Posted on 10/19/2017 2:52:16 AM PDT by SkyPilot
Over two short press appearances, the NFL commish could not stop repeating the same two words
Without a doubt this is already an NFL season Roger Goodell can't wait to drop kick into distant memory. As players' political activism increasingly encroaches onto the playing field, ratings are getting blitzed.
Over the first six weeks, NFL ratings are down 7.5 percent as compared to last season, per Nielsen. They're down 18.7 percent from the 2015 season. (Commenting last year on the decline, Goodell punted, blaming the presidential election for America's fading interest.)
Faced with such awful stats, it's incontrovertible that if Goodell were himself a player, he'd have already been cut.
But Goodell is clearly intent on retaining possession of his commissionership. His game plan appears to be encouraging players to remain committed to "the issues in their communities" while also telling fans he agrees these athletes should stand for the national anthem.
Over the last two days Goodell has huddled with NFL team owners and the Players Association. Speaking to the press about how he intends to salvage the season, Goodell came up incomplete. As he fumbled for words, a very odd verbal tic emerged.
Over the course of about 20 minutes before the press, Goodell used the same two words no fewer than 45 times.
Watch the montage above to see this bizarre verbal tic in action.
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Here's an excerpt from the unofficial transcript:
Issues in the communities, communities, issues, communities, communities, issues, issues, communities' issues, the issues in our communities. Issues in the communities, communities, issues, communities, issues, communities, issues, issues, communities' issues, the issues in our communities. Issues in the communities, communities, issues, communities, communities, issues, issues, communities' issues, the issues in our communities. Issues, issues, issues. Issues in the communities, communities, issues, communities, communities, issues, issues, communities' issues, the issues in our communities. Issues in the communities, communities, issues, communities, issues, communities, issues, issues, communities' issues, the issues in our communities. Issues in the communities, communities, issues, communities, communities, issues, issues, communities' issues, the issues in our communities. Issues, issues, issues.
The Stepford Commissioner...
What a Putz!
He’s been absorbed.
Sad.
Came across to me as panty waste weirdo. The guy is obviously a first class flake
NFL is gone. Better get a new hobby.
I think the owners and other affiliated with nfl are hoping the decline is due to the baseball post-season.
Once WS is done, the fans will flood back to the only game in town.
I saw a clip of his plea session last night. I read people by their eyes and it jumped out at me this stupid dip is not sleeping very much. The smug arrogance displayed at the last draft when he was soundly booed by the crowd every time he was even getting ready to take the stage is now totally gone.
The Jaguars VP apology letter to the city fell flatter than a pancake under an elephant’s foot, or as I like to say, went over like a fart in a diving bell. Shad Kahn is also starting to show signs desperation. Jacksonville is a very big military town, maybe tops of all the NFL cities and this dumb schnit thinks he can pull this crap?
Sorry Charlie, no sale. The city has essentially pissed away a ton of subsidies for obviously empty promises and supposed men masquerading as football players. The concept was correct but the follow through is now showing to be a disaster at least for football. Good luck in supporting their investment with tractor pulls.
IIRC Shad Kahn is a muslim is he not? Called the POTUS “the great divider”. Also owner of a European football club. IMO the “London jaguars” has a nice ring to it. They will get none of my $$ for the foreseeable future.
Its not a tic. That is racespeak.
Everyone who comes on-air in Cincinnati knows that. “Community” means Black persons. “Issues” means racism by whites and recently more specifically by white police.
Nowadays, being a role model means leading a protest movement against patriotic symbols of our country?
-PJ
As an American, his faith should not be an issue until he makes it one. If he said that about POTUS, that becomes an issue but still within rights to say it, but just like the kneelers, their consequences are directly related to how their CUSTOMERS react to it.
Here is what democrat party Obama critic former Sheriff David Clarke had to say about this which has been spiked by MSM
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3596032/posts
In these parts “community” is code-word for “whitey, give me some money”.
Goodell is a hardcore leftist, his dad is a hardcore leftist. Goodell. Has done just what the left wanted him to do. They must stop Trump at all costs.
The NFL community disorganizer has spoken...this pillock needs to go...
We knew that.
-Child abuse issues
-Domestic violence issues
-Drug abuse issues
-Animal cruelty issues
-Social adjustment issues
-etc. etc. etc...
You know. Issues.
So, what's the league doing about it?
The NFL is a control freak enterprise that succeeds and thrives as long as it maintains control. To see the fans rebelling and becoming former fans is wonderful to behold.
“What happened to the days when football stars went back into their communities to visit schools, boys clubs, and big brother organizations to be role models and mentors to our children?”
Better yet were the days when even star players needed off season jobs to lead an upper middle class life.
Sure the owners would get most of the money. But then they could BUILD THEIR OWN STADIUMS.
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