Roger Goodell's Contract Extended through 2018

[eeth]

According to Adam Schefter, no link yet. Let the carnage begin!

[A Perfect Score]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Damn you NFL, damn you.

[SuperPacker]

How much would a new commish actually change things? Not much IMO so i dont see it as a massive deal.

[Jvig43]

[BeerBaron]

Goodell was never really the villain. Now that the Polian influence is gone, hopefully for good, I'm meh on Goodell.

And it's no surprise really. He's been fantastic for the owners. So what if the fans hate him?

"Let them have us so long as they pay us." - NFL Motto. And the fans comply.

[Trogdor]

Pretty sure it's the motto of every professional sports commish. If they are likeable while alive and in term they aren't doing their job (serving the owners).

I mean "his" policies are a league-wide initiative and not solely attributed to him. If the owners weren't a fan of his actions he wouldn't be commish. So if you want to hate someone hate the owners for wanting this type of agenda to begin with.

[Sloopy]

Why we even have a commissioner is beyond me. His title should really be "collective owners spokesperson/draft day pick announcer."

Dude is just a puppet for the owners

[Ness]

Terrible news. Just terrible. Now I have to hear his BS excuses for the incompetence of regulating late hitting for another six years every time that issue comes up.

[Prowler]

There will be no fun until at least 2019.

[vidae]

People go way overboard when it comes to Goodell. It's annoying to read.

[Iamcanadian]

Originally Posted by Sloopy

Why we even have a commissioner is beyond me. His title should really be "collective owners spokesperson/draft day pick announcer."

Dude is just a puppet for the owners

That's what a commish is. He does what he is told and must keep the revenue rolling in or he'd be gone.

[DraftSavant]

Originally Posted by vidae

People go way overboard when it comes to Goodell. It's annoying to read.

The only thing I ever really cared about was the stupid personal conduct policy (hastily put together, inconsistent process, enacted because of slapdick media coverage).

The "ruining the game" stuff, I've come to terms with - they're trying to minimize liability in a time where a ton of research is coming out about the head trauma associated with football (research that the NFL spent a lot of money throughout the 90s and 00s to try and dispute with their own studies). That was coming no matter who the commissioner was.

[Jvig43]

Originally Posted by DraftSavant

The only thing I ever really cared about was the stupid personal conduct policy (hastily put together, inconsistent process, enacted because of slapdick media coverage).

The "ruining the game" stuff, I've come to terms with - they're trying to minimize liability in a time where a ton of research is coming out about the head trauma associated with football (research that the NFL spent a lot of money throughout the 90s and 00s to try and dispute with their own studies). That was coming no matter who the commissioner was.

I think this is how I feel about most of the policies or rule changes put in place (not just by Goodell obviously). Theres just such a vagueness about them which seems to come down to how Goodell wishes to punish people on a particular day. Idk I'll go more into this when I have a bit more time so summarize my thoughts.

[Giantsfan1080]

I don't like what he did to the draft either.

[Prowler]

Inconsistent rules, refs aren't even full time, stupid fines, $15k+ for TD celebrations?, sideline rules, but mostly I'm upset because he works for "the man" and I mistrust that. I do realize that most of that stuff was put in place by different committees or previous regimes, but I don't care.

[A Perfect Score]

I'm not huge on his haircut, personally.

[Jvig43]

I'm not a huge fan of the hair color.

[MichaelJordanEberle (sabf)]

I'm a fan of the fact that his name is easy to turn into Roger Badell.

[Babylon]

Not sure if i care that much for the guy but for some reason i had to shut 60 minutes off when he came on last night.

[WCH]

Originally Posted by Giantsfan1080

I don't like what he did to the draft either.

I hate it, but under the new format I actually know people who watch the first day of the Draft even though they only barely follow football. It's in primetime and the players always look so excited, so they enjoy watching it.

[Hurricanes25]

I know most of us fans hate him and rightfully so. But we all have to remember that the NFL is a business and he's making a lot of money for the league.

[Grizzlegom]

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...-los-angeles/1

Goodell hints at expansion of two new teams. Not sure how I feel about it. I like the idea of more players in the NFL but I don't think the NFL really needs it. Where would the second team be? Vegas? I think Oklahoma City would be a nice fit. I'm sure the NFL would love for London or Toronto to permanently get a team...

[BeerBaron]

Ah man, our nice divisional structure would be all thrown off.

[Prowler]

I'm guessing the Chargers will move to LA and then Vegas will get a team. I thought I heard something about moving the Chargers to the NFC West, which means that Vegas would move into the AFC West hole. I'm not sure why the Chargers would be moved, but I thought I remember hearing that in an article a few months back.

[njx9]

great, yeah, let's put a ******* expansion team in LA. hell, the city is completely incapable of supporting a winning team, let's give them a guaranteed non-winner. it's unbelieveable to me how stupid some of these people are. la should never, ever have a team unless you can guarantee that they'll win the super bowl every single year.