Only Jerry could get publicly castrated within months of his Hall of Fame induction.
He's taken a HUGE hit in power in that room of owners.
He crossed the line and he knows it. He let his temper get the best of him and openly threatened fellow owners, this is just not done.
If this were another owner, and not one they wished kept his mouth shut more, this might not have happened but the other owners, even his buds, saw what he was doing, the same thing he did with the Cowboys trying to be the face of the NFL and he got it slapped.
He forgot the credo of the NFL, "the whole is greater than the sum of the parts or any part". Kraft was pissed at Goodell, hell, they're buds, but he realized what was in his own best interest, the league. There had already been enough bad press and all he would have done is extend that just as Booger would have done and he showed good sense.
This wasn't about reimbursing the league for 2M, that's chump change to these people. This was about what happens when one breaks ranks, public embarrassment, the worst kind of punishment for Booger. They sure as hell made sure it was public, just like he likes it.
