[AnotherUnixGeek]

Is This the End of the NFL?

Not the end - but their peak has come and gone. They will continue to decline steadily. The only real hope they had was to replace Roger Goodell with a commissioner capable of recognizing who the NFL's fan base is and trying to win back those fans. Instead, the owners are about to award Goodell a new contract paying him nearly $50 million annually and providing him with a private jet.

Expect Goodell to continue his virtue-signaling to groups who have never watched football and are interested in it solely to score left-wing points. Expect him also to take away home games from NFL fans to play games in London, Mexico City and other foreign cities in an attempt to build up NFL merchandising abroad. Expect continued gimmicks like the idiotic "color rush" uniforms, and cash grabs like the shabby Thursday night games, which are usually sloppy and badly played because players haven't had time to rest and frequently lead to injuries.

All a dismal come-down since the glory days of the NFL's rise during the '70s, '80s and '90s.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

I have to agree with Costas, and it strikes me that Jerry Jones could be provoking his head on collision with Goodell in order to get a buyout at current prices. Look at the Donald Sterling estate - they got $2B for a team which had been valued at half that before the controversy. Jones’ interest is valued in the vicinity of $5B. Maybe he wants out - and the first out will get the best deal in the declining market for pro football.

[Tallguy]

“Expect Goodell to continue his virtue-signaling to groups who have never watched football and are interested in it solely to score left-wing points.”

It may be that Goodell has convinced the nominally-capitalist owners that concussion-syndrome will end them if they don’t align themselves with progressive causes as a way to insulate themselves from an avalanche of lawsuits.

[szweig]

I’ll take Goodell’s job and charge $20M with no private jet.