Trumps Bullying Backfires - NFL To Take Up Protestors Cause

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41. Mostly agree, but ...

I literally have nothing good to say about Goodell, and you are spot on that he will do what will turn so much as one dollar more.

BUT, the league exists because of the talent, and that talent is primarily POC, and the league has changed A LOT over time:

I am a Steelers fan, and I have seen the evolution of the three coaches over 40+ years:

Point of reference, Lombardi days, it was the coaches way or the highway, 100 percent.

Noll days, he had full power, and was a relentless task master, but he looked in his way to speak to the players.

Cowher days - he was a half and half coach, a task master type but also a players coach, one of the first to start to break that way.

Tomlin - Even more of a players coach.

What you see now is that the successful coaches are half general over seers of the football operations and half modern day gurus who find a way to manage the group/motivate the individuals.

The league is business end of the day, but it is to the point where the players have a lot more influence or control, with a good portion of them making a LOT of $$$.

NFLPA itself has little influence over the league, it is perhaps the weakest of the major sports unions in terms of how much influence it wields, and is often criticized for giving in to much.

End of the day, we are going to have to be prepared to eat shit from sanctimonious cons because they can't afford the hit from the kneeling. BUT, they also can't afford to have the agitation from their talent if they just drop the hammer on that and don't find a way to give them another outlet.

It will be interesting to see what the "plan" is.