GOODELL-ENFREUDE: “Let’s agree that Roger Goodell deserves a little public humiliation, and Tom Brady is just the man to deliver it.”
After he presided over a season that did much to tarnish — perhaps permanently — the reputation of the NFL, I have to admit I enjoyed hearing Goodell being showered with boos by Patriots fans while presenting the Lombardi trophy tonight. Or as Mary Katharine Ham tweets, “One city cheers for the Patriots. America cheers for Goodell’s humiliation.”
UPDATE: More classiness from the league to end the season: Willie McGinest Drops Super Bowl F-Bombs … On Live TV.
“Kiss this motherf****ing thing,” McGinest repeated several times into a live mic into millions of homes, as he carried the Lombardi trophy past the Patriots’ players to the podium where Goodell, Kraft, Brady and Bill Belichick were waiting.
MORE: Video of the Patriots fans’ auditory beatdown of Goodell at Mediaite, which notes that “Even owner Robert Kraft didn’t let Goodell off the hook. ‘A lot has transpired in the last two years,” Kraft said. “And I don’t think that needs any explanation.'”
Brady pre-taped a commercial for a local healthcare service that ran in the Boston area immediately after the game that features him with a fifth Super Bowl ring — and a punchline that’s a fun shot at Goodell.