RayClay
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My take is that Goodell has a terrible PR problem, but that the owners like him because he ruthlessly positions the NFL to squeeze every dime it can from the paying public and the player's union.
There's just been such a long list of butt-fumbleesque Goodellisms, despite which he's maintained the notion that his job is anything other than perfectly secure, that it seems to me he knows he's teflon as long as he helps the bottom line growth of the product. There have been lots of times recently that Goodell has neared rock bottom - I guess I don't see how there's any more motive now than there has been.
I keep hearing about how he monetizes everything better than anyone could. Yet, he almost folded the pro bowl after last years pitiful performance (I read). Stupid picking sides things aside, why hasn't he thought to promote the game through the silly, but possibly entertaining event?
My idea was forget the actual games in europe and elsewhere (stupid because they're worse than thursday night games for causing injuries and poor play) and just have the pro Bowl in a different foreign city every year. You could have the host country and a rival sponsor the opposing squads.
There isn't going to be real competitive play with 6-8 hour travel times anyway, so why not showcase the greatest in the game after the Super Bowl? You promote the TV packages of real games world wide and give players and their families an interesting foreign trip.
To me, goodell has simply grabbed a hold of a moving train and got credit for feeding the burner, when he's just hanging on.