Posted on 10/22/2017 6:03:28 PM PDT by EdnaMode
The debate over NFL player protests during the national anthem has become so big within the league that it has delayed the completion of commissioner Roger Goodell's contract extension, league sources told ESPN.
Goodell's deal is still expected to be completed and has been papered, sources told ESPN, but the process has been slowed while the overwhelming majority of the NFL's attention has been diverted to handling the anthem issue, which has affected TV ratings, merchandise sales and the country's feelings about football.
Had the issue not existed, Goodell's contract might have been completed at last week's owners meeting in New York, sources said. However, because the issue has become so critical to the league, the NFL's compensation committee spent about only 20 minutes Wednesday discussing Goodell's extension, with Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank leading those talks, sources told ESPN.
The committee still insists Goodell's deal will be completed, but there is other business that currently is more pressing.
"The anthem issue has overridden everything -- and I do mean everything," one source told ESPN.
The focus on the issue has overshadowed other league business as well.
At last week's meetings, owners discussed making a dramatic shift from paper game tickets to all-digital ticketing, which will be in place for the 2018 season, sources told ESPN. The NFL also announced the 2018 draft would be held in Dallas, which will host the first draft held inside a stadium. Neither topic received as much attention as the anthem issue.
The NFL is one tweet away from total destruction.
All Trump has to do is tweet that Goodell should be fired.
The wussy owners would then renew Goodell’s contract, assuring the league’s implosion.
So, why do you suppose all of these owners are willing to stand by while socialism completely takes over? What does that do to their ownership/investment??
No matter which way they go, there will be howling. Since most fans are white, it would seem natural that blacks should do the howling. Have we as country become so afraid to exercise authority that we either freeze or roll over? We make war half-heartedly, too. Maybe we are past the curve of decadence, more of a gas bag than a nation. What other countries pass legislation without knowing what is in it?
Dear grandkids,
Sorry for the mess and the debt.
Gramps
Yeah I think you’re right.
These would be re-sales of season ticket holders, showing the true market price. How many of these season ticket holders are going to renew at full price for 10 games next year?
Couched in different language.
"If I owned an NFL franchise, I'd be demanding a new commissioner that respected the fans and advertisers.
That would work.
Badhell does the bidding of the owners.They are as gutless as he is.
It’s true.
Had this patsy Goodell done his job and put an immediate stand against this crap, there would not be this little to hell with the NFL thing.
So, since he has shown himself to be an incompetent ass, give him a raise and extend his contract.
Oh yeah NFL, that;s the way to lure fans back.
NOT.
IF HE’D FOLLOWED HIS OWN LEAGUE RULE BOOK HE COULD HAVE STOPPED IT. But he chose to straddle the fence.
I WON’T ENFORCE IT!
http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2017/10/18/nfl-commissioner-goodell-says-all-players-should-stand-for-national-anthem-but-doesnt-impose-rule.html
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