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Originally Posted by Mr. Laz
You're a ****ing moron
Goodell isn't running anything
He does what he told, the most you can get pissed at him about is the inconsistency of the handling of the rules. Even that is influenced by outside forces.
You have the NFLPA ****ing with everything they can and you have the owners who are looking at everything from a money perspective.
fyi they have paid out on players safety SEVERAL times and the NFLPA wants to triple,quadruple dip. They will never stop asking for more even as they try to block safety rules and implementation.
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The inconsistent handling of the rules is the majority of the problem. And that's mostly Goodell. He has WAY more power than any commissioner dictating punishments. And he's the one who led the charge on "protecting the shield." His botched handling of Ray Rice/AP created the domestic violence PR crisis. His insistence on making it the "no fun league" leads to overflagging in games. His ridiculously unfair and inconsistent enforcement of rules has led to pissed off fans, like in New England, who are rightfully pissed about the handling of Deflategate.
Goodell is supposed to represent all owners. His decision to let Robert Kraft run the NFL, when there are 31 other owners out there, is terrible and ties in big time to the ridiculous focus on "the shield." Also, Goodell is a marketing guy. The owners have to agree to dumb ideas, but don't discount that many of those dumb ideas were Goodell's brain child.
On the player safety issue, the NFL has band-aided the settlement for years. It's well known the NFL covered this up for years and the NFLPA knows it. That's not just on Goodell. That started with Tagliabue. Until they put this to rest, they negotiate player safety from a position of weakness, not of strength.