re: Explain this Goodell conspiracy theory.

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Are you saying this didn’t help our cause?


Imagine acting the way he did to your boss?

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Tom Benson was his boss. Roger Goodell is supposed to be managing the corporate side of the NFL, doing things to keep the money rolling in. He's supposed to be invisible when it comes to teams and the play on the field.

He singled out Payton for something that probably STILL happens league-wide, and completely cratered the Saints' season one year. And directly cast a big shadow on the Saints Super Bowl season, intentionally, in the process. This wasn't doping, or cheating, or gambling (throwing games), it was a locker room ploy to fire up the defense... and nobody got injured by the Saints that year.

Where's the big scandal with the Bucs ruining the Saints season last year, with a player who got multiple 15 yd penalties eventually taking out Winston on another? If that had been the reverse, Payton would have been suspended, guaranteed.

And I'm not going to go full conspiracy here, but watching the Rams go to the Super Bowl on the worst no-call I've ever seen in my life (one the Rams player even laughed about)... and nothing was ever said.