The Super Bowl That Turned Its Back on the Fans

The League That Outgrew Its Fans

Standing before the media last week, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell looked as polished as ever while assuring reporters that the NFL wouldn’t reconsider its choice of Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl halftime show.

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Goodell called this situation “a uniting moment.” Ah, sure, but uniting who, exactly?

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Certainly not the millions of fans spanning generations who have stuck with pro football through political controversies, inflated ticket prices, and anthem debates.

The commissioner sounded more like a brand ambassador than the steward of America’s game.

There’s tone deaf; then there’s whatever the NFL is doing. Looking at the people who made the NFL what it is — truck drivers, factory workers, military families, and

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