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What's Wrong With the NFL Is What's Wrong With America [View all]
http://smirkingchimp.com/thread/richard-eskow/58568/whats-wrong-with-the-nfl-is-whats-wrong-with-americaWhat's Wrong With the NFL Is What's Wrong With America
Corporate America | Peace & Justice
by Richard Eskow | September 26, 2014 - 10:47am
Sexism. A culture of violence. Untrustworthy leadership. Runaway wealth inequality. An indifference to workers' health. Employees who are above the law. Hush-hush financing. Multimillion-dollar tax breaks.
We're not talking about America's top corporations. We're not even talking about the Christmas parties on Wall Street. We're talking about the National Football League.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's handling of Ray Rice's videotaped brutality has brought the NFL back into the public eye. It's a sorry spectacle that others have addressed at length, so we'll just repeat the cliché: It's the cover-up, stupid.
For my personal assessment of Goodell, we can turn the mic over to Bill Simmons and UltraViolet. And as for the NFL itself, let's just say it's America in microcosm.
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