NFL Kills Draft Fun in the Name of Revenue

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Published: July 24, 2009

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... cliched phrase that comes to mind is "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

Or maybe a better choice would be "mo' money, mo' money, mo' money!"

Early on in his tenure I liked what I saw from Goodell, and that was even as he was fining and taking draft picks from my beloved New England Patriots for the video taping incident of 2007. I thought Goodell handled that situation as it should've been handled, and did not cave to the overhyped media frenzy that followed.

Goodell has been strict on player conduct, and that has become the thing he has hung his hat on. However, in almost all other areas we're starting to see change just for the sake of change. As in "cha-ching" change.

There are rumblings of a proposed 18-game season, while axing a couple preseason games. Sure, we can all agree that four preseason games are too many but teams can barely make it through 16 games with all their players healthy. 18 games would only mean more injuries, more fat...

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