NFL Misdirection

September 26, 2014

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell did something I really respect; and then he didn’t.

On Aug. 28, the commissioner sent a letter to the NFL’s 32 owners in which he admitted that he “didn’t get it right” when he assessed a mere two-game suspension for a player who was seen on videotape to be involved in domestic abuse. I admire his admission. (The player later would be suspended indefinitely from the league following additional evidence in the incident)

Unfortunately, the commissioner accompanied his mea culpa by describing a series of initiatives the league will undertake, one of which – once again – attempts to deflect a public relations disaster upon high schools.

When the NFL was under attack for the head trauma its players were experiencing, the league responded with a state-by-state campaign to impose youth concussion laws which, in most places, were mostly unfunded mandates that are more about symbolism than substance.

Now, again under attack for malfeasance by a workforce with more money than maturity, the league’s leadership is deflecting the blame to college, high school and youth football programs by planning educational efforts aimed at those levels.

Commissioner! Clean up your mess, but leave us alone. You are gutting public support of school sports with one televised game Thursday, three on Sunday and another on Monday, and adding Saturday games in December. Don’t have this out-of-control league lecture our level about restraint and responsibility.

Ours is the level that prohibits sack dances and end zone prances. We insist that our interscholastic players demonstrate maturity that the NFL’s players do not.

Unforgettable 5ive: 2021 Football Playoff Week 2

By Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

November 10, 2021

Here's a look at our Playoff Week 2 "Unforgettable 5ive" from MHSAA.tv and MHSAA media partner broadcasts:

► Kyler Castle kicks Sterling Heights Stevenson to the 38-35 win over Clinton Township Chippewa Valley.

► Dante Moore connects with Chansey Willis for the touchdown in Detroit Martin Luther King's 33-12 win over River Rouge.

► Simon Vinson hits Justin Wickey for the 18-yard game-winning touchdown in Colon's 29-22 comeback win over Morrice.

► Mason McKenzie runs it in from 30 yards out in Caledonia's 49-12 win over Muskegon Mona Shores.

► Livonia Franklin's Zac Olesuk throws a 17-yard TD pass to Brandon Reiten as the Patriots defeat Livonia Churchill 27-20.

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