Does he have a single good initiative?

Take over and rebrand the Arena League to “NFL-Arena”. Then return the Arena League to the old “Ironman” rules

Here’s why.

1)You only need 20 players or so under the old Ironman rules. That makes it easier for other countries to fill out a roster
2) Ironman rules (all players except for QB’s, Kickers and 1 specialist) work to the advantage of other countries. Current NFL linemen don’t train to go from rushing the passer to having to block pass rushers. They also don’t have the cardio ability to play without a break (offense in, defense out, visa versa). You’ll have smaller linemen, and you can get those type of players off of Rugby teams.
3) You can play indoors, in Hockey Arenas. This allows the sport to be played in the Winter Olympics, which makes more sense timing wise for the football players.
4) The old Arena League had outreach programs to other countries (for example, Australia).
5) The defense in Arena Style is limited by rules (no tackle twisting, for example, and your defensive linemen have to play one yard off the line of scrimage. You can only blitz one LineBacker.

The game, when done right, is great to watch. If the NFL ran it, and made it into a QB development league, you’d see a much better product. For the reasons I’ve mentioned above, other countries could develop teams that would be competitive, as we would likely only use non NFL talent on our team (because of the injury risk). I think it would work.

Goodell is a joke. He needs to shut his mouth.

The rest of the world is just not ready.

Basketball, Tennis and Football (Soccer) have no place in the Olympics because an NBA title, Grand Slam title or Wold Cup will always be a higher achievement than an Olympic Gold Medal.

I’m all for expanding Pro Football around the world but please don’t pollute the Olympic spirit.

QB. DANTE CULLPEPPERR
RB. LT
WR. TERREL OWENS
WR. DAVID BOSTON
K. MIKE VANDERJAGT

All other sports are ‘exhibition’ sports; and Gridiron football is just as relevent; (or irrelevent depending on your point of view); as judo, handball and bmx cycle riding.

IMO, what needs to happen is there ought to be a salary/ income ceiling; ($100k pa ?); applied to all Olympic competitors. If you earn more than that you don’t qualify. That would remove the nonsense of the NBA ‘all-stars’ playing in the basketball tournament. Kobe alone could probably fund the entire Olympic Games.

London was not even the best attended NFL Europe franchise (a double fail). After the novelty wears off and “their” team wallows in mediocrity, Londoners will have zero allegiance to attending 10 games a year.