Roger Goodell: Approve or No?
 

Part of me likes that he's trying to prevent the NFL from becoming an organization of thugs. But another part of me thinks that he has too much power and legislates morality with a holier than thou attitude. Do you overall approve or not approve of his leadership and the decisions that he's made concerning the major issues (i.e. fines on players for hits, Aaron Pryor case, Starcaps, Jim Tressell case, etc).

I like most of what he's done, just not all.

I'm OK with the fines. The players wanted a safer NFL, and they're getting exactly what they asked for.

I think his approval rating was very high before the lockout. Since then it's dipped some. I'm still undecided about him being judge jury and executioner.
I think he's doing a fine job of keeping a good image for the NFL.

approve.

I approve. Much of what he has done is frustrating, but I'm (a) easily frustrated and (b) does anybody really think some other guy would do much different/better?

I agree with his goals, I don't agree with his authoritarian methodology. If he had a more transparent, democratic process with room for appeal, then I would totally approve.

He gets points for punishing Jim Tressel....now if he would just smack Pete{I AM Outta Here } Carroll ..with a suspension...i would really give him a stamp of approval..

Anything that pisses the Steelers is a okay with me...

No to much power for one guy and when the player asked him to delegate some of his power to other people. He flat out said no. Didn't even think about it. And to answer b I think Strato would do a much better job lol. Maybe Papz.

I approve. The NFL is a brand. It makes lots of money for everyone involved. Of course the players don't like being disciplined. They are wealthy and have been told from an early age how special and grand they are. They naturally feel they are above the law. They are not. On the player safety issue, there's no way the players were going to make the game safer themselves. Someone had to step in. Sooner or later the way the game was headed, with the size and speed of todays players, someone was literally going to be killed on the field. Fines for helmet to helmet hits and launching at other players had to be high to get the point across. However, there is one thing I'm not a fan of and it's how the penalities are being enforced against "defenseless recievers." I've seen too many plays where the ball and defender arrived very close together where no helmet to helmet or launching took place and the defender was still penalized. That's football. Hopefully, they will address it as the season goes along or in the offseason the same way they stopped penalizing defenders when the QB's head was barely touched or grazed during a play.

I didn't like his stance during the lockout. He was all about the owners only. As a commish, he should've been representing us and the players as well. We wouldn't have even seen a lockout with a real commissioner.

So he can be a bit of a dick (can I say that?) - Oh well.

I would like to see a third party group/committee that had in mind what was best for the game & the fans. (I know - no way in this world or the next. But it is a nice thought - like Congress actually accomplishing something) :awe:

The less Big Government does, the better off we'll all be.

A do-nothing congress would be a dream come true.

Goodell is a good commissioner; part of the problem was that Tagliabue gave way too much to the union so that he could maintain his "record" rather than what was best for the league...Goodell just took the position of moving things back to the middle...

I'd give him the thumbs up.

Which by the way was the original intent, but whenever congress want power it doesn't have it just votes itself a new law granting itself that power. And we just sit back and watch it happen.

/threadjack

I really like him. Cleaning up the leauges image is very important. I think he has the apropriate powers since really he is the power of the 32 owners combined.

I like what he stands for and what he's trying to do... but I'm starting to question the logic of how he's doing it.

Bump. Anyone want to change their minds now lol.

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I'm overwhelmed with all the Approves. This guy is a dirt bag.

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Now if I could go back and change my previous statement...

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:rofl: ... this poll was before my time. I'm reading through the thread thinking, "WTF? Am I in bizarro world? Do I need to rethink my whole position on Goodell?".

Good thing I checked the dates on the posts when I came to 44Champs contribution, :lol:.

Everyone who voted approval of Goodell gets a pass ... he fooled a lot of people.

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I'm laughing my azz off. I don't remember this thread from 2011, so I'm reading it like it's a new thead, not paying any attention to the dates. The more posts I read, the more I'm thinking WTF are these guys talking about. Is this thread a joke, and I'm missing the punchline? All the "love" shown Goodell was about to make me throw up. Goodell is a ****bag, he wants to put tutus on the players, he wants to destroy the Saints organization, he thinks he's the NFL god, and all you guys are showing him all this love? What the hell is going on? Then I saw Crusader's post. Ohhhh, now it makes sense. Good thing I figured it out, because I was about to call ALL of you guys out, and make a big azz out of myself. LOL Whew, that was close.

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I think a recount is in order :)

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I had never voted in this poll. I just broke the tie. I honestly never did care for Goodell.

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At first I was a firing range vote, disappointing.
My vote is, disapprove.

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Is that you Mummy?

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Approve? Really? :bang: :rolleyes:

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Its not up to us or the players to approve. He answers to the owners.

I still think he's doing the right thing for 90% of the owners.

Pending litigation is the dark cloud that may destroy the NFL completely. I'm sure the owners are OK with a few over-reactions and minor little silly rule tweaks on his part to protect their image.

Notice that all the hate is directed at him, not the owners. Goodell is their devil on a leash and he's doing what most of the owners wanted to begin with.

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I never aproved from the onset. Though I agree with Dano's obsevations. I never believed he was competent from how he handled the Spy Gate Patriots incendent.
Like us, what they were doing was wide spread, and it could have been kept out of the press and handled quitely.
Instead he did exactly what he did to the saints to satisfy his own ego. Rush to judgement, no real research, and jump on the podium to get the lime light.
He is just not competent or mature enouph to be a commissioner of the NFL.

and though hes doing what the owners want, hes not and never has been, the man for the job.

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I had this thought for a moment as well but then I thought, how do you suspend a coaching staff and 4 players quietly? This was carefully orchestrated. They did exactly what they intended to do. Make the sheep follow and believe everything that comes out of there mouth. I just don't think they calculated some sheep breaking from the herd and challenging the authority.

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You do it quietly by NOT suspending a coaching staff and four players. You drop some fines, stay away from press conferences and move on.

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I hear ya but then he couldn't have made it a specticle like he did. They did it this way for a reason. We all know why. If there were no lawsuits, I believe things would have been done differently.

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Then I guess you've enjoyed snoozing since 2010

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Why I disapprove?

Look at how he has run the NFL when it comes to fines and suspensions......

Lets look at this:

Patriots = Spygate, (REAL CHEATING) = 500k fine was it? stripped of a 1st rd pick?

Saints = Bounty (never proven) = Suspension of coach for 1 entire season and 4 players.

It gets better.

Dante Stallworth = Suspended entire season for Killing a man.


Why did I bring up these 3 incidents?

Look at the penalty levied.

#1 Saints fined and suspend Head Coach for year, Assistant coach for 6 games.

#2 Dante Stallworth suspended for 1 year for killing a person while drunk.

#3 Patriots fined and stripped of 1st rd pick for Cheating.


Saints got the harsher penalty for something not proven, apparently how Roger Goodell has put this together is that.

#1 Cheating matters none in the NFL.

#2 Bounty system unproven is just as bad as killing someone while drunk.

This bull crap continues to happen with players and teams.


#1 is not taken seriously, thus teams like the Ravens, 49ers, Steelers, to name 3 teams off the bat can get by with just about anything they want in the NFL.

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Um..........NO!

I approve of kicking Goodell in the nuts if that helps.