On the opening night of the NBA season, the league commi sioner and the executive director of the players a sociation sat together on national TV and Philip Rivers Jersey talked to the studio hosts, to the public and to each other.In doing so, they put their NFL counterparts to shame.MORE: Josh Brown apology too little, too lateThere had to be a sizable portion of the sports-watching population especially the increasingly-mutinous NFL fan base that asked itself, Do Roger Goodell and DeMaurice Smith even talk to each other off-camera, behind the scenes, one-on-one?They sure dont talk to the public very much. And if there ever was a time that their faces need to be seen and their voices heard in the middle of twin crises that cloak the sport in shame its now.Showing their faces separately would be a milestone, all things considered. Together, it looks like its too much to ask. How often has it happened since the 2011 lockout ended? When was the last time between then and now? None comes to mind. A brief search comes up with nothing.Theyre adversaries, and understandably so. Smith certainly Joe Barksdale Jersey has made justifiable appearances in the last couple of years to contest Goodells actions.But NBA Commi sioner Adam Silver and Michele Roberts are adversaries, too. They talked about it together on the TNT set Tuesday night in Cleveland. They have a new labor agreement to hash out. Both have separately spoken out about what they want, and it isnt nece sarily the same things.NBA Commi sioner Adam Silver (Getty)Yet on camera that night, the two scrunched in next to the "Inside the NBA" crew, and answered their questions for more than 10 minutes. About the labor contract. About dividing up all that money fairly while staying in the fans good graces. About pulling the All-Star Game out of Charlotte. About player activism and the national anthem. Even about capitalizing on the NFLs falling ratings.They were accountable in front of a wide audience. The questions they took were not softballs. And appearances count. A lot.MORE: Cubs, Indians can thank Bears, Browns for World Series Lack of appearances count a lot, too. Right now, theyre counting against the leadership of the NFL and, to a le s-publicizedbut just as crucial extent, of Tre Boston Jersey the players union.Goodell caught the break of his life last Wednesday, when his pre s conference at the end of the owners meeting took place before the Josh Brown documents detailing his domestic violence history went public later that day.The one time Goodell has spoken on the record about it since then was to a British reporter, in the middle of a spot intended to promote the latest London game, involving Browns team.This is yet another nightmare for the NFL and even qualifying it as yet another one diminishes the disgrace this is, since they went through the exact same one two years ago and put on a ma sive pretense that they were going to get it right next time. (I will get it right, Goodell said in that infamous 2014 pre s conference.)At the same time, Smith has not uttered a public word about the 60 Minutes report on financial advisors who have ripped off NFL players for tens of millions of dollars, even though those advisors were, and are, registered with and certified by, the union.No one from the union spoke on camera to CBS for that report. No one has spoken for the record since it aired Sunday.So sure, if Goodell and Smith are struggling that badly to be accountable individually, what are the odds of getting them in the same place, on camera and in front of microphones, for the good of their sport, their clientele and the public?It can be done. It now has been done in a league and a sport that isnt hemorrhaging credibility and trust, the way LaDainian Tomlinson Jersey the NFL is.