Has the NFL hit its peak? Is it about to "Jump the Shark"?

Its no doubt that the football in general is king sport in America today and with the Media outreach that the United States has it is easy for sports to go hand in hand with....drama?  From money to TV ratings the NFL tops all professional sports and with that it takes center stage and with shows like Hard knocks or just the fact that collective bargaining is a storm of dispute and no salary cap.  Its a recipe for disaster.  As fans we get taken on and emotional roller coaster and then we see Fonzie, leather and a thumps up, jump a shark.  I'm more of a college football fan and I revolve my Saturdays around football so I can give you an outsiders look at the NFL.  How can it avoid jumping the shark?  Roger Goodell has three things to shore up and I believe the NFL goes strong.  The very popular "bone jarring hits".  The players are faster and stronger.  We have to adapt.  With a wide variety of supplements and advancements in weight training these days its no doubt that players are sculpting their body and mind to be fierce machines being paid to go out their and lay the wood.  Goodell is going to have a hard time keeping everyone happy on this issue but I personally think he is doing a stellar job here and sure hes going to hand a fine or two that might be a little sketchy but something has to be done.  What if a player was killed on the field with  millions of people watching.  Not to mention the number of kids watching the NFL these days hoping to be out on that field someday.  Their would be outrage and the NFL at that point in time would've "jumped the shark".  This leads into the second thing I'm going to talk about, the players.  Michael Vick is running dog fights, Plaxico Burress is carrying weapons around, Bret Farve is sending photos to woman, Randy Moss is being tossed around from team to team, Big Ben is a rapist.  Must I go on?  Goodell gets a C+ in this area.  He is doing good  enough to make the parents happy for the time being but they want to see those grades go up.  He has handed out his suspensions and his fines but everyday I see the drama on ESPN.  Leron McClain is spitting in Crowder's face or Brad Childress is cracking bad jokes.  Everyone of you have that person that you know loves drama.  Trust me!  Even those you are thinking about right now cant handle drama 24/7.  You think I'm crazy when I say that but its the truth.  Sooner or later people are going to change the channel and find a new Soap Opera.  This also will lead into my last topic of conversation, collective bargaining.  Money leads to egos and egos will get you in trouble.  We have seen leagues take a plunge after player and league disputes and this is no different.  Goodell has to keep his veterans happy and get the rookie contracts under control.  I think a new spin that Goodell will have to give big attention to is how his players are being treated after they retire, health wise.  Mark Schlereth revealed that ugly fact and now I think Goodell will have a few players play on this and it could catch.  Lets not forget that if this dint get settled and we didn't have football we might have a season to catch a different interest.  With limited time, player egos, and popularity off the charts Goodell is going to have a tough time balancing all of these issues.  I'm not offering solutions because I have no idea what its like in his shoes and I will never know but I offer a look into what could happen.  I guess now we wait and continue to get sucked into another episode of Jersey Shore.