For me, it would interesting to examine Goodell's draft cards and find out if there are any pronunciation clues listed. I have thought for a long time the NFL could prepare better by having the phonetic spelling of each player's name on the cards. Maybe they have already done so and announcers like Goodell still butcher the names.
Goodell's on-screen persona is simply poor. His body posture is stiff. His facial expressions are listless, although his smiles do him good whenever something funny happens spontaneously for him. He is the Ben Stein of the NFL.
All that said, the booing is old. It was fresh for the first year or so and kinda made a bit of an impact on Goodell. He has since gotten past it.
Goodell had made booing an annual laughing matter and capitalized on a (really) weakly publicly-constructed villain persona. Now, he and the owners have become so used to the nonsense that they are proactively channeling it into worthwhile charitable contribution. Budweiser developed a brilliant campaign
(link) for exactly that reason. Good stuff.
Fans getting air time are still missing golden opportunities to throw real mud at Goodell. I have said several times in the past folks attending the draft in person could have done things like STAND UP and turn their backs in silence to Goodell each time he walked on stage. The networks would have loved it.
This draft has given some fans unique opportunities of being IN THE SAME camera shot as the NFL commissioner. Somebody, one person, could have MOONed him. Or held up a sign in front of their cam like 'YOU SUCK GOODELL!' Heck. Throwing the middle finger would be a classic move. Maybe someone has and I missed it. Otherwise, it is business as usual and Goodell plus the league and now Budweiser are smirking even more over the practice than before.
Whatever.
"BOOOOOOOOOO!"
[The above had the exact same effect on Goodell just now. Zip.]
/rant
