# Roger Goodell continues to do everything in his power to ruin football (re: kickoffs)

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 6, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-goodell-continues-to-do-everything-in-his-power-to-ruin-football-re-kickoffs/643229 "2012-12-06T20:56:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-goodell-continues-to-do-everything-in-his-power-to-ruin-football-re-kickoffs/643229/81 "2012-12-08T05:36:02Z")

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> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#):
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> Considering nobody in this thread has said anything about the popularity of the sport of football declining, then yes.

That should read “…the popularity of the NFL as a product.” My wording was unnecessarily ambiguous. Sorry.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-goodell-continues-to-do-everything-in-his-power-to-ruin-football-re-kickoffs/643229/82 "2012-12-08T13:55:23Z")

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> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#):
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> You win. It’s a stupid fucking argument and I’m not wasting any more time with you. It means what you say it means.

Yes, I believe there are two different lines of argument I put forward, so I agree with you to that extent. But I do believe they are linked, with short and long effects. The general public is learning more about head trauma to professionals and they are taking notice. This type of education is a slow and steady process - it will take years before it has any effect on the popularity of the NFL game. But decisions about kids happen much sooner, and those happen at the individual/family level. Those are already happening, and I think that trend will be evident in higher levels of the sport very soon.

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