Chiefs Bye - The NFL Desperately Needs a New Commissioner, Part II

I couldn't help but add another note about Roger Goodell's lack of leadership putting the big hurt on the NFL, and in turn having much more of a detrimental effect on the teams that must really work hard to overcome the competitive duplicity that is more profoundly distended in these circumstances.

The Chiefs are undeniably one of those teams. Check out my last post to get a much more comprehensive feel for what I'm seeing.

The reason for this update is I'd seen that Jerry Jones is valiantly trying to stir up a mutiny against Goodell, and it appears that his inability to get any traction among a number of key fellow owners means "the nuclear option" may be employed against Jones -- apparently they may try to get Jones himself removed from his ownership position.

You've gotta be kidding me.

I've never really liked Jones as an owner too much, he's always wanted to go his own way -- certainly knowing that his Cowboys are the most valuable major sports franchise on the planet. Why shouldn't he have more of say in an NFL that relies on his Cowboys for much of the freight?

But Jones is right on this point. Goodell is on his way to driving the NFL into the ground, and he absolutely has got to go. The only thing in his favor is the veritable idea that whoever would replace him probably wouldn't be any better because all of these power broker people are now so intractably kowtowed to the politically correct hegemony that it really wouldn't matter.

Tell the players to get in line with the Americanist conception of NFL football -- that means standing respectfully during the national anthem -- and you're a racist straight away. The New York Times narrative of incurable systemic racism among the white privileged population is now so entrenched that most owners can't get out of it, will do nothing about it, and are leaving Jones hanging in the wind as he tries to make his principled case.

What is so sad is that apparently Clark Hunt is one of those owners.

I have had great hope for Clark making this Chiefs franchise great with robust, insightful, courageous leadership, but when I see things like this, I feel great sadness. Clark's authority, direction, and guidance cannot necessarily be impugned on the merits of this one position, but still -- it is a major one.

Again, there are perfectly fine arguments to be made in the discourse, that's fine. But the truth is, millions of fans are taking off and the NFL is losing millions because of Goodell's virulent impotency. And again, the fans are hearing in no uncertain terms, "Hey, thanks for the huge wad of cash you racist asshole."

Who wants to hear that?

Some people know this, see it for what it is, and want to do something about it.

Most continue to keep their heads in holes in the ground.

::Sigh::
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