It’s truly laughable to think the NFL is putting its fans first

He has a structured settlement, but he needs cash now! 

As Roger Goodell, in my humble estimation the continent’s highest paid BS artist, says: “It’s all about our fans.” 

The Giants and Jets both open Sunday, head to head at 1 p.m., but on different TV stations in separate games. This will often happen this season, as the most patron-friendly “early game” starts are now assigned by the NFL “garbage games” to be played by lesser-regarded teams — thus, until further notice, the Jets and Giants qualify. 

Not long ago that never happened because it wasn’t allowed to happen. The NFL would not dismiss its biggest TV market, and at the time the only two-team market, to divide viewers’ attention. But that’s before fans’ best interests counted at least a much as TV money.