by Scott Weiss 

Once again, Roger Goodell is making this an us-against-them battle.  In a USA Today interview, Goodell slammed the NFLPA’s legal strategy, and tried his best to buddy up to the fans. 

News flash from this NFL fan: don’t bother Roger! 

Clearly what this battle needs is an impartial commissioner with the smarts to bring the two sides together and hammer out a new collective bargaining agreement.  Roger Goodell is proving to be a mere puppet for the billionaire NFL owners. 

We can only hope that the NFL lockout represents a turning point in the business as usual approach of the big four American professional sports leagues.   An important lesson to be learned here is that all of the leagues need a strong commissioner that represents the best interests of the game and not just the best interests of the owners.

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