Quote:While I agree that the final product is him being a mouthpiece for the consensus of the other 32 owners, we do not know to what extent that he has (or hasn't) been in spearheading these "new ideas". Under Tags (Tagliabue) were didn't seem to have as much short-sighted change or change for change's sake and shameless money grabs like some of these "new" ideas are guises for.  I think some of that is the new guard of owner like Synder, Jones, Irsays kid, etc etc, but I do think some of it indeed stems from Goodell. I don't think he's just 100% a string puppet. We've lost a lot of the old Guard's "League-think". Pete Rozelle was part of that too.  

 

I seriously doubt Goodell is sitting there booking RCMH or coming up with changing draft dates.  He's being fed this stuff by people from the network, and from other areas within the league who are suggesting these things as a way of increasing ratings and profits. 

 

I don't think any of it has been shortsighted.  Moving the draft to May increased ratings dramatically over previous years.  Increased ratings means more money for the league.  That's not shortsighted. 

 

Goodell is nothing more than the face the owners put out there to manage their interests.

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