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5 suggestions to improve the NFL

By John Buhler

Oct 27, 2016; Nashville, TN, USA; Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Dante Fowler Jr. (56) talks with Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry (22) after the game at Nissan Stadium. The Titans won 36-22. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 27, 2016; Nashville, TN, USA; Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Dante Fowler Jr. (56) talks with Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry (22) after the game at Nissan Stadium. The Titans won 36-22. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 28, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announces a pick in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft at Auditorium Theatre. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 28, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announces a pick in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft at Auditorium Theatre. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports /

4. Use a third-party for levying out punishments

This is the biggest criticism of Roger Goodell’s commissionership for the last decade. He’s aloof when it comes to levying out appropriate punishments. He and the NFL are completely tone-deaf when it comes to domestic violence issues.

For whatever reason, Goodell and the NFL continue to put themselves in the business of punishing teams and players when they really don’t have to. The NFL and the NFLPA are at each others throats more times than not when it comes to their collective bargaining agreement. Why can’t a third-party litigation firm be the unbiased arbitrators in these disputes?

It would lower the hostility between both the NFL and NFLPA. If those two parties can’t reach an agreement, just go to arbitration like most contract-based business enterprises do when labor disputes are unresolved.

This delegation of power to an independent third-party would lessen the disdain some feel for the NFL. Perceived bias would be gone and maybe, just maybe the NFL and NFLPA would get on good terms for once. There is too much money at stake for both parties to be constantly in dispute with each other.

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