A quite remarkable piece from the liberal Huffington Post! Do you think more writers over there will take this attitude? should the NFL relax uniform rules? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...oodell-is-a-joke_us_57af2de4e4b0ae60ff029ef1? Cowboys Decal Proves Roger Goodell Is A Joke 08/13/2016 11:48 am ET | Updated 21 hours ago 850 Alan Schechter Co-Editor, the Pewter Plank, Contributor, NFL SpinZone MAXDENVER.COM Has all of the power finally gone to commissioner Roger Goodells head? Roger Goodell, commissioner of the NFL. Hes the most powerful man in sports. He runs a league that practically prints money and is beloved all over the world. He is also becoming the biggest joke out there. Now, it doesnt take much to convince a Patriots fan of this. Just mention the term Deflategate to any New England fan and you will hear chapter and verse on how terrible the commissioner is. Like it or not, however, the players agreed to make him the final decision maker, which likely played into Tom Bradys decision to accept his punishment. But when Goodell starts exerting his over-authority regarding smaller issues, he becomes a joke. And when it involves denying a team the right to honor the victims of a terrible tragedy, its embarrassing. For anyone that wasnt aware, the Dallas Cowboys requested the opportunity to wear a decal on the back of their helmets honoring the officers tragically slain in the ambush in Dallas. Well that wasnt an acceptable idea, thanks to Roger and the NFLs draconian uniform rules. As reported by FOX Sports, the NFL denied the request. Goodell and company went further than that, as Pro Football Talk wrote, by extending the denial into the preseason. What an embarrassment. A game that is the most popular in America cant find a way to honor American heroes. Pathetic. The president of the Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation said it best: The NFL had an opportunity to be leaders and advocates for change in law enforcement, Sgt. Demetrick Pennie, president of the foundation, told the website. These are our friends and our loved ones... it hurts to not have the NFL fully support us. He should be hurt. He should also be offended. Lets see, who are those guys that make arrests of unruly fans? Policemen! Who helps keep the stadiums safe in the wake of attacks and potential attacks? Policemen! Policemen are employed by the league to keep games safe, fans safe, and events under control. They are an essential part of the game day process. But Roger couldnt make an exception to the uniform rules and allow five of them to be honored? Its apparently OK to break the rules to break those same rules to honor fallen members of the NFL family though. Whether it be players, owners, or in the case of Mr. Kraft, family members of owners, those are all acceptable. But its not OK to honor cops? By the way, the sainted Goodell had nothing to say when the Rams ran out of the tunnel for a game giving the Black Lives Matter salute. OK, its all right to protest cops, but not honor them? Seriously? Its completely acceptable to have rules. Its not acceptable to be a hypocrite. Roger Goodell is a hypocrite, and the Dallas police are owed an apology. His actions are embarrassing.
Most people don't like Goodell, it's not hard to see why. Though I've heard he was "better" than Tagliblue.