This is what Goodell says:
“It’s our No. 1 objective: Gambling and outside of gambling, the integrity of our game is critical,” Goodell said. “And so we spend a lot of time focusing on that: educating, making sure that all of our personnel are aware of our gambling policies in this case or any other policy that can affect the integrity of our game. So, ultimately, that’s our primary job.”"
He also says of the league's pursuit of money, wherever it is: "You have to fish where the fish are." OK... so that means if there's money to be had - anywhere - the league goes where the money is - right, commish? Never mind the underlying corruption connected to the money source, right, commish?
The commish deflects to player behavior (and I'm not condoning player's bad behavior) but they're not where the league's problems with gambling lie. And Goodell, in comment after comment, especially recently, dismisses, deflects, or diffuses any probe that might eventually implicate the league's enmeshment with gambing interests. And in the midst of all this he flat-out defends the league's officiating.
Hamlet knew, but didn't pinpoint, that there was something rotten in Denmark. The smell under the NFL's cover-up of its questionable relationship with the gambling industry and possible connections between certain officials and possibly the league's higher offices is beginning to reach our nostrils.
