The Ultimate Plan for the NFL to Regain the High Ground

April 1, 2016   ·   Mike Freeman   ·   Jump to comments

It's been an interesting few years for the NFL. And by interesting, I mean awful. 
There was Deflategate, which spawned a civil war between Iron Man and Captain America, er, Roger Goodell and Robert Kraft. The case, incredibly, is still going. It won't die. Beings infused with the gift of immortality look at Deflategate and say, "I'm jealous."
The league has also recently shown a Trump-ian ability to be tone-deaf. Goodell said you could get hurt sitting on the couch. Jerry Jones went truther on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Jim Irsay compared the dangers of football to aspirin. His daughter said something just as baffling in 2015.
There's another CTE lawsuit. We still don't know exactly what a catch is. There were the Bountygate rulings, where former commissioner Paul Tagliabue threw out Goodell's discipline of players (h/t CBS Sports). There was the incredible misstep with Ray Rice. The NFL has gone after the New York Times over i...

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