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Roger Goodell would suck at poker. He is as obvious as a Pamela Anderson dress – as disingenuous as they come; yet he keeps his $35M per year job in the ivory tower of 345 Park Avenue. Why? Because he helps to keep the wallets of NFL owners overflowing with dead presidents.
Perhaps you are old enough to remember how hesitant the league was to move franchises back in a day. There was a time when the owners had empathy for communities and moving a franchise was akin to a Catholic cursing the Pope.
Not any more!
If it adds to the league’s bottom line, “Do it!” No holds barred.
And so they have done it to St. Louis, a city that worked hard to put together a new and worthy package to keep the Rams, only to have their proposal summarily dismissed and filed away as a lucrative Plan B in the event another team might consider moving, assuming of course it makes fiscal sense to Goodell and his 32 bosses.
The NFL grows dirtier by the day and at some point fans will reach their breaking point if Goodell keeps pushing the pedal of greed.
And for now, he does so with a smile, poker face or no poker face.
Footnote
Article 4.3 of the NFL Constitution and Bylaws states, “… no club has an ‘entitlement’ to relocate simply because it perceives an opportunity for enhanced club revenues in another location.” Section A of the league’s Policy and Procedures for Proposed Franchise Relocations affirms that, “…clubs are obligated to work diligently and in good faith to obtain and to maintain suitable stadium facilities in their home territories.”
