Roger Goodell is always looking for a new way to shake up the status quo.
That doesn’t mean making changes for the sake of making changes, but the NFL commissioner encourages alterations that push the envelope. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t.
Put the draft in prime time, and move it from city to city…
Allow choreographed touchdown/turnover celebrations, speed up pace of play, move back PAT kicks…
Shrink the preseason and expand the regular season…
Change kickoffs, dramatically expand the international schedule, play games on Black Friday, Christmas Day and the first Friday of the season…
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Goodell’s philosophy is that success inhibits innovation.