Roger Goodell does not act as a mediator at all. Most other commissioners, current and in the past, have worked with the heads of the player's associations to settle disputes between clubs or owners and players. He is employed by the owners just like the NFLPA is employed by the players, but it's their job to be more…

Those are all fair points. *Shakes hand*

It's definitely fair to say Goodell does not have the authority to make this call without owner consent and that if he rebelled the owners could fire him. However, I would quibble on a couple of points:

Drew I can't believe you would say that ROGER GOODELL FUCKS DONKEYS. This is a baseless rumor started by internet charlatans, the idea that ROGER GOODELL FUCKS DONKEYS. If one were to say ROGER GOODELL FUCKS DONKEYS, I imagine they would be susceptible to all forms of libel persecution. I have to ask that no one here…

This is just so not fucking true. A commissioner acts as a mediator between the owners and other league employees and can absolutely stand up to the owners, examples of which have been pointed out by other commenters and I'm not going to reiterate. Goodell has no power because he's a fucking pawn and sold out every…

Time ran out on the first quarter and on the 49ers TD. Also that Lions PI that set up the FG was just a horrid fucking call.

They're not too bad. Kevin Sumlin seems like a good coach who'll have A&M at 9-3 in a couple of years and Missouri's averaged a hair under 10 wins over the past 5 seasons.

The ACC sees you with your brand new Texas A&M and Missouri BMWs, SEC. They raise you by buying the Notre Dame, Pitt, and Syracuse Oldsmobiles from a rental car business that's about to go under.

Thank you. Several other people on this site found that funny, including Kluwe.

How I Met Your Mother is the Subway of television programming: bland, inexplicably omnipresent, and should only be consumed when there is a total lack of other options. In this analogy, Jason Segel is the bread, something that could be much better, but is perpetually underwhelming. Stop watching HIMYM, stop eating…

Tygart then grabbed his piss cup of truth, tied a towel-cape around his neck and rode a tricycle off into the sunset.

"OMG AMAZING meal at Momofuku! Steamed buns, Korean fried chicken, Fruity Pebbles milk ice cream! STUFFED!"

"Yes, but you can't spell Usain without USA!"

At the end, Mario Balotelli sprints past the leader in a hot dog costume and pelts him with empties of Diet Coke (official partner of the Olympic games) because this sport could use some spicing up.

Who would win in a fight? A man with a can of hairspray and a lighter dressed in a Charizard costume or a man with a taser dressed in a Pikachu costume?

Chris, Olympic gymnasts are talented and strong. How many of them do you think could stand (ladder-placed, I suppose) on one another's shoulders before they all toppled over?

Is your kicking leg extremely hypertrophic compared to your non-kicking leg? If so, what is your favorite item on the McDonald's dollar menu?

The article meant to say with apologies to the late Yogi Bear, the only bear to die a Type-2 Diabetes-related death in recorded history. RIP American hero.

Good to see that while Mark Emmert is going to town beating the shit out of the dead horse that is Penn State, Jim Delany snuck in and pulled off the horseshoes and sold them for a nickel to his friends.

So if I give no points to Mark Emmert because he's an overblown hall monitor Newt-Gingrich-looking dick cheese, can I still be kind of ok with some of the penalties? Because the 60 million going to assist child abuse victims when it wasn't going to anyone but shithead administrators and bowl executives anyway, and the…