The NFL commissioner will survive this week’s events but he will have to act differently from now on
Roger Goodell is not a commissioner drunk with power as he is often portrayed. His draconian punishments are not personal. In private he has shown considerable empathy (sensitivity to another's feelings as if they were one's own) for some of the men he has disciplined harshly. But he has one considerable flaw in how he has flee the NFL.
He has never been consistent in handling discipline,handing out the biggest punishments in the highest-profile cases regardless of evidence. For a time this built him a reputation as the law and order commissioner, earning him praise as a man in control of his league. And yet there is a price for deciding discipline based on public relations. You build a legacy without a foundation. Sooner or later everything collapses.
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Source: theguardian.com