“...the Roger Goodell/J-Z combo?”
Goodell plays his Black Knight against a meddlesome pawn.
If everything went wrong, plausible deniability.
If everything went as planned, plausible deniability.
This went better then planned.
JZ bent over backward for...
Guessing that the black audience is a large target for the NFL.
You are right on counts..... Goodell has a plan A and a plan B. Both work out great as far as the Kaps issue.
Where I am I see some pee-wee football at my local athletic field. Just about all black kids and black parents. So blacks are still enthused over the NFL. Must be so!