The NFL has not always been known as a strict enforcer of codes of conduct. As long as players perform well on the field, who cares if they assault people, drive drunk, use drugs, shoot guns, crash cars, cuss, steal, and rape off the field? That's not what the fans care about.

But now, new NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has decided that perhaps the league's image is not well served by seeing its players devolve into a bunch of latter-day O.J. ...