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I think Goodell wants us talking about the NFL. We're talking about the referees and the lack of integrity of the game.
While the bad refs are sometimes making one player base quite happy (Seattle, though the number of penalties i nteh game was bad), you may have other games where both sides feel like they have the right to complain (Pats@Ravens).
And ultimately bad publicity is going to be bad publicity. A new viewer to the game might not like the present product.
Two old adages claim there is no bad publicity and the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
A decade or two ago the No Fun League was really geared to it's hard core following. Today it's target demographic is so much more diverse, and much more drawn to controversey and melo drama. How else to explain JETS fans...