{"id":2567,"date":"2010-03-16T06:03:09","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T11:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=2567"},"modified":"2010-03-16T06:03:09","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T11:03:09","slug":"woody-johnson-puts-the-wood-on-roger-goodell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/03\/16\/woody-johnson-puts-the-wood-on-roger-goodell\/","title":{"rendered":"Woody Johnson Puts the Wood on Roger Goodell"},"content":{"rendered":"

How much did the Jets want to open the new Meadowlands Stadium? According to ESPN<\/a>, enough to rip into Mr. Goodell.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn NFL coin toss has a few fundamental elements that are missing here, most notably the presence of the teams involved,\u201d Jets owner Woody Johnson said in a statement. \u201cThat\u2019s how it\u2019s always done in the league, whether it\u2019s determining the order of the draft or deciding who\u2019s going to kick off the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the issue of which team would be hosting the first regular-season game could not be resolved on the merits, I suggested a coin toss as the fairest way to resolve this issue. The league rejected that idea. Then, I was told on Friday that a coin toss had taken place at the league office and that the Jets had lost. We rejected a process in which neither team was present. The league departed from our time-honored tradition and declined the opportunity to set the matter straight with a transparent process.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For something this important to both teams, I would think that the team owners would have considered some sort of compromise solution for who would open the stadium long before the decision resulted in a coin toss. As Mr. Johnson puts it, team representatives should have been present for such a contentious coin toss when a final resolution was not at hand.<\/p>\n

I wonder how much Mr. Johnson gets fined for defying the commissioner?<\/p>\n

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