Comments on: Roger Goodell: The future of football relies on changing the game

By: chi01town

chi01town — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:48:44 +0000

The NFL has been here for almost
100 years before Goodell and his safety bull sh#t. He is the one that
opened the door for all these X players to say ( I bumped my head )
Now they want money that they didnt earn. I for one will not pay to see the players play catch. IF the NFL dont get rid of Goodell then Goodell will get rid of the NFL

By: sechristbmw

sechristbmw — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 04:50:12 +0000

Money is all this man cares about.

$31 million in pay last season. That’s what this is about. Save the NFL from lawsuits behind the safety guise.

Sure take away kick offs, take away punt returns, take out the three point stance- that’s what the fans want…

Change the fabric of the game and make it Goodell ball.

By: dallascowboysdishingthereal

dallascowboysdishingthereal — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:53:43 +0000

Goodell the self proffesed savior of the modern NFL? Give me a break.

By: FinFan68

FinFan68 — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 01:24:47 +0000

To avoid injured players from going back out to the field too early, you allow teams to increase their roster size to have legitimate back ups to the starters, and increase their salary caps to allow for the additional players.
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The NFL is not against an increase in roster size. The union is. The teams have X to spend on players per year via the salary cap. Whether they spend that money on 53 players or 63 players makes no difference to the teams. An increase in roster size would mean less money is available per player (fewer big contracts) so the union would not go along with it.

By: mjkelly77

mjkelly77 — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:00:40 +0000

Short-term thinking imbeciles. You’d rather see the league fold under pressure from billion dollar litigation. A decade from now you’ll all be saying how you agreed with the strategic forward thinking of Commissioner Goodell, the man who saved the NFL. Idiots.

By: treesloth16

treesloth16 — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:33:38 +0000

‘The future of my $30mill job and legacy relies on making football as profitable as possible. We propose 18game schedules, 4 games within 20 days, competition with international teams 16hr flights away, and making scoring proliferative.’

How is safety involved here? Goodell’s ridiculous.

By: szwhtsup123

szwhtsup123 — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:20:17 +0000

Women’s golf anyone?

By: sfn155

sfn155 — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:19:22 +0000

Did his “study” count the millions of people who die or get life shortening illnesses before they would even be old enough to be eligible for the NFL?

By: azarkhan

azarkhan — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:52:33 +0000

Yes, let’s make pro football more like pro wrestling. Let’s see what kind of audience you have then, Roger.

By: mogogo1

mogogo1 — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:46:12 +0000

One day Goodell will be viewed as the man who destroyed pro football. To save the game, he has decided they must destroy the game. And it has nothing to do with player safety, but everything to do with protecting the NFL from litigation.

By: nolagirl

nolagirl — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:40:43 +0000

Can someone please give this guy a Deacon Jones’ headslap, y’know… just for old times sake.

By: melikefootball

melikefootball — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:39:21 +0000

All the power to players but the money is out of bounds and is now starting to show. Look at the players redoing contracts which will catch up to teams. Look what is cost to attend a game pushing many out of the stadiums. your team could change drastically each year the way the money is flying around. i understand the making of money but where does the line get drawn.

By: harrisonhits2

harrisonhits2 — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:33:27 +0000

This is the sad and pathetic result of allowing attorneys to take over every aspect of our lives.

So clumsy or stupid as to spill hot coffee on yourself ? Obviously the seller’s fault and they should owe you a couple million.

Play a game where concussions are common and you know full well what the dangers are ? Oops no such thing as informed consent, lets just all sue the league because we’re too stupid to manage the millions we’ve been paid so that we have money after football.

By: jr507

jr507 — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:22:29 +0000

This man “cares” so much to protect multi-millionaires, yet has no problem with us working stiffs spending $5k on PSLs, $3k/annum on tickets, not to mention paying unconscienable prices at the concessions stand.

Forgive me if I don’t lose sleep for the poor modern athlete when your average head-of-household would gladly chop years off his life in exchange for their millions of dollars which would allowing one to meet any of his family’s needs (like increasing cost of living, education, etc).

By: westclaims

westclaims — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:19:29 +0000

Do you see the irony here? Attorneys screw up the game (concussion lawsuits etc), and then it’s left to attorneys like this guy to fix it. A bit of karma there as well.

By: toonloonboon

toonloonboon — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:18:42 +0000

“If there’s any single reason for the incredible success of the NFL, it’s because we’ve never allowed ourselves to be complacent about anything,”

This is a dumb, hollow stmt, typical of what business people in suits would say. So with this logic, my game of beer ping pong might becomse more successful because I run the league like a tyrant.

Stupid.

Hey dummy, why don’t you say the truth. The success of the NFL isnt about esoteric things. But about high energy action that appeals to the largest common denominator and the fact that its easy to gamble on. Dummy.

