I'm curious as to why people think he bungled the concussion thing.
Concussions are an existential problem for the NFL - they're intrinsic to the game. Even lineman have significantly higher rates of dementia/etc because of thousands of microconcussions over their careers - runningbacks and WRs get the big hits to the head that draw penalties, but they also regularly get concussions on plays where there isn't head contact because of the changes in direction/momentum that occur when you stop rapidly. Defenders get them for the same reasons. Every phase of the game causes brain damage.
There's no way to 'handle' that. They can make adjustments to the game and marginally lower rates (and they're doing that), but it's all window dressing - the simple fact is that football destroys players brains, and the fact that you're talking about Roger Goodel as the biggest problem the NFL has is proof of how damn good of a sin-eater he is.
Concussions are an existential problem for the NFL - they're intrinsic to the game. Even lineman have significantly higher rates of dementia/etc because of thousands of microconcussions over their careers - runningbacks and WRs get the big hits to the head that draw penalties, but they also regularly get concussions on plays where there isn't head contact because of the changes in direction/momentum that occur when you stop rapidly. Defenders get them for the same reasons. Every phase of the game causes brain damage.
There's no way to 'handle' that. They can make adjustments to the game and marginally lower rates (and they're doing that), but it's all window dressing - the simple fact is that football destroys players brains, and the fact that you're talking about Roger Goodel as the biggest problem the NFL has is proof of how damn good of a sin-eater he is.