Goodell admits Supe act not suitable for families
THERE have been too many times, lately, when I can’t believe that what I’m about to write can possibly be true. For instance, right here and now:
By his own admission, NFL commissioner Roger
Goodell anticipates that this year’s Super Bowl will constitute X-rated TV programming, highly inappropriate for families, especially children, among those otherwise tuned in to watch the NFL championship.
And Goodell’s good with it. Last week, he even made a wisecrack about it.
For a reported $64 million per, Goodell only plays stupid. But — buttressed by a compliant, pandering and frightened media — he knows he can say and do most anything without being held accountable. And that includes allowing the Super Bowl, for no good reason, to become an annual cavalcade of obscene acts. Goodell appeared with
Eli and Peyton Manning on their in-game Monday night show, and Peyton popped the chops-busting question:
“Commissioner, we have Snoop Dogg joining us in the third quarter. He’s also one of the performers in the Super Bowl halftime this year. And the question on my mind, and everybody’s mind, is what is your favorite Snoop Dogg song?”
Goodell: “I don’t think I could tell you a single title without violating your rules on using language on air, so I think I’m going to have to pass on that one.”
In other words, he acknowledged that Snoop Dogg’s act is X-rated, not the least bit suitable for the Commissioner of the NFL to address in detail.
But come the Super Bowl, Goodell has certified Snoop’s vulgar act as well as the acts of other unprintably vulgar and salacious, crotch-grabbing rappers Eminem and Kendrick Lamar ,as meeting the NFL’s standards and blessings.
The Mannings cut Goodell a break, leaving it at that, not asking about Snoop’s career use of the
N-word despite the NFL’s conspicuous on-field messaging to “End Racism,” Dogg’s pornographic treatment of young women and his arrests, estimated to be nearly 20, mostly for guns and drugs. He beat a murder rap.
So Goodell knows what’s coming. Again. And he’s good with it, has fun with it. He’s shameless. Perhaps he’ll demonstrate the courage of his convictions by holding his crotch while presenting the Lombardi Trophy.