Goodell avoids question on league
That’s a lot of words, none of which directly answer the question. It’s obvious that the league doesn’t want to answer the question, because there is no good answer. But that doesn’t excuse the chronic failure to address the situation directly, or to investigate the leak that became a report that turned a curiosity into a hashtag.
Here’s some free legal advice for the NFL. If Judge Richard M. Berman asks Goodell or one of the lawyers that same question tomorrow, Judge Berman will keep asking it until he gets a direct answer.
Personally, I have such mixed feelings about this whole thing. It makes me mad that nobody stuck up for the Saints during Bountygate the way people have this time. But on the other hand this Judge Berman isn't letting Goodell squirm out of the tough questions - I really think Goodell's time as commissioner is growing short.