Everyone knew when Goodell came in he was Kraft's boy. And remember, the first thing he did was go full Clinton/Obama covering up the Patriots investigation.
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 that were the case then why target the Patriots time and time again while ignoring more egregious actions by other teams?
peyton manning cheated far more than what the Patriots were ever accused of. Did goodell ever go after him or the broncos? No.
Deflategate.... The colts had the ball for at least 5 min before turning it over to the refs. Nah no possibility of tampering there. Not to mention there was at least a 40+ degree temp difference between inside the building when the balls were first checked, and the time when they were checked later during the game. And being the nfl allows a range of PSI as opposed to saying the balls will be XX PSI, you’re going to have some that “feel” softer than others. Just like car tires @ 70 degrees they can be filled to 32 PSI, but at 20 degrees they’ll be considerably less.
Videogate only ones blamed were the Patriots when ALL teams video each other.