Media Sounds Off On Roger Goodell’s First Super Bowl Address
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Media Has Mixed Reactions To
Goodell’s First State Of The League |
After NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s first state of the league press conference on Friday, observers offer a variety of opinions on his performance.
LOOKING GOOD: ESPN.com’s Len Pasquarelli wrote the NFL “ought to be very pleased with the first half year of his stewardship.” But “it would be close to impossible, even for a man of lesser skills than Goodell possesses, to undo the accomplishments of his predecessor,” Paul Tagliabue. On Friday, Goodell “was less edgy and extremely well-prepared without seeming over-rehearsed.” He “acknowledged the game's ills ... and promised to address each of them head-on” (ESPN.com, 2/2). In Ft. Lauderdale, Charles Bricker wrote “this was the best State of the League speech since Pete Rozelle retired” in ’89. One “easily could summarize the differences between [Goodell and Tagliabue]. Tagliabue talked at you. Goodell talks to you (SUN-SENTINEL, 2/3). NFL Network’s Adam Schefter: “It was interesting that (Goodell) basically gave a very informal introduction — 30 seconds on-camera — and then basically opened up the entire press conference to questions. I think that (Goodell) wanted to show that he very much has the fans’ concerns and questions on his mind” (NFL Network, 2/2). In Atlanta, Terence Moore wrote Goodell was “low key with a dose of firmness and confidence.” He was “solid enough to keep his bosses grinning and nodding” (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 2/3).
NOT SAYING MUCH: In Philadelphia, Phil Sheridan wrote Goodell “underwhelmed. ... He really didn’t seem to get that his league is teetering on the edge of a very serious image problem” (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 2/3). In Toronto, Stephen Brunt wrote there is “every reason to believe that Goodell, even more than his famed predecessors ... is destined to lead through interesting times.” But during the press conference, he “struggled a bit with the one big performance that is a requirement of the job. ... He didn’t really provide any answers at all” (GLOBE & MAIL, 2/3). Also in Toronto, Dave Perkins wrote Goodell “learned plenty from his predecessors. ... He learned how to say nothing of substance, how to sidestep every difficult question and how to repeat the mantras that have lifted the NFL into its own, unaccountable, stratosphere” (TORONTO STAR, 2/3). In Las Vegas, Ed Graney noted Goodell reiterated the league’s “negative stance on Nevada and Las Vegas” the same day it announced a regular-season game at Wembley Stadium in London, which houses its own sports book “in a town with as many betting shops as pubs” (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, 2/3).
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