Goodell, Roger
Atlanta Announced as Neutral Site for Potential AFC Championship Game
The N.F.L. announced Thursday that Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta would serve as the neutral site for a potential A.F.C. championship game between Buffalo and Kansas City, should those teams advance. That game would be played Jan. 29, a Sunday, at 6:30 p.m., Eastern time. The N.F.L. last week approved a resolution to “mitigate the competitive […]
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N.F.L. Appeals Deshaun Watson’s Six-Game Suspension
The N.F.L. appealed the six-game suspension of Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson on Wednesday, according to a league spokesman. The league challenged the penalty issued Monday by a third-party disciplinary officer as a result of a hearing over accusations that Watson had engaged in sexually coercive and lewd behavior toward two dozen women he hired […]
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Roger Goodell May Take Deshaun Watson’s Punishment Into His Own Hands
“Before they were too harsh, and now in a way, they were not harsh enough, but this was a much better process and didn’t put the integrity of the commissioner and the league in question,” said Bob Boland, who leads the sports law program at Seton Hall University. “The fact that the result is unsatisfying […]
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Panel Finds Daniel Snyder Interfered With Sexual Harassment Investigation
As the N.F.L. was investigating his team for widespread workplace misconduct, the Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder directed a “shadow investigation” to interfere with and undermine its findings, a Congressional committee found. At Snyder’s behest, his legal team used private investigators to harass and intimidate witnesses, and created a 100-page dossier targeting victims, witnesses and […]
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Jon Gruden’s Lawsuit Against the NFL Can Proceed in Open Court
Jon Gruden won two important battles in his civil suit against the N.F.L. on Wednesday when a judge in Clark County, Nev., denied two of the league’s legal motions — one to dismiss his lawsuit outright and the other to compel a closed-door arbitration. Gruden filed the lawsuit in November 2021, a month after The […]
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N.F.L. Finds No Proof That Browns Paid Hue Jackson to Lose Games
The N.F.L. said that it was unable to substantiate claims made by former Cleveland Browns coach Hue Jackson that the team provided incentives as part of a plan to deliberately lose games to improve their position in the draft in coming years. Former U.S. attorney Mary Jo White led the league’s look into the claims, […]
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N.F.L. Culture Never Reformed After the Rice Scandal, Women Say
Goodell sensed the gravity of the situation, she thought, when he met with about 50 women who worked at N.F.L. headquarters, primarily to rebut reports that the league had seen the video beforehand and failed to act on it. According to Locklear, Goodell reiterated his pledge to address domestic violence, but offered few specific steps […]
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Bob Blitz Held the NFL to Task Over the Rams’ Relocation
In a separate deposition in October 2020, N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell was pressed repeatedly on the question at the heart of the lawsuit: Did the N.F.L.’s team owners ignore their own relocation guidelines when they voted to allow the Rams to move? Goodell gave elusive responses on whether the owners had considered each of 12 […]
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