[EQAndyBuzz]

I don’t think people really understand what is happening. The spate of wife and girlfriend beatings by NFL players and the players with concussions being publicized is forcing Goodell to create a distraction.

This distraction will kill th NFL and Goodell seems ok with it.

[grania]

What I don't get is why the owners are okay with it. Is there investment in their out-of-control players so prohibitive that they have to save as much of their investment as they can for now?

If they were actually in control anymore, nobody with a felony, drug, or domestic violence conviction would even be drafted. And once they got there, it would be a "no strikes" policy, and a handbook of rules would be strictly enforced.

It's not going to happen.