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Roger Goodell at the podium ...

sphinx : 1/30/2015 1:32 pm
Jason La Canfora & #8207;@JasonLaCanfora 9s10 seconds ago
Goodell says league expects to have a chief medical official named very soon to oversee player safety and health issues

Andrew Brandt & #8207;@adbrandt 32s33 seconds ago
Goodell state of the league underway. Starts with health/safety, report of concussions down. Issue, to me, is concussion reporting.

Jason La Canfora & #8207;@JasonLaCanfora 1m1 minute ago
Goodell says concussions down 25 percent this season "continuing a three-year trend."
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sphinx : 1/30/2015 2:11 pm : link
Conor Orr ‏@ConorTOrr 23s24 seconds ago
Goodell said the Chargers absolutely need a new stadium moving forward. "It's important for the franchise...fans."
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sphinx : 1/30/2015 2:12 pm : link
Jason La Canfora ‏@JasonLaCanfora 19s20 seconds ago
Asked about Saints ownership succession plan and Tom Benson's ability to oversee it. Says Benson is engaged, working hard...
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sphinx : 1/30/2015 2:12 pm : link
Conor Orr ‏@ConorTOrr 12s13 seconds ago
Goodell says that Tom Benson has "complete control over what he's doing."

Jason La Canfora ‏@JasonLaCanfora 20s21 seconds ago
As for the ownership dispute on succession of the Saints, Goodell calls the situation "unfortunate," but stands behind Benson's ability
This guy...  
BamaBlue : 1/30/2015 2:14 pm : link
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sphinx : 1/30/2015 2:14 pm : link
Jason La Canfora ‏@JasonLaCanfora 10s10 seconds ago
Goodell on London-"they have done more than expected."we are continuing to advance our interest there." says 3 games may be soldout already

Art Stapleton ‏@art_stapleton 22s22 seconds ago
Reason these city-specific questions are being asked here speaks to Roger Goodell not being available to media "almost every day" as he says
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sphinx : 1/30/2015 2:16 pm : link
Ralph Vacchiano ‏@RVacchianoNYDN 3s3 seconds ago
Roger Goodell is almost done. So many more questions. Good thing he's available to the media "almost every day". Talk to you tomorrow, Rog!
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sphinx : 1/30/2015 2:17 pm : link
Ralph Vacchiano ‏@RVacchianoNYDN 10s11 seconds ago
Roger Goodell: "We want the truth" ... (Everyone at home: "You can't handle the truth!")
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sphinx : 1/30/2015 2:20 pm : link
Jason La Canfora ‏@JasonLaCanfora 11s12 seconds ago
Goodell's presser is over. Thought he came off better in general than after the Ray Rice debacle this fall.
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BrettNYG10 : 1/30/2015 2:20 pm : link
Ralph's commentary is obnoxious.

Thanks for posting, sphinx.
Goodell is a dick.  
Victor in CT : 1/30/2015 2:23 pm : link
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Pretty simple  
WideRight : 1/30/2015 2:26 pm : link
Poll the fan base, find the problems.

Throw money at the problem.

Collect 40M/yr.
His salary is 1/3 of a team's salary cap  
WideRight : 1/30/2015 2:27 pm : link
Unbelievable
Goodell is very unimpressive....  
bw in dc : 1/30/2015 2:31 pm : link
I think his vision of the NFL, present and future, seems out of step with much of the fan base and the players...

RE: His salary is 1/3 of a team's salary cap  
giants#1 : 1/30/2015 2:31 pm : link
In comment 12116239 WideRight said:
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Unbelievable


The league's revenue is roughly 32 times the size of each team's salary cap.
Listening to Francessa  
Chef : 1/30/2015 2:34 pm : link
kill Goodell is great
RE: Listening to Francessa  
Victor in CT : 1/30/2015 2:37 pm : link
In comment 12116250 Chef said:
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kill Goodell is great


It certainly is
What is Francessa saying?  
Sneakers O'toole : 1/30/2015 2:38 pm : link
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sphinx : 1/30/2015 2:40 pm : link
Mike Garafolo retweeted
Greg A. Bedard ‏@GregABedard 5m5 minutes ago
Robert Kraft did not attend Goodell's press conference. He's always there. Speaks volumes
"it's been a tough year on me personally"  
mfsd : 1/30/2015 2:40 pm : link
Boy, I really feel for him. I mean, sure, a dozen or so women have had the crap beaten out of them by NFL players, but they've got nothing on Roger Goodell.

Getting paid $44 million to protect the revenues of a bunch of millionaires. Real people with real problems.
Sneakers  
Chef : 1/30/2015 2:43 pm : link
He is basically ripping him, and the NFL for that matter, up and down about everything and doing a very good, convincing job on doing it..
Goodell may have gotten himself in trouble this time  
Victor in CT : 1/30/2015 2:47 pm : link
the way he attacked that woman reporter
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SoZKillA : 1/30/2015 2:49 pm : link
I need audio of francesa ripping him apart... PLEASE
Here  
Chef : 1/30/2015 2:52 pm : link
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Read between the lines  
markky : 1/30/2015 2:52 pm : link
The league thinks the pats cheated. Otherwise they'd put this to bed.

