Federal Court Overrules Brady's Suspension

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Roger has players taking steroids, hooked on pain pills, concussions, ex players dropping dead, domestic abuse cases, child abuse cases, and then we have deflated footballs. I'm sure he has put in some time on all of these issues it just seems that deflated footballs should be a smack on the wrist type meeting and then we move on.

It's a theory that Goodell dragged this issue out so the media would focus less on the criminal/violent off-season news stories.

 

[carolinajazz]

......the reason for deflating the ball is mainly for the qb to be able to grip it better.

I would think that if that was the case, the league would move to relax this PSI issue for the sake of more offense since they cater to the offenses over the defenses anyway! An under inflated football would seem to wobble more as opposed to a tight spiral!

 

[Miggs]

It's a theory that Goodell dragged this issue out so the media would focus less on the criminal/violent off-season news stories.

That's a dumb theory. There weren't that many of them.

 

[Coach Ellis]

I think it has more to do with the league (per the owners) wanting to institute heavy penalties for any issues that tarnish the image of the NFL (and likely doing as much damage in the process.)

Despite all of this, the NFL has never been more popular or valuable as it has been under Goodell's watch. He's beholden to 31 ego-centric, billionaire owners and responsible (rightly or wrongly) for the behaviors and actions of thousands of league employees.

The Patriots have been caught or accused of cheating multiple times. I believe that any other team and QB results in a much more low-key response. But especially with the Saints bounty issue and the domestic violence issue that reared this season, I understand the over-reaction (even if I disagree with it.) For those who think things are bad under Goodell, I'd suggest they go back and look at all the crap that went on under Tag. That moron was letting the inmates run the asylum and left it to Goodell to have to try to reign it back in.

 

[Stifle Tower]

Despite all of this, the NFL has never been more popular or valuable as it has been under Goodell's watch. He's beholden to 31 ego-centric, billionaire owners and responsible (rightly or wrongly) for the behaviors and actions of thousands of league employees.

I know the 49'ers lost a lot of players to retirement and criminal actions, but I think they're still fielding a team. Or, are you saying one of the 32 owners or ownership groups is kind and benevolent?

 

[Coach Ellis]

The Packers ownership structure is just significantly different from the other teams with their board of directors setup. No one participant can wrest too much power and influence. I'd say that CEO Mark Murphy is the closest thing they have to an "owner" in terms of responsibility, but his role is still significantly differs from the other 31 billionaire ownership groups.