The NFL can be overbearing and arrogant. Deflategate anyone? The league can be self-serving and tin-eared when it comes to public opinion. See their ham-handed approach to concussions and domestic violence.
But even a broken clock is right twice a day. Even though the league is coming off like a cartoon villain, the NFL is right to tell NBC Sports it wants Al Michaels, not Mike Tirico, to call "Thursday Night Football" games this season.
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Let me be clear: the 49-year old Tirico is one of my favorite play-by-play announcers/on-air hosts.