Also, putting a team in LA is a bad idea. You'd have to live there to understand.
RE: His salary is 1/3 of a team's salary cap  
dpinzow : 1/30/2015 2:54 pm : link
In comment 12116239 WideRight said:
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Unbelievable


Wondering what type of salary cap hit and dead money the Patriots take if the league decides to cut Goodell
Since we're talking salary, here's something a little creepy:  
Marty in Albany : 1/30/2015 3:31 pm : link


Salary: $3.2 million
Net Worth: $600 million

Yikes!
He looks likes he's 45.
Dpinzow  
old man : 1/30/2015 3:31 pm : link
:-).Good one.
People calling Francesa now ripping Goodell for his  
Victor in CT : 1/30/2015 3:34 pm : link
treatment of Rachel Nichols
Papa John  
Matt in SGS : 1/30/2015 4:05 pm : link
is 53...had some good plastic surgery to look that young. Even when he's Papa Bombed

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sphinx : 1/30/2015 4:09 pm : link
Art Stapleton ‏@art_stapleton 2m2 minutes ago
A LOT of credible reporters w/ hands up prepared to ask Goodell good questions today. Some were called upon + did. Many did not get chance.

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Les in TO : 1/30/2015 4:23 pm : link
some of the criticisms of goodell are overblown.he's got a lot of different stakeholders and issues to manage and he's just one person. he's not going to be 100% on all of them but it's not 100% all his fault either.

it's fashionable in the media these days to hate him and dissect his comments about the rice scandal like it is the warren report on the jfk assassination, but really, people are still watching/attending games and buying the merchandise.

player conduct has been an issue before goodell's time and after (and pre-goodell, players were able to get away with a lot more).
Les  
Deej : 1/30/2015 4:29 pm : link
The problem Goodell has is that he has lost the confidence of everyone but the owners. The rest of the world sees him as a lacky or glorified PR hack. He gives you no confidence that his decisions are driven by anything other than an interest in the bottom line for ownership.

Is it unfair that he's in a cant-do-right relationship with the media, players, and fans? I think it is. He made his bed here by showing no leadership whatsoever. He's an empty suit companyman with no gravitas.
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sphinx : 1/30/2015 4:47 pm : link
ProFootballTalk ‏@ProFootballTalk 4m4 minutes ago
Roger Goodell sounded less optimistic about playoff expansion on Friday

PFT ...
At his pre-Super Bowl press conference last year, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said that he thought there were a lot of benefits to expanding the postseason.

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The possibility of expanding the playoffs has been a topic over the last couple of years, Goodell said. There are positives to it, but there are concerns as well, among them being the risk of diluting our regular season and conflicting with college football in January.

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Well said, Les.  
CT Charlie : 1/30/2015 4:53 pm : link
Goodell will die with lots of money and no respect.
RE: Les  
Les in TO : 1/30/2015 5:07 pm : link
In comment 12116405 Deej said:
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The problem Goodell has is that he has lost the confidence of everyone but the owners. The rest of the world sees him as a lacky or glorified PR hack. He gives you no confidence that his decisions are driven by anything other than an interest in the bottom line for ownership.

Is it unfair that he's in a cant-do-right relationship with the media, players, and fans? I think it is. He made his bed here by showing no leadership whatsoever. He's an empty suit companyman with no gravitas.


The NFL is not a charity or a public organization. It's a private football league that serves as entertainment to people as a distraction from all the other crap in life.

It's not his job to solve all the world's problems or hire security guards who follow players around 24/7 to ensure they don't get in trouble.

is he really degrading the game by his presence? once the ball is kicked off on sunday in what appears to be a classic matchup between the defending champs and the re-charged former champs, people are going to watch both the game and the spectacle.
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sphinx : 1/30/2015 5:45 pm : link
ProFootballTalk ‏9 minutes ago
NFLPA president Eric Winston says a 2-year-old could do Roger Goodell's job
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Re: NFLPA president Eric Winston  
JohnF : 1/30/2015 6:24 pm : link
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NFLPA president Eric Winston says a 2-year-old could do Roger Goodell's job


That's funny, considering a Pinata could do as good a job as the NFLPA's done lately...

Goodell to Rachel Nichols  
sphinx : 1/30/2015 6:36 pm : link
Then there was CNNs Rachel Nichols, who asked a question that clearly bothered Goodell.

Roger, you guys have faced a lot of problems over this
year that have a really wide range, but a lot of the
issues have in common the conflict of interest. When you do something like hire an outside investigator like Ted Wells into the Patriots investigation, youre still paying him and Robert Kraft who owns the Patriots is paying you. So even when you do everything right in one of those situations, it opens you guys up to a credibility gap with some of the public and even with some of your most high-profile players. What steps can you guys take in the future to mitigate some of those conflict of interest issues?


Well, Rachel, I dont agree with you in a lot of the assumptions you make in your question, Goodell said. Somebody has to pay them [the consultants], Rachel. So unless youre volunteering, which I dont think you are, we will do that.

