Remember Jones didn’t actually turn against Goodell until Eliot got suspended. There was a unanimous vote for the compensation committee to handle the contract renewal, that mean Jones voted to keep him. As for how good he is for the league, they’ve added 7 billion dollars a year to the revenue in the first 10 years he was commish, and most indications are they’re adding another billionish this year. The job is to make money, it took the league the last 5 years of Tagliabeau to go from 4 billion to 6, and now under Goodell they’re closing in on 14. He’s had missteps along the way for sure, but the money just keeps on stacking up.
If Blaine Gabbert comes in in the fourth quarter of a 42-0 game, does that mean he won the game?