Eh. He took over the most popular sports television enterprise that was in existence at a time when ratings and advertising revenues were decreasing due to a number of factors - except for live sports, which were considered one of the few reliable sources of advertising revenue. MLB and NBA revenues have exploded as…

Nah, he’s there to be the public face of the owners so that most of the public shits on him rather than the actual owners who are the truly awful people in all of this. And he’s done a masterful job at that and could certainly continue while the owners try to fuck the players again when the next CBA is up.

NDAs still can’t cover whistle-blowers if he wanted to spill on head traumas or other questionably legal decisions the NFL owners have encouraged throughout the years of his service.

If I was a savvy businessman, I would require people (uh hmm, Roger Godell) to have a non-disclosure clause in his contract.

Can a commish qualify for whistle-blower protection on the league’s cover-ups of head trauma, domestic abuse, and PEDs?

You think he doesn’t have a confidentiality clause attached to each contract?

Goodell must be a master negotiator to get $40M for persuading TV networks to air professional football games.

Any owner thinking this seems to be missing the fact that he is one tell-all book away from bringing down their temple.

I mean, the owners are right. It’s mostly the lawyers that handle the difficult part of negotiations, and the owners have a lot of input too. The commissioner is mostly there to build consensus and manage competing interests. Fun fact: Goodell is terrible at that.

I’d bet they could find a more modestly priced ginger-haired hand puppet.

Should have stayed in the box and let it come to him. Why did he have to gopher it?

Lemme guess. They needed an extra couple of million for an exercise suite in the football stadium

Either you’re a university administrator here to troll, or you missed the shit out of your calling in life.

She should Sioux!

Finally, justice for NBA mascots everywhere.

You want to see a truly pathetic pursuit of a 27-year-old, join me ladies night at Applebees.

Bill Belichick just takes his free agents out to lunch at the Ground Round and asks them if they want to win a Super Bowl.

Dont’a Hightower is scheduled to fly to Pittsburgh tonight. But storm also expected to hit New Jersey. So Mother Nature now figures into FA.

Very short, celibate.