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Null and Void: Roger Goodell's Ridiculous Free Agent Blunder
I understand why Roger Goodell is still employed, sure. He is a useful goon for the NFL owners. He’s the easy target out front who can take the heat for all the policies and practices that the owners cosign. He may never be fired, because competence isn’t really the point. I get that.
But every now and then you get a reminder of who we’re really dealing with, and it’s just … wow. The most profitable sport in America is really run by a belligerent Michael Scott.
Pretty much sums it up.But every now and then you get a reminder of who we’re really dealing with, and it’s just … wow. The most profitable sport in America is really run by a belligerent Michael Scott.
The article is about Goodell creating the "legal tampering" period, then getting upset at how far people went with it. He naively (or stupidly) believed people would follow his ridiculous rules that people would negotiate, but without using actual numbers. What was he expecting? For them to exchange Valentine's cards?
Apparently PFT is reporting (take it with a pound of salt) that the league was planning on a big TV special on Tuesday as the new deals got announced, but everyone knew over the weekend.
It's clear the owners will keep Goodell as long as possible because he's a human punching bag, absorbing all the hits for them. But in any other $9B+ industry in the world, someone like Goodell would be lucky to have a job as a janitor.