NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has a rarely discussed job responsibility that needs to be more widely known.
For many years now, he’s been public enemy No. 1 for many football fans, the guy routinely found in the crosshairs of criticism regarding a variety of controversial topics stemming from league decisions.
As commissioner, Goodell is the easy target as seemingly the lone “head” of the NFL. But that’s not really what he is.
While it’s probably not the only time it’s been typed online, written in print, or spoken on radio or TV, this paragraph from a recent Mike Florio PFT column on Colin Kaepernick was the first time I, personally, came across anyone detailing the central dynamic between Goodell and NFL owners when discussing controversial stances made by the league.