Whether or not you're a sports fan the NFL has become ingrained in most of our life, pro football, in spite of all the unsavory incidents that's taken place, still is popular.
On Friday, the commissioner took questions from the media and swung and miss. My opinion --and I'm certainly not alone.
This afternoon, on my KSCO Radio program, we will tackle all this, (and other issues of the day). Joining me at 4: 20 PM, from NBC Bay Area, lead-anchor, Raj Mathai, who got to know Goodell when he, (Mathai), worked for the San Diego Chargers.
*To listen, simply click on the link above and then click on live link on the website--those who can't listen live, a podcast will be available later in the day.
*To listen, simply click on the link above and then click on live link on the website--those who can't listen live, a podcast will be available later in the day.
The owners will never fire Roger Goodell because he has been at the helm during a period of major financial success for the league. The NFL is a multi billion dollar business, and Goodell has catered to the owners, making certain that he helps to maximize their assets, so Goodell has done a terrific job in their eyes. Therefore, this unfortunate situation regarding players and domestic violence that is now dogging the NFL is NOT considered something that the owners feel should put his job in jeopardy. I will say this; at least Roger Goodell owned up to not handling the domestic violence suspension of Ray Rice very well, and he also later admitted to "not getting it right," which is a lot more than some commissioners in other pro sports would have probably done.
ReplyDeleteIs your interview on a podcast? Been busing all afternoon long.
ReplyDeleteOooops just read the last of your piece. Will listen later tonight.
I can't stand this dude, he is a joke, and he should step down, if he had "any" honor within himself.
ReplyDeleteThe OP @ 7:03 is exactly right, this man does the bidding of the ownerships, and they certainly are not going to fire him?! But this is the same dude that green lighted Levi's Stadium, which as everyone knows by now is at a very bad location. With limited parking, limited transit, hot as hell conditions within the venue, and has heavy traffic conditions, so bad that the venue will never allow MNF, or Thursday Night Football. Why you ask? Because ownership wanted the team to move 47 miles away from the 49ers namesake City of nearly 70 years, smdh.
Goodell has done more to dismiss, & bring down the historic, traditional, legacies of the NFL than any other Commissioner before him. But on the flip side he has done more to line the pockets of the owners, & the league than any other NFL Commissioner. Its all about them dolla, dolla bills for him, and the league.
They should have went 2 miles farther.to make it 49
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DeleteExactly, then ownership could have called the team the "San Jose 49ers," instead of the San Francisco 49ers, smdh...
Regarding tone, the Commissioner sounded whiny, plaintive . . . almost fearful. In the spirit and intent of NFL leadership, could he not have earnestly apologized for perceived lapses without such protracted solicitous inflection?
ReplyDeleteIt is one thing to concede mistakes in a straightforward, sincere manner. It is quite another regrettable trend to pander apologetically to sociopolitical interests à la mode.
"The owners will never fire Roger Goodell because he has been at the helm during a period of major financial success for the league. The NFL is a multi billion dollar business, and Goodell has catered to the owners, making certain that he helps to maximize their assets, so Goodell has done a terrific job in their eyes."
ReplyDeleteRight! However, if sponsors feel the pressure from the public, and that economic boon ends, I see the owners saying: "Sorry, Roger." In fact I think that this sorry performance was meant to shore up public reaction for the sake of the owners, the bottom line ... and Roger. Sorry, Roger.
That said, I think that our initial public knee-jerk reaction to ANYONE of prominence, who doesn't please all people, at all times -- "Resign Now!" -- may be a bit overdone.
speaking of football, right now, on KGO, the idiot radio station that is KGO is running a Ronn Owens' rerun of the first day of baseball (when he was at the stadium) with the voice-over that 49er fans who want to listen to the 49ers' game can listen on KGO 810 RADIO but not on the stream. I figured a Cal game must be on, but rerunning Owens form that long ago? And then having the wrong voice-over for a Niners' game? Come on, KGO and pig vomit. What a JOKE!
ReplyDeleteThe highlight of Goodell's press conference, along with him being 15 minutes late, was the guy near the end who got bum-rushed out of the room while shouting "Don't make me use the elevator!" I know, it was sick, but just the right touch for a worthless, say-nothing press conference...
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