Opinion: Goodell's Legacy

[Whatever]

There's no doubt Goodell has been good for business. At the same time, he will likely go down as the most hated commissioner in league history. It's crazy to think Vince McMahon was forced out of WWE a few weeks ago when he's the company founder and still the majority shareholder for screwing around with multiple women around the office, but Watson is only getting 6 games. When pro wrestling has the moral high ground over the most popular sport in America, there's fundamental problems.

What's odd is that it doesn't even make sense to protect most of these players. Whether Watson plays or not really makes very little difference to the league's bottom line. It's not like he's a transcendent figure who has grown bigger than the sport, like Tiger Woods. The NFL has always been full of disposable heroes, and Watson clearly needs the NFL more than the NFL needs Watson.