Goodell is clearly putting player’s opinions ahead of his fan’s opinions. He must be totally oblivious to the source of his income. Let them all rot.
It's so hard for me to believe he's that oblivious, but I've wondered the same thing. You could cut the biggest star in the league, announce open tryouts, and there would be 50 athletes trying out for that position within the next two days. Maybe you wouldn't have as much talent on the field, but there is absolutely no reason whatsoever you wouldn't be able to field a team.
Sucking up to the players at the expense of your revenue base makes absolutely no sense to me.
UNLESS....you're really just a liberal SJW at heart. I would think that some of the "businessmen" owners would have the good sense not to torpedo the value of their franchises, but I guess they're blind as well.