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Roger Goodell Comments on Josh Brown, NFL’s Handling of Domestic Violence
- Updated: October 27, 2016
The New York Giants announced they released kicker Josh Brown on Tuesday in light of information about past abuse toward his wife, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell offered his first public comments on the situation Wednesday.
Goodell spoke about Brown and the