Comments on: Roger Goodell Is The Worst Commissioner In Professional Sports

By: Stevo

Stevo — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:03:34 +0000

lawrrwd… im glad the old refs are coming back but i want to point out a few things…..

1. Head to Head hits were at there highest last year… old refs did not fix this.
2. It was the replay guys that blew the game on Monday…. they are not replacements.
3. The players have been saying the NFL has gone soft… that every thing results in flags…. well… now they have their wish. Fighting on every play. Im fine with this.. they should be too, they got what they asked for.
4. If the players are worried about safety…. they should pay the old refs or…… strike (and not collect payment)… by kneeling down on every play as the pack suggested.

By: larrwd

larrwd — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:38:36 +0000

The old ref arent perfect but theyre way better than this.. i feel like im watching WWF out there ..Do you all see the hit former eagels joe mays put on shuab .. omfg lol..

The league is smart the changed the rules at the perfect time .. becuase these hits would be evey week with the speed and strength of the players..
Im disappointed in the eagles even though they are 2 and 1 .

I blame the coaches. some of you may disagree and put the blame on vick but i just dont see it that way. all the teams now are running simplified offenses even the patriot only throw short routes to the TEs now.
what do we do have vick sit back there with no offense line while maclin and desean go deep every single play .. they run the old west coast system from the 80s ..

By: bugsyhawk

bugsyhawk — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:04:37 +0000

I have no idea what you are talking about Stevo. The old refs were perfect. They never missed a call that cost another team a game. They never made bad pass interference calls or were inconsistent.

By: Stevo

Stevo — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:55:08 +0000

as far as the officials…. anyone remember the Tuck Rule? or the Edd H game? how about the Megatron incident? How about that hit on McNabb 5 yards in the endzone AFTER he scored a TD? Lets stop pretending that the Old crews were great. The Refs tried to hold the game ransom and they lost. Looks like they will back this week…. THANK GOD, but lets remember they arent that great either.

By: Stevo

Stevo — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:51:19 +0000

Disagree Denny…. The game is safer (players fight this). Game is being played every sunday (players came to their senses), NFL does not appear as much a thug league as others (suspensions for thugs), crap like cheating is punished.

Whats not to love?

By: pheags88

pheags88 — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:12:46 +0000

Bugsy, yea i forgot to mention the coaches too. Their conduct has been out of control as well. I just think its funny that everyone is saying the NFL is failing to protect the integrity of the game by doing this (which they have no doubt) but lets not also forget about the players and coaches. The integrity of the game doesn’t mean shit to them either as long as the calls are going their way.

By: bugsyhawk

bugsyhawk — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:31:26 +0000

Great post pheags88. I agree 100% especially with the players/coaches being out of control. Personally, I think that Bud Selig is the worst commish in sports.

By: paulman

paulman — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:54:34 +0000

I disagree,, I think Goodell has done a pretty good job in overseeing the NFL during his Tenure..
I beleive NHL’s Gary Bettman is the worst Sports Commisioner in the 4 Major Sports followed by David Stern of the NBA
Too much expansion, lost of ESPN TV Contract and just a plain poor overall job in contolling salaries, the wave of player turnover every Season,The Draft is not highlighted enough..The Winter Classic and All-Star Game are well run, but the Regular Season is a bore and too long

By: pheags88

pheags88 — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:49:28 +0000

Im not a fan of Goodell at all but most of everything you mentioned in the article is driven by the Owners. It just has Goodell’s name attached to it which is the price you pay for being a commissioner.

The ref issue is everyone faults. The owners, the refs, and even the players. The players have acted out of control on the field that past 3 weeks. I get the idea that the refs screw up the integrity of the game but in regard to player safety its bullshit. The players do that to themselves.

It was pretty funny tho when that ref throw his hat on the ground and almost made that Cowboy fall on his ass.

By: bugsyhawk

bugsyhawk — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:44:02 +0000

I love when people get all worked about this and they threaten that they are not going to watch. Well, crap or get off the pot. You are not going to stop watching just like you are not going to boycott buying gas because the prices are so high. So don’t even bring it up anymore.

I am trying to remember if the world was going to end when Hochuli blew that call back in 2008.