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I think it is worthwhile to explore Goodell's potential motive for allowing this circus to proceed. All based in conjecture, since I'm just a guy sitting in a snowstorm with no special knowledge on the subject. What is more likely?
- Misfeasance He's a corporate tool with a process focus instead of a results focus and is unable to lead the organization. The office of the NFL therefore has no ability to discriminate between minutiae and importance. They follow processes blindly and you get horrible results that fly in the face of common sense (see Ray Rice, Josh Gordon, Adrian Peterson, DeflateGate for this year alone).
- Malfeasance: He's being driven by some other owners to take down the league's most successful franchise in an effort to "restore balance" and give the other owners a chance to make a buck on playoff appearances. Perhaps his dislike of Belichick drove this and he overreached and impacted Brady and Kraft - two people he thought could survive it.
- Self Preservation: After the PR nightmares streamed through this season and it became clear that his $40M/yr gravy train was in jeopardy, Goodell decided to strike back. Knowing the Kraft is one of the most influential owners (and therefore deciders of his future), Goodell decided to strike at Kraft in an effort to be able to claim his ultimate firing was personally motivated as payback, not justifiable based on poor performance.