Awful Announcing
Commissioners Roger Goodell, Adam Silver, Rob Manfred, Gary Bettman, Don Garber, and Cathy Engelbert will be among the guests joining Mike Greenberg on the two-hour SportsCenter special.
Portnoy bid $250,000 to watch Monday Night Football with Goodell, but the league rejected that bid, choosing instead to donate $250,000 to charity themselves.
Portnoy bid $250,000 for the opportunity. Can Goodell really turn him away?
"As you may know, we were expecting to host the draft in Dallas, excuse me, in Vegas, this year."
"(The NFL Management Council Executive) Committee was unanimous and unequivocal that the Draft should go forward as scheduled on April 23-25, 2020.”
"Roger and I are going to stick to the topic here: '100 Seasons and Counting.' It would take us all day to deal with what the breaking news is."
Is it realistic to think NFL broadcasting rights could go to a streaming service?
"We’ve done probably 5-10 more designs in the past couple years with them. I have tons of DM’s. Guess how many times they complained? Zero. They’ve been happy as pigs and shit. They didn’t even have the balls to tell me they issued this lawsuit."
"We’re looking to make sure that we continue to deliver this package, which is a premium package of great content. We want it delivered on several different platforms."
"Hey Roger, I bet you didn't fucking think you'd see this fucking mug today. Dragged me out of there in cuffs, ripped my jeans, you ripped my skinny jeans, Roger. What the fuck!"
That's certainly one way for Payton to express his disapproval with the league.
Republican congressman Steve Scalise and Democratic congressman Cedric Richmond are both complaining about the NFC championship game result.
Lobbying Trump to include a provision to reinstate Super Bowl simsub in the new trade deal may benefit the NFL, but it also led to Goodell having to publicly praise Trump.
Goodell looked at the positive rather than focus on falling viewership in 2017
Jones owns over 100 Papa John's franchises, and has reportedly been trying to block Roger Goodell's extension. Having Papa John's CEO John Schnatter criticize Goodell's leadership might help there.
