d to NFL’s landmark initiative in minority hiringRoger Goodell: Rooney ‘one of the finest men in the history of our game’Dan Rooney with Roger Goodell in 2006. Meanwhile, competition in the Western Conference should be a huge test for the Warriors, even though they are, once again, the best team in basketball. And it’s not just modest media figures like me who suffer. It was an accident, everyone said, and TV viewers should butt out and stick to shouting in a futile manner at an unlistening screen.