Roger Goodell got booed
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:33 PM ^
Gary Bettman has been getting booed when presenting the Stanley Cup for 25 years now.
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:36 PM ^
And the only year he wasn't booed was his first in '94 and that wasn't because people didn't hate him back then, us Rangers fans were too ecstatic to give a shit!
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:35 PM ^
Most commissioners get booed. Once it starts it never ends. Goodell deserves it, of course, but it’s just a given for him now. Gary Bettman gets booed lustily at every Stanley Cup presentation and has for decades; last year when he (edit: awarded it in Vegas) he hilariously responded by saying “now you’ve proven that you’re an NHL city!”
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:38 PM ^
Capitals beat Vegas*
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:44 PM ^
Of course, you’re right. They finished it off in Vegas, thus his remark. Edited.
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:51 PM ^
No problem sir, Bettman is a tool.
February 3rd, 2019 at 11:21 PM ^
Stephenrjking, I agree that most get booed.....but I remember one that actually got punched. Jim Foster was a commissioner for the Arena Football League at the time. Coach Joe Haering cold cocked him after a game between the Pittsburgh club and Chicago.
February 4th, 2019 at 11:04 AM ^
I haven't watched hockey for a number of years, so I don't Bettman handing off the Cup.
Baseball is done in the locker room and the only time I remember Selig get booed was in the years after the All Star game ended in a tie.
I've seen a few NBA finals recently and don't hear booing during the trophy hand-off. I know Rodger gets an ear full every year. Just pointing in our as he's the only one that I noticed gets consistently booed.
February 4th, 2019 at 2:11 PM ^
Goodell is so obviously a tool and a lackey of the NFL owners and he just gives off the appearance of a guy who would ascend to the chairmanship of the Good Old Boys Club. Plus he gets $40 million a year to be incompetent at an easy job.
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:41 PM ^
Lol, Vegas almost got swept! They didn’t get to hold Lord Stanley’s trophy yet.
February 4th, 2019 at 9:21 AM ^
He didn't say Vegas won, he said the trophy was presented in Vegas.
February 4th, 2019 at 9:50 AM ^
Note the edit: I did, initially, mistakenly say Vegas won the Cup. His response took place before I edited my comment.
February 4th, 2019 at 9:02 AM ^
Any day now they are going start booing pastors on Sunday mornings.
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:35 PM ^
Water is wet
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:39 PM ^
Kraft missed the occasion when Goodell handed him the trophy. . He should have checked the football on the trophy to see if it was under inflated. ;o)
February 3rd, 2019 at 11:29 PM ^
I think Kraft was drunk.
February 4th, 2019 at 12:07 AM ^
I'd be disappointed if he wasn't.
February 4th, 2019 at 4:43 PM ^
Right? If I owned and NFL team and they won a SB, no way I'm accepting that trophy sober. I'd probably have six drunk-ass friends out there to help me accept it.
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:43 PM ^
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:52 PM ^
Some people still hate Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
February 4th, 2019 at 10:29 AM ^
David Stern got worse as he aged. His worse mistake was when he vetoed the Chris Paul to the Lakers trade because he didn't want all the star players in big markets, but then allowed Chris Paul to be traded to the Clippers, who play in the same market.
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:47 PM ^
Chris Berman on ESPN postgame is bad.
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:52 PM ^
Charissa Thompson on NFL Network is ohhh sooooo fine!
February 4th, 2019 at 11:32 AM ^
Chris Berman is bad, full stop.
February 4th, 2019 at 9:54 AM ^
Great gif thanks...too bad Edelman isn't in there
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:50 PM ^
This is news? It is a recurring theme.
February 3rd, 2019 at 11:22 PM ^
...and water is wet.
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:51 PM ^
This is news? No. It is a recurring theme.
February 3rd, 2019 at 11:03 PM ^
Doesn't Goodell get booed every time he approaches a podium?
I don't feel sorry for him, he can handle it. The NCAA commissioner should get double the boos.
February 4th, 2019 at 10:34 AM ^
He does. He also encourages it and plays it up every year at the draft before his opening remarks.
February 3rd, 2019 at 11:14 PM ^
Ummmmmm... were you expecting anything else? If the answer is “yes” I want some of what you’re drinking/smoking/ingesting, if the answer is no... why create this post?
I’ll await your reply...
February 3rd, 2019 at 11:20 PM ^
Kraft grabbed the trophy like Connor Cook.
February 3rd, 2019 at 11:26 PM ^
Understandable for Kraft. Dude has a closet full of those things.
Poor Connor Cook should've savored the moment Eddie George handed him a trophy cause it was the last time the guy is gonna be honored for anything in his pathetic life
February 4th, 2019 at 6:03 AM ^
Not Eddie George. It was Archie Griffin which made the grab and hand slap aside for the microphone look even worse.
February 4th, 2019 at 8:50 AM ^
Archie Griffin was a disappointment as a pro. Arguably he was a bust; he was a first round draft pick and was a replacement-level running back in the pros. The leading rusher on most of the Bengals teams Griffin played on was Pete Johnson. Johnson was the fullback (and had played at Ohio State with Griffin).
Griffin still had a better professional career than Cook will.
February 3rd, 2019 at 11:37 PM ^
Good.
February 4th, 2019 at 12:10 AM ^
If the Patriots are going to keep winning, Goodell is going to keep getting booed.
February 4th, 2019 at 12:29 AM ^
Goodell and Bettman are puppets of the owners.
I like Adam Silver as a commissioner.
February 4th, 2019 at 10:16 AM ^
That is sort of their jobs. The league commissioner is not an impartial entity, they are employees of the owners.
February 4th, 2019 at 1:00 AM ^
Of course he did. It was basically a Patriot crowd and they hate Goodell. Not hard to understand
February 4th, 2019 at 1:38 AM ^
PV=nRT
He deserves it after manufacturing that disaster.
February 4th, 2019 at 2:14 AM ^
Yeah, I'm sure fans booing him hurts when he cashes his $20,000,000 salary checks.
February 4th, 2019 at 8:25 AM ^
Sadly, he makes nearly double that.
February 4th, 2019 at 5:05 PM ^
You could boo me 24/7/365-1/4 for that money. If you want me to I'll boo myself.
February 4th, 2019 at 7:13 AM ^
Goodell seems to almost enjoy being as hated as he is around football at this point.
I mean, at the draft every year, he'll get showered with boos and who knows what else people are saying out of earshot, and he manages a slight grin now and again.
February 4th, 2019 at 10:11 AM ^
If I was making $32mill a year to get booed, I would do it with a smile as well :)
February 4th, 2019 at 11:16 AM ^
Hell, for even half of that, you could boo me, curse me, and cast aspersions on my mother. I'd even provide suggestions if you ran out of ideas.
February 4th, 2019 at 8:13 AM ^
He always gets booed. He enjoys it.