NFL Warden Roger Goodell Covers For Glazers
February 5th, 2010
In his annual State of the NFL address, NFL warden commissioner Roger Goodell, sans his way cute wife (who has a dirty mind), fielded questions from the assembled fourth estate and somewhat deftly tap danced around a question about Bryan and Joel and their English kickball team.
Good guy Stephen Holder, of the St. Petersburg Times, had the second question in the press conference. Holder noted there is mounting evidence in the English press that Bryan and Joel’s English kickball team is swimming in red ink. Holder asked Goodell if this is affecting the Bucs in any way and if Goodell or other NFL owners should be concerned?
“I have talked to the Glazers on a regular basis and I have answered this question before,” Goodell said. “They are sound owners and are terrific for the NFL and we do not see any stress or other factors that would affect how they run any of their [properties], including the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.”
In a related note, while appearing Friday on “The Opening Drive” on Sirius NFL Radio co-hosted by Bob Papa, Randy Cross and Carl Banks live from radio row in Fort Lauderdale, former NFL team executive Charley Casserly noted that a lot of NFL teams have learned that it’s beneficial to count nickels rather than blowing their funds on salaries just for the sake of coming closer to the salary cap.
“In the last, oh, four years, the mindset of NFL owners has changed,” Casserly said. “They now understand that you cannot buy a Super Bowl, that you are better off building through the draft and keeping your players than spending money on free agents.
“Look, are there five free agents out there now that you’d want to spend big dollars on? Who in their seventh year in the league is worth blowing your budget on? Teams understand it’s better to keep good players by simply extending their contracts.”
February 5th, 2010 at 3:13 pm
FWIW, a report that the Glazers are appropriating fairly large sums from Man U: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/jan/12/manchester-united-glazers-debt
February 5th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
“They are sound owners and are terrific for the NFL and we do not see any stress or other factors that would affect how they run any of their [properties], including the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.”
bull excrement
February 5th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
“I have talked to the Glazers on a regular basis and I have answered this question before,” Goodell said.
TBH, this means more than anything else he said. He already has them under the microscope… what can he legally do though? All he can do is monitor them and ask them questions.
But it is all too obvious what is going on.
I just wish the Glazer’s would have picked a more experienced coach to try this experiment with however.
February 5th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
Cheap Bastards stop screwing with the fans and the team!
February 5th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
Of course he didn’t condemn the Glazers…he works or the owners! It is his job to make sure the owners make as much money as possible. That’s what the Glazers are doing so everything is peaches to Goodell.
February 7th, 2010 at 9:57 am
The NFL also thought Hugh Culverhouse was just spiffy. Don’t forget he ended being a very powerful owner as chairman of the financial committee. The fans want an owner that wants to win but the NFL wants an owner that makes money and helps other owners. One thing the Bucs did was raise the bar on stadium handouts and that helps every other owner when it comes time to negotiate (threaten to move) with their city.
What the NFL wants and what the fans want are two different things.