That hardly means Goodeel was responsible. Look at the economy Bill Clinton took credit for in the 90’s. They could have put a scarecrow in charge of the NFL and it would have grown like that.
Yeah actually it does. Goodell is the guy that negotiates the TV (and these days non-TV) contracts (including very long TV contracts, he pushes the international angle, he negotiates the CBA (including a very long CBA which immediately resulted in long TV contracts), and he fixed the discipline mess Tags left behind. If they could put a scarecrow in charge and it would grow like that then why didn’t it grow like that under Tags? Answer: they couldn’t. The facts are in and the facts are he’s a really good commish. Sorry you can’t see that, but your blindness does not dictate reality.