Goodell: For Better or Worse

Saint_Ward said

I just finished reading it all (took a while).

It's a good read. Again, based on other OTL pieces and how we felt about them, it may be a bit unfair to the Commish, but it does jive with a lot that I've noticed over the years with how he acts and how others have chosen to write up about him.

I wonder what this will do to ESPN and the NFL's relationship. If the NFL supposedly got upset over something Bradshaw said on NBC on a talk show, I can't imagine this will go over well.

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I think the article illuminates a much broader picture of Goodell-- hence "For Better or Worse". I think it's plain to see the owners are happy, the union foments distrust (for obvious reasons: he bludgeoned them at the bargaining table) and shows the human nature of strong-willed personalities, that in spite of all of their good intentions, they are still human beings and are susceptible to failure. How the NFL's ultimate disposition plays out over the next few decades in the aftermath of this transition will allow history to judge. It's far too great a task for any man of this day to do, IMO.