NFL Chief Goes Against Trump Over Schedule — But Trump and Strange Bedfellows Are Right

<span class="mce_SELRES_start" data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;"></span><span class="mce_SELRES_start" data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;"></span> National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell is defying President Donald Trump over the league’s schedule — but Trump and some bipartisan bedfellows are actually on the right side in this case. This is one of those cases where you have to be able to say that not everything is political — but also, everything is political. Goodell appears to be trying to stand his ground against the Florida AG’s assault on his league’s diversity programs.

So that’s a good thing, if it holds, and definitely flies in the face of Trump’s anti-DEI crusade . But not everything Trump says is wrong, and not everyone who goes against Trump is right. This week alone, Sen.

Bill Cassidy (R-LA) — one of the Republicans who voted to convict Trump after Jan. 6 — and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) — who ran afoul of Trump on everything from spending fights to the Epstein files — found themselves on the receiving end of Trump’s revenge .

Cassidy may feel free to defy Trump for the remainder of his term, but he was complicit in approving the Mos Eisley Cantina of cabinet secretaries and other nominees, while Massie is definitely no ally to progressive causes. So don’t get it twisted when I say I agree with Trump to a point on something. Earlier this week, Goodell defended the league’s TV schedule to the hilt at a press conference during the NFL Spring Meetings in Orlando, Florida: Well, we’re incredibly proud of our policies, and they’ve been incredibly effective, and– from a fan’s standpoint.