By: tbtrojan

tbtrojan — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:07:23 +0000

If he keeps up the changes to the point he’s happy then going to an NFL game will resemble going to see Lynyrd Skynyrd tour in 2013 at $100 a ticket.
The name is the same and there’s that 1 guy who might have been there all along but you don’t recognize anything else & you feel ripped off when it’s over.

By: ilovefoolsball

ilovefoolsball — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:44:20 +0000

We should call him Doughboy because all he wants is to make the owners some dough.

By: buffalobill85

buffalobill85 — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:43:44 +0000

it has nothing to do with long term safety, and brain injuries. it’s all about the short term. when a league who plays once a week in the national spotlight, it will do anything to avoid injuries to superstars. the league must have damn near had a heart attack when Brady went down in 08. Howard Rozelle does not care about long term trauma, only revenue. and to maximize both short term and long term profits, they’ll need to minimize injuries.

By: pghdc

pghdc — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:41:35 +0000

Phase in a weight limit! Reducing the weight of the players is the most logical way to reduce injury and improve the health of the players, during and after football.

Take careful notice that the NFL never says it wants to improve the health of the players. Instead, they always use the word “safety”. You can bet this is on purpose. If the NFL is truly concerned for the players, they would not encourage them to live such dangerously unhealthy lives.

Phase in a weight limit! Think of the thousands of young men who live their entire youth as obese men. Only a select few will ever play in the NFL. These boys are handicapped for life. The NFL leaves behind it a long trail of diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, etc…

Football should be a game of strategy, strength, and athleticism.

By: nflgiant

nflgiant — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:40:16 +0000

The NFL needs to go back to a 14 game season with 2 bye weeks for teams.

By: Patriot42

Patriot42 — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:32:48 +0000

As the government becomes more involved in every aspect of our lives it would not surprise me for football to be investigated by a committee and regulated to make it safer and Lord knows what it would become. We need to take back our rights to do what we want without the bleeding hearts telling us how we should live. If I want to jump out of a airplane without a parachute it should be my right.

By: wludford

wludford — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:30:15 +0000

The best way to make football safer is to return it to a more balanced game between run and pass. I’ve been watching NFL football for nearly 40 years and I haven’t noticed any decline in injuries- including serious injuries- as a result of rule changes.

The truth is, the rule changes result in more passing plays, which is when more injuries- including serious injuries- occur. The nature of passing plays expose just about every position to greater risk of injury- from QB to CB to WR to linemen.

If you take away the rule changes that make passing more favorable, there will be more balance between run and pass- as there used to be- with fewer injuries.

And fewer ticky-tack penalties, flag-football games, jump-ball/fail-mary endings, and greater team vs. QB-centric play too. All of which is good for the game.

By: jeffa43

jeffa43 — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:28:58 +0000

The future of Football relies on a change in commissioner.

By: cowboyhater

cowboyhater — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:13:23 +0000

To avoid injured players from going back out to the field too early, you allow teams to increase their roster size to have legitimate back ups to the starters, and increase their salary caps to allow for the additional players. Bottom line… teams force their star players to come back too early because there is not enough roster spots to have nfl starting caliber backups at each position.

By: thebrownswillalwaysloose

thebrownswillalwaysloose — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:08:40 +0000

Extra games, Thursday games, Goodell is such a hypocrite! I get player safety but like boxing, MMA and many other sports the game comes with inherent risk’s involved. The players know this but many of them also know it’s their only chance at any kind of a life. Particularly those who supposedly hold a college degree but can’t string three words together properly. Find ways to make it safe, ie: better helmuts, protection without turning the game into a two hand touch – candy cane league.

By: jdvalk

jdvalk — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:08:22 +0000

Two more regular season games and international travel will make the game much safer, right?

By: sb44champs

sb44champs — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:01:50 +0000

misterchainbluelightning says:
Mar 6, 2013 1:09 PM
There is no NFL if parents keep refusing to let their kids PLAY FOOTBALL as kids.

Which is happening.

The NFL is DEAD in 25 years on it’s current course, Billionaires invested in the game knows this, but your average fan (buffoon) doesn’t.

But they sure do have their silly opinions on the matter.
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Man, took the bait hook, line and sinker lol

By: FinFan68

FinFan68 — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:59:46 +0000

He’s wrong. Changing the game as he envisions will lead to the demise of NFL football. Rather than trying to eliminate the violence and aggression via vague and subjectively enforced rules, maybe he should work on eliminating the ability for suing the league. Liability waivers.

By: boobschannel

boobschannel — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:57:33 +0000

he meant to say the future of his and the owners bottom line – ie: profit margins – relies on changing the game intto the lingerie league