The fact that the job of commissioner has been relegated to exclusively making owners money is a travesty. The public has an interest in the commissioner of a sports leagues the job of commissioner was created to police the leagues and conferences not to be a corporate lapdog. (ie. the Black Sox scandal.)
More people should be calling this out. Rooney and Mara are overseeing an investigation and at the same time supporting the person that they are investigating. This investigation is nothing more than a formality. They will lay it all on some underling and talk about committees.
Goodell can do whatever he wants because the role of commissioner is now about unlimited capitalism. The fans are no longer viewed as an important stakeholder in the league.