It has become an American sport tradition to boo the commissioner of a professional sport. Watch NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman present the Stanley Cup in any of the past five or ten seasons. He’ll get booed again this June when he gives the Cup to the BlueJackets. (Well, at least one of those predictions will come true, anyway).
The Commissioner will always take the heat for anything wrong with the sport. But in Goodell’s case, it is richly deserved.
I think you have a strong point here. Pete Rozelle was a fairly unpopular NFL commissioner. Today, his NFL looks like a Golden Age.
I think you have a strong point here. Pete Rozelle was a fairly unpopular NFL commissioner. Today, his NFL looks like a Golden Age.