Goodell got it wrong and he's sorry.

[George Cumby]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/19/goodell-i-got-it-wrong-im-sorry-and-now-i-will-get-it-right/

What say you, Rats?

[denverYooper]

Denver Post's TV critic wrote it up:

http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2014/09/19/roger-goodells-press-conference/20005/

I fought the urge to quote the entire short post, but here's the wrap:

Okay, guys, all this attention will pass as soon as we get closer to the Super Bowl. So look like you mean it, stick to the script and run out the news cycle.

[denverYooper]

"And push the idea that we’re adding some skirts in the board room."

[pbmax]

I think Deadspin put it best in two different headlines:

To Prove He's Not Evil, Roger Goodell Pleads Incompetence

Goodell: I Suck At My Job. Now Trust Me

[MadtownPacker]

Ok how about we all meet halfways and AP gives Goodie a whupping? Afterwards the pics get posted on NFL.com and they run a poll asking if punishment was sufficient.

[Striker]

[pbmax]

The entire problem stems from his desire to personally oversee Player Conduct issues and having NO IDEA what that might entail, or what kind of traps he was laying for himself by handing down differing punishments for similar misdeeds depending on how he reacted to meeting with the player.

In the Q&A session, he seemed to obliquely say he was willing to give up some jurisdiction or control, I'll guess we'l see if he follows through. Maybe he learned something, my money is that he has not. He refused to use his appeal authority as a bargaining chip in the CBA when the owner's were out for a big win and it could have bought concessions. I don't think he gives up so easily.

[Fritz]

Years ago, when women were not supplied with the current high-tech gadgetry to help them deal with their monthly issues, and bathing every day was not the norm, they would sometimes address issues of odor by applying a concoction whose name came from the french verb "douche."

Goodell seems to be a bag of that.

[Pugger]

Goodell is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't in this situation. I'm sure past commissioners didn't address this issue because there was no video of the deeds. But once everyone saw the brutal act then everyone got upset and we need someone to blame so lets blame Goodell but not the perpetrator? IMO the only good thing about all of this perhaps domestic violence and child abuse will be out in the open and the monsters who are terrorizing the very people they supposedly love will be properly punished - and not just NFL players.

[pbmax]

Goodell is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't in this situation. I'm sure past commissioners didn't address this issue because there was no video of the deeds. But once everyone saw the brutal act then everyone got upset and we need someone to blame so lets blame Goodell but not the perpetrator? IMO the only good thing about all of this perhaps domestic violence and child abuse will be out in the open and the monsters who are terrorizing the very people they supposedly love will be properly punished - and not just NFL players.

I agree to an extent, but he isn't the only sports League dealing with this. Nor is he the only employer in the same boat. His entire career has been in the NFL and his lack of imagination and hubris that he and his current staff could handle something like this demonstrates how shallow his thinking and knowledge is.

What he is doing now, hiring outside experts and decentralizing authority, should have been his plan from Day 1. I don't understand how the NFLPA signed off on his being judge, jury, appellate court and executioner. Unions have been through this before too. Its as if they actually believe Football as a Sports Entertainment Business is actually a Unicorn.

[wist43]

Amerikans are control freaks and touchy-feely; hence, the need for all the lawyers.

Goodell is a lawyer - he, and all lawyers, need to go the way of priests during the French Revolution; bind their hands and feet, set them adrift in a boat, and then sink it

Not a very effective means of disposal, but it made for great theatre

[pbmax]

Amerikans are control freaks and touchy-feely; hence, the need for all the lawyers.

Goodell is a lawyer - he, and all lawyers, need to go the way of priests during the French Revolution; bind their hands and feet, set them adrift in a boat, and then sink it

Not a very effective means of disposal, but it made for great theatre

Goodell is not a lawyer.

[Rutnstrut]

I think Deadspin put it best in two different headlines:

To Prove He's Not Evil, Roger Goodell Pleads Incompetence

Goodell: I Suck At My Job. Now Trust Me

Hey it works for Obama.

[wist43]

Goodell is not a lawyer.

I've heard on sports talk radio several times that he was lawyer - is he something worse??

Draw and quarter?? his head on a pike?? I'm okay with those, if you think drowning is too dignified for him

[denverYooper]

I've heard on sports talk radio several times that he was lawyer

Well shit, if you heard it several times on the radio, it must be true.