The commissioner went on to essentially deny that his outside consultants are capable of bias. Check it out the full Nichols/Goodell moment below:
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sphinx : 1/30/2015 7:19 pm : link
In comment 12116452 sphinx said:
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ProFootballTalk ‏9 minutes ago
NFLPA president Eric Winston says a 2-year-old could do Roger Goodell's job Link - ( New Window )

In a casual conversation with a reporter about the success of the NFL and how nothing seems to get in its way, I inappropriately and flippantly made a remark about the job of Commissioner Goodell, Winston said in a statement passed along to PFT. We often disagree on the issues but I want to apologize to Roger for being unprofessional. I am disappointed that my comment was taken out of context and inserted into a column without any knowledge that the conversation was on-the-record. I am disappointed that this reporter chose to burn me, but this is an important lesson that I will learn going forward. This is my fault and again, I apologize.
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Francesa on Goodell  
drkenneth : 1/30/2015 7:22 pm : link
Press Conference.
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RE: RE: Les  
Deej : 1/30/2015 7:25 pm : link
In comment 12116429 Les in TO said:
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The NFL is not a charity or a public organization. It's a private football league that serves as entertainment to people as a distraction from all the other crap in life.

It's not his job to solve all the world's problems or hire security guards who follow players around 24/7 to ensure they don't get in trouble.

is he really degrading the game by his presence? once the ball is kicked off on sunday in what appears to be a classic matchup between the defending champs and the re-charged former champs, people are going to watch both the game and the spectacle.


Because I totally said that his problem is that he didnt solve all the world's problems.

The guy is the public face of the NFL and was giving a press conference. My point is that no one believes him and his words carry no weight. You're right, he seems like essentially the CEO of the NFL. That is not the model of commissioners-past however. Especially in baseball, 20th century commissioners tended to be guardians of the game and upbriaded owners when necessary. Look even at the NBA, where the new commish threw out an owner who was bad for the sport. No way Goodell would do that.
They should get rid of him  
rdt288 : 1/30/2015 7:55 pm : link
Everyone says they won't BC he makes the owners too much money
Newsflash-NFL would make money even if anyone held that job

Who is more dislikeable
Brady, belicheck or goddell?
What Deej said.  
drkenneth : 1/30/2015 7:57 pm : link
Well said.
Those "Thank You Roger" signs from the Hall of Fame  
ghost718 : 1/30/2015 8:00 pm : link
are you going to up in price by the minute.I get TV Time? You better empty your pockets NFL suite.
nice typing  
ghost718 : 1/30/2015 8:01 pm : link
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'Refuse to Defuse'  
sphinx : 1/30/2015 9:46 pm : link
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PHOENIX In case you still had any doubt, Super Bowl XLIX will officially be played under a cloud of suspicion.

Either the Patriots will be crowned champions, and a majority of the country outside the six New England states will view them as cheaters. Or, thanks to the scrutiny that has dogged the Patriots for two weeks, the undistracted Seahawks will roll to back-to-back titles. The 120-odd actual football plays will be irrelevant. PSI will be the takeaway from this Super Bowl.

Thats the message we received from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in his annual state of the league address on Friday. Given one final chance to take the air out of the issue before the game (pun intended), Goodell passed.

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This guy is who he is  
Sneakers O'toole : 1/31/2015 2:17 am : link
as the years go by more and more will figure it out
RE: 'Refuse to Defuse'  
montanagiant : 1/31/2015 9:02 am : link
In comment 12116562 sphinx said:
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PHOENIX In case you still had any doubt, Super Bowl XLIX will officially be played under a cloud of suspicion.

Either the Patriots will be crowned champions, and a majority of the country outside the six New England states will view them as cheaters. Or, thanks to the scrutiny that has dogged the Patriots for two weeks, the undistracted Seahawks will roll to back-to-back titles. The 120-odd actual football plays will be irrelevant. PSI will be the takeaway from this Super Bowl.

Thats the message we received from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in his annual state of the league address on Friday. Given one final chance to take the air out of the issue before the game (pun intended), Goodell passed.

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You know its bad when King will come out that strongly against Goodell. Ole' Roger has truly become a despicable person
'The more Goodell talks, the worse it gets for him'  
sphinx : 1/31/2015 10:14 am : link
Tara Sullivan, NorthJersey.com, The Record ...
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It would have been unfair to expect Roger Goodell to use his annual state of the league news conference Friday at the Super Bowl to fix everything. He couldnt work magic.

He couldnt make everything better, but he sure could make it worse, and by the time he was done talking Friday, thats what hed done to his already battered public image.

By the time Goodell stepped down from the literal high ground (he spoke from his lectern on a raised podium), by the time he stopped expounding from the metaphorical high ground (boasting of all the important things both he and his league learned this year), hed only widened the credibility gap that should, but likely wont, threaten his lucrative tenure as NFL commissioner.


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Roger Goodell  
spike : 1/31/2015 10:27 am : link
has made enough money to not have to work a single minute the rest of his life, and possibly his children will not have to either.
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