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Article here: Former NFL official rips Roger Goodell, instant replay
Money quote here:
I for one am shocked that Goodell would act arbitrarily in the name of prioritizing PR over 'getting it right'. And given how Green phrased his critique, I think there's a clear, implicit criticism of how Deflategate was handled in there as well.
Money quote here:
“A few very visible errors in recent weeks has rightfully put NFL officiating in the public spotlight,” Scott Green, a former NFL official for 23 years, wrote for USA Today.
“The League is predictably handling the issue no differently than the others that characterize Commissioner Roger Goodell’s regime: arbitrary punishment of an individual for a fast public relations fix,” Green wrote. “It’s a reactive approach that may give some short-term satisfaction to one team’s fans, but it doesn’t address improvement.”
I for one am shocked that Goodell would act arbitrarily in the name of prioritizing PR over 'getting it right'. And given how Green phrased his critique, I think there's a clear, implicit criticism of how Deflategate was handled in there as well.