Roger Goodell and the NFL’s Path to Power

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The NFL cares about only one thing: protecting the 32 franchise owners. With that in mind, you’d have to say their rules work perfectly.

Published Dec. 11 2014 5:34AM EST

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“I’m not an attorney.”

That’s the one statement that was uttered during NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s testimony in early November at a hearing before federal Judge Barbara S.

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Roger Goodell and the NFL’s Path to Power

The NFL cares about only one thing: protecting the 32 franchise owners. With that in mind, you’d have to say their rules work perfectly.

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Robert Silverman