re: Where exactly is the line between Goodell and the owners?

I think they love him. He's a $10mil a year flunkie that will do whatever dirty work they desire. He can take the heat as long as their incomes and team values continue toward the stratosphere.

Fujita was quite eloquent and to the point. From his statement:

For me, the issue of player health & safety is personal. For the league and the Commissioner, it's about perception & liability...

He failed to acknowledge a link between concussions & post-career brain disease, pushed for an 18-game regular season, committed to a full season of Thursday night games, has continually challenged players' rights to file workers compensation claims for on-the-job injuries, and he employed incompetent replacement officials for the start of the 2012 season.

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I fear the NFL is on course to continue evolving into a very different game than what most of us have known growing up. I expect to see it continue evolving toward flag football. Everything beyond the game itself- the hype, the personalities, fantasy leagues, etc will grow beyond the sport as one monolithic money machine. Not overnight changes but similar to the rate of the past couple of decades and we'll be there.