 2016

Almost got fired in 2014, why didn't that happen? life would be better now if that would have happened.

supafly · Feb 12, 2016

cmasspatsfan said:
Almost got fired in 2014, why didn't that happen?

Because he continues to make the owners record amounts of money.

Aßßynormal · Feb 12, 2016

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It appears Kraft lost this round, along with Deflategate.

Can you smell anything from this "blind" auction situation. Developers bidding $90m for prime land are likely to be aware of whats going on. I have no other information other than it involves the NFL, land, city officials, Unions, contractors, cash for parking and squabbling vindictive Billionaires. That's enough for me to think that a transaction rife for potential corruption needs to be looked at very, very skeptically.

Wrath Mania · Feb 12, 2016

Joey007 said:
It also kinda show though that the problem roots much deeper than Roger Goodell.

This. Even if Goodell was thrown out, suppose someone like this Grubman character replaces him, another league brown-noser. Nothing changes.

The fear of LA gangs wearing Raiders gear is probably the most out-of-touch, moronic "BRAND" fear I can imagine. No wonder this league is so clueless. Some bum in Damascus is probably wearing a Raiders Starter jacket, and you're worried that some mean folks of color in LA are gonna soil your image?

Pretty much amazing how the CEO of Disney can come off like the meek party.

Also, not that his character really needed further explanation, but Jerry Jones. My God.

Triumph · Feb 12, 2016

cmasspatsfan said:
Almost got fired in 2014, why didn't that happen? life would be better now if that would have happened.

Kraft went all in defending his BFF. They used to call Bob the "Assistant Commish",so he evidently carried a lot of pull around the league.

Jackson 2 · Feb 12, 2016

What a cesspool of egotistical, back-stabbing, jealous, spiteful scumbag babies. Any idea that Brady and the Patriots ever had any chance of being treated fairly in this extortion scheme can be dismissed. They were porked from minute one. The judge and jury were the owners and the errand boy/executioner was Goodell.

Clonamery · Feb 12, 2016

Jackson 2 said:
What a cesspool of egotistical, back-stabbing, jealous, spiteful scumbag babies. Any idea that Brady and the Patriots ever had any chance of being treated fairly in this extortion scheme can be dismissed. They were porked from minute one. The judge and jury were the owners and the errand boy/executioner was Goodell.

So I guess none of them are feeling the "Bern!"

fair catch fryar · Feb 12, 2016

Thanks for posting.

farn · Feb 12, 2016

Still very sore about that pick. Very frustrated indeed.

DarrylS · Feb 12, 2016

As much as I want to believe that this is true, an article from Pats Pulpit may be a tad biased and laced with a healthy dose of some very wishful thinking..

When I see some sort of defiance on the surface, instead of below, then I will be less skeptical. As long as the billions keep pouring in the owners will be satisfied.

RobertWeathers · Feb 12, 2016

Wrath Mania said:
This. Even if Goodell was thrown out, suppose someone like this Grubman character replaces him, another league brown-noser. Nothing changes.

The fear of LA gangs wearing Raiders gear is probably the most out-of-touch, moronic "BRAND" fear I can imagine. No wonder this league is so clueless. Some bum in Damascus is probably wearing a Raiders Starter jacket, and you're worried that some mean folks of color in LA are gonna soil your image?

Pretty much amazing how the CEO of Disney can come off like the meek party.

Also, not that his character really needed further explanation, but Jerry Jones. My God.

Grubman used to work at Goldman Sachs and ran Constellation Energy.

Those guys don't have souls, sleep in boxes of dirt and can't see their reflections.

Jackson 2 · Feb 12, 2016

DarrylS said:
As much as I want to believe that this is true, an article from Pats Pulpit may be a tad biased and laced with a healthy dose of some very wishful thinking..

When I see some sort of defiance on the surface, instead of below, then I will be less skeptical. As long as the billions keep pouring in the owners will be satisfied.

Dale, Holley and Thornton yesterday were discussing a recent, very long piece (some 29 pages) from ESPN the Magazine which sounds as though it may have been the source for the Pats Pulpit article. Of course, the ESPN tag immediately raises a red flag with me and then throw in the fact that the authors reportedly are Van Natta and Wickersham (remember the hit piece last fall on the Pats?) and, who knows?

DarrylS · Feb 12, 2016

Jackson 2 said:
Dale, Holley and Thornton yesterday were discussing a recent, very long piece (some 29 pages) from ESPN the Magazine which sounds as though it may have been the source for the Pats Pulpit article. Of course, the ESPN tag immediately raises a red flag with me and then throw in the fact that the authors reportedly are Van Natta and Wickersham (remember the hit piece last fall on the Pats?) and, who knows?

Do not disagree, however as long as the money flows, do not think that there will be much of an outcry.. it is about the bottom line.

RobertWeathers · Feb 12, 2016

DarrylS said:
As much as I want to believe that this is true, an article from Pats Pulpit may be a tad biased and laced with a healthy dose of some very wishful thinking..

When I see some sort of defiance on the surface, instead of below, then I will be less skeptical. As long as the billions keep pouring in the owners will be satisfied.

While Rich Hill is well-liked around here and does good work, he doesn't have the contacts and resources to cultivate and package that kind of story.

His article is the Reader's Digest of this:

Inside the NFL's wild return to LA

Tunescribe · Feb 12, 2016

The NFL never has looked worse, in my humble opinion. I have loved it all my life and spent many thousands on it in the process, so when someone like me is rooting for it to fail, you know things are pretty damn bad.

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