Mack Herron
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Seriously, Goodell could have easily gotten his pound of flesh from the Patriots in Deflategate without issuing a bogus report, persecuting Tom Brady who he basically turned into a martyr to most of the world, and brought this to the courts. There was no way it wouldn't have been a crap storm here, but if he handled it correctly, he could have made himself look like the hero and the Patriots look like the bad guys. But the way he handled it got even guys who have their heads up Goodell's butt like Peter King defending the Patriots and questioning the integrity of the League.
Without Goodell, the owners wouldn't need to have someone to take the flak in the first place. When Tagliabue was Commissioner, he rarely needed to take the flak for owners.
Here's the thing. What the NFL has done is ask their "compensation committee" to look into an extention for Goodell. I want to know just WHO is on that "compensation committee". If guys like Kraft, Hunt, and Jones are members then I have to wonder WTF.
The thing is I never got that. Most of the flak he takes is caused by him. There would be no reason to take flak if he handled situations like Ray Rice, Bountygate, Deflategate, etc. properly or at least did it shadily with any type of finesse. About 90% of the flak he takes for the owners is only flak because he created it and made it worse by his arrogance and stonewalling the press.
I would buy this if I didn't think Goodell was acting on what different owners were telling him to do. For instance, you won't be able to convince me, and maybe even yourself, that Elliott's punishment (evidence be damned) didn't have anything to do with Mara. Or that New England's punishment for Deflategate didn't have anything to do with Jones (I think this one is rather obvious, given his comments at the time it happened).
Ratbirds owner, Bisciotti, covered up what Ray Rice did. I believe Ray Rice told them the truth about exactly what happened. But like all scumbag owners, they choose to cover it up than do the right thing. And because of the coverup started by the ratbirds owner instead of doing the right thing, it essentially ended Ray Rice's career.
Biscotti had a lot of the blame here, but Goodell probably could have diffused the situation somewhat. What he ended up doing is keep on fanning more and more flames to the fire making this story go on for months.
You look at virtually any major controversy this League has had during Goodell's tenure and a more media savvy commissioner would have probably never let any of these situations blow up like Goodell has.
People talk about Belichick's contempt for the media, but I will argue that Goodell has just as much or more. He pre-screens questions, doesn't allow follow up questions, will only appear on shows that will ask him questions he wants asked, he will never answer a question with a straight answer.
All you have to do is look at Deflategate. He could have got his pound of flesh out of the Patriots and Brady, but he decided to try to disgrace and discredit one of the 32 teams in the League and one of their biggest stars over an equipment violation that they never even proved happened. Sure the owners wanted the Pats to be punished and hard, but I guarantee you they didn't want what turned into an embarrassing situation for everyone where everyone took a hit from the League office to the jealous owners.
If the NFL was serious about both player safety and conduct, the would remove this idiot and replace him with someone who is both fair and independent.
I would put my resume forward, but I don't think I would make it.
Others who I think would be good choices:
Condaleeza Rice
Roger Staubach
Judy Schienman
Jim Brown
They really need someone, outside of that cesspool that is 325 Park Ave, and is independent and not a Mara tool.
You gotta wonder though. Maybe the owners do like this stuff? I mean the owners do want all eyes on them even in the slow part of the off season right? This kept everyone talking about the NYJFL*. So maybe Goodell was doing a good job after all for the owners?
You gotta wonder though. Maybe the owners do like this stuff? I mean the owners do want all eyes on them even in the slow part of the off season right? This kept everyone talking about the NYJFL*. So maybe Goodell was doing a good job after all for the owners?
September 13 will be the tenth anniversary of GoodellGate I.It is instructive to study Goodell's history. He is the son of a New York Congressman and Senator, so he was born into politics. His first job in the NFL was public relations.
And, his only skills are in exactly those two areas:
He can't do anything else apart from those two things. I doubt if he could run an ice cream store in the desert, much less a large business.
- He is a good politician with the owners, he knows how to smooze with those billionaires. He can't work with anyone else, but as long as the has the support from the owners, who cares?
- He is good at keeping the NFL in the headlines, for good or for ill, and I think the owners go by the saying: "There is no bad publicity except for your obituary".