Roger Goodell Should Ignore Trump
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00:00 The president of the United States
00:02 clearly wants to reignite the NFL protest debate.
00:06 For more on that, I'm joined by our Jimmy Traynor.
00:09 Now, Jimmy, Roger Goodell doesn't really have
00:11 to get into a rematch with Trump, right?
00:13 He can simply ignore this?
00:15 That's the move I would make.
00:18 Whether he can is a whole different story
00:20 because last time he did not and the owners did not
00:24 and it's up to Goodell to sort of get the owners
00:27 in line here.
00:28 Listen, the only play is to ignore Trump, MAGA, Fox News.
00:33 They're gonna go crazy if people kneel.
00:35 You just gotta move forward, ignore it
00:38 because if you don't, you're just gonna have a repeat
00:40 of last time and the NFL should know
00:43 that they're not gonna win those people over.
00:45 So just do what you have to do.
00:47 Goodell's finally getting on the right side of this.
00:49 Stay on the right side of it and just tune out the noise
00:52 because that's all it is at the end of the day is noise.
00:55 Yeah, two things on that.
00:56 One, I think what Goodell did was significant,
00:59 regardless of how you think they got there,
01:01 simply because it's an insight to where the public is now
01:05 and then two, this is an issue Trump wants people
01:09 to talk about because he prefers that sort of conversation
01:13 than the state of the country right now.
01:16 Yeah, I mean, listen, day in, day out,
01:19 all he likes to do is rile up the base
01:21 and this is perfect for that.
01:23 So he's gonna do it.
01:24 The base is gonna get riled up.
01:26 The NFL makes enough money where they can stay silent.
01:29 Listen, if you wanna believe there's gonna be people
01:32 tuning out and all that nonsense, believe it.
01:35 The money the NFL will lose, it will not be significant
01:38 to where the owners are gonna be out on the streets
01:40 with 10 cups, they'll still make millions upon millions
01:43 upon millions of dollars even if everyone
01:45 who is a MAGA boycotted the NFL.
01:48 And I think as we've seen, the NFL seems to be able
01:51 to nearly withstand anything.
01:53 You know, that shield they talk about is very powerful.
01:57 Yeah, and I think people will be ready for the NFL
02:01 when it starts week one.
02:03 They are thirsty for the NFL after what we've been through
02:07 the last three months.
02:08 Yeah, I think they're ready for the NFL now.
02:10 Jimmy, appreciate your time as always.
02:12 Anytime.
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