More Goodell Douchebaggery

I'm sure you're getting sick of my Goodell hatred and I'm sure you just think I'm incredibly biased due to my affiliations with the Steelers and Saints, however, what was the NFL thinking when the voted on and passed Goodell to be the judge and jury when it comes to suspensions and appeals. Only one team (The Steelers) voted against this and now every player is going to be unfairly punished because the Dictator is an ego maniac.

I can just imagine Goodell being one of those Sheriffs in old western movies where the deputy is also the judge. Rick Reilly's article put it perfectly;
And here was the most hilarious part. The NFL hired a former U.S. attorney named Mary Jo White to "review" the evidence, and you'll never believe what she concluded. She said the NFL was right. "[The players] always had the option to say no," she wrote. "They didn't say no." And who knows the intense peer and coach pressure of an NFL locker room better than Mary Jo White?


On May 7, Vilma and his former teammates announced they would appeal their suspensions.


So who does somebody like Vilma go to when he thinks the sentence handed down by Goodell is unfair? Who does he see to get his hands on the evidence that Goodell will show Mary Jo White but not him?
Goodell, of course.


Goodell: Jonathan, we have evidence.
Vilma: What? What evidence?
Goodell: You don't get to see it. You're suspended one year.
Vilma: What? I appeal!
Goodell: No problem.
(Goodell flips "Commissioner" sign around on his desk to the other side. It reads, "Appeals Court.")
Goodell: Court's in session. What's your beef?

It is almost laughable that he will be able to be a fairly judge not just these suspensions, but ANY suspensions or penalties going forward. I mean remember there's no video of any Saints player making illegal hits on Brett Favre or Kurt Warner in the two bounty games in question. To be ordered to carry out a hit and then doing it are two different things.

What Goodell has set up is absolute power and almost like a Castro like dictatorship. And the scary thing about this, is that it's 9 more years of this nonsense because that is when the CBA runs out. Also the only reason why teams had to vote on Goodell getting absolute power, is because he forced teams to either vote on an 18 game season OR him to be a 1 man judicial system. That's just fucked to me and Goodell must be stopped.