Report: Despite Scandals, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is Wildly Popular Among NFL Owners

In many places — and with many constituencies — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has become a pariah. Oakland, St. Louis, and San Diego have all had their teams move to different cities. New England remains bitter about the deflategate scandal. Many players believe Goodell doesn’t care about their safety. And many fans and pundits are apoplectic over the way he’s handled domestic violence incidents — such as the one involving former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice.

But there’s still one group with which the Commissioner remains as popular as ever: The group that hired him.

According to a story by Bleacher Report‘s Mike Freeman, NFL owners are firmly standing behind Goodell, despite the many scandals which have plagued the league during his reign.

The reason? Money.

Freeman cites the new stadium deals (like the Raiders’ pact with Las Vegas, which could reportedly net them up to $1 billion in public money) and new media rights deals (such as a streaming package for Thursday night games, which went to Twitter last year and is up for bids this year) as reasons why Goodell remains in the good graces of owners.

From Freeman’s story:

One owner explained it this way: It’s like being the president of the United States when the economy is going well. The president’s policies may or may not have contributed to a prosperous country, but he gets credit for it anyway.

Read the full story here, via Bleacher Report.

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