Wow. HOF game cancelled tonight

[57stratdawg]

Due to field conditions

 

[PBRME]

There needs to be a lot people losing jobs over this.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

and it should start at the very top

 

[Bulldog Bruce]

I don't get the animosity over Roger Goodell. I don't see how he affects fans. I think it is just all the social activist reporters that have people all worked up. The NFL is making so much money with him in charge he ain't going nowhere.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

My take as well, Bruce. I understand most of the animosity Bud Selig got. But, I don't understand the hate for Goodell.

 

[RingN2012]

The hate for Goodell is legit. The handling of the concussion stuff, the DeflateGate fiasco, suspending players more than ever, etc hasn't helped him any.
Another thing is he makes like 50 million a year or something crazy.
The guys going out there and taking the hits are making way less than NBA or MLB players. The greedy *** owners and Goodell make more than ever also.

 

[shotgunDawg]

The hate for Goodell is legit. The handling of the concussion stuff, the DeflateGate fiasco, suspending players more than ever, etc hasn't helped him any.
Another thing is he makes like 50 million a year or something crazy.
The guys going out there and taking the hits are making way less than NBA or MLB players. The greedy *** owners and Goodell make more than ever also.

- Theyve made progress on the concussion stuff but remember that he is a front man for the owners. He gets payed by the owners to say ridiculous things so that the owners don't lose their *** in court.

- Deflate gate is ridiculous, but, again, he represents the owners and, if they thought it was ridiculous, it would have ended. Deflated gate is nothing more than other NFL owners catching Al Capone with tax fraud in order to nail a known felon.

- what difference does it make that he makes 50 mil? You jealous bro?

- what players make isn't the owner's fault. It's the player's union's fault. The owners are running a business not charity. While MLB and the NBA player unions were hiring world class lawyers to represent them, the NFL was hiring ex players to be the head of their union. Guys like Gene Upshaw were in a CBA negotiation going up against experienced Harvard Law grads. It was a turkey shoot. Meanwhile, the MLB players union was matching Harvard Law grad vs a Stanford or Yale law grad and it was a fair fight. Not Goodells fault.

 

[boatsandhoes]

Sensitivity overdrive....

 

[PBRME]

" what difference does it make that he makes 50 mil? You jealous bro?"

<checks bank account>.....YES

 

[jethreauxdawg]

NFL players get paid more

The guys going out there and taking the hits are making way less than NBA or MLB players. The greedy *** owners and Goodell make more than ever also.

Per game, I believe. If they want to play 80 or 160 games per season, I'm sure the owners will pay them more per year than basketball and baseball.

 

[Dawg1976]

Yep....and I hate his *** too.

 

[aTotal360]

Players should be pissed at Gene Upshaw and DeMaurice Smith, not Roger Goodell. Their lack of negotiating skills has killed them.

 

[johnson86-1]

Players should be pissed at Gene Upshaw and DeMaurice Smith, not Roger Goodell. Their lack of negotiating skills has killed them.

Not having experienced negotiators didn't help, but it's hard to be a good negotiator on behalf of the union when the the median owner could afford to lose an entire season and the median union member is probably living pay check to pay check, or even if he can go a season without a paycheck, would still lose between 16-30% of his lifetime earnings if an entire season is lost.