RecoveringCowboy
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Seems like it was really ticket sales, and in the NFL other things factor ahead of the right thing.
The starting point was the Malice in the Palace brawl back in 2004. NBA commissioner David Stern handed down long suspensions and needed to, although some thought it was overkill (sound familiar?) Stern would later have his authority to suspend players modified.
Some sportswriters speculated the real reason is middle-aged white fans thought a lot of brothers were getting out of hand, so Stern and later Goodell would respond out of fear ticket sales would decline. There have always been all kinds of bad boys in sports and the public in general seemed to be glad they finally would face consequences.
Goodell apparently thought player discipline would appeal to fans and decided to copy Stern. Initially, I liked it, but he never set up a good consistent system that frankly was driven by the prevailing politics and fan attitude.
Money was and continues to be the driving force behind player discipline. First to assure fans players had to behave, then in the instance of BountyGate to make a statement the NFL cares about injuries to the courts. Domestic violence initially got half-hearted treatment until the Ray Rice video was released.
The starting point was the Malice in the Palace brawl back in 2004. NBA commissioner David Stern handed down long suspensions and needed to, although some thought it was overkill (sound familiar?) Stern would later have his authority to suspend players modified.
Some sportswriters speculated the real reason is middle-aged white fans thought a lot of brothers were getting out of hand, so Stern and later Goodell would respond out of fear ticket sales would decline. There have always been all kinds of bad boys in sports and the public in general seemed to be glad they finally would face consequences.
Goodell apparently thought player discipline would appeal to fans and decided to copy Stern. Initially, I liked it, but he never set up a good consistent system that frankly was driven by the prevailing politics and fan attitude.
Money was and continues to be the driving force behind player discipline. First to assure fans players had to behave, then in the instance of BountyGate to make a statement the NFL cares about injuries to the courts. Domestic violence initially got half-hearted treatment until the Ray Rice video was released.
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