The National Football League is no different from the rest of America. It is suffering from a lack of bold, masculine, ethical leadership. It’s led by longtime political grifters, men whose love of the game’s financial rewards dwarfs their respect for the traditions and customs that made the league a television juggernaut.

Commissioner Roger Goodell is pro football’s “Let’s go, Brandon” inspiration, and his executive vice president, Troy Vincent, is the sloppy seconds the NFL Players Association discarded more than a decade ago.

Goodell and Vincent are paid as handsomely as the game’s top players. Their primary responsibility is to protect the Shield, the once-pristine brand legendary NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle cultivated in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

What Goodell and Vincent have done in the past decade is cover their asses, protect their salaries, and acquiesce to every demand issued by football’s left-wing, anti-masculinity enemies.