NFL: Are You Bleeping Me?

[babuka]

(02-24-2013 03:21 PM)AUTiger7222 Wrote:  I understand what you're saying but to me it's insane to make that much money in a year. I don't care if you're curing cancer. I can't even imagine what it would be like to even have the interest off that kind of money.

If both parties freely agree to the terms of his employment and compensation, it is between them. It's not like he held his employer hostage to give him that much money.

If the owners didn't think he was worth it, they would not pay it, or hire somebody else. It is not like he has a high popularity ranking. Personally, I don't like the approach he is taking to make the game safer. The fact is, I wouldn't doubt it if the commissioner spent less than 5% of his time dealing with stuff the actual game of football. Most of it is probably dealing with TV contracts, merchandising, determining and planning the Super Bowls, dealing with lawsuits, dealing with the union, dealing with the occasional member of Congress, working the NFL network TV presidents, working with marketing guys on how to expand the brand, working with logistics guys on how to have more events in Europe, and so forth.

I don't like the fact that I sound like I am defending Goodell, when in fact I wish the NFL would replace him with someone who approach and handle the safety issue better without the crazy personal flags being thrown on every hard hit. But I am not in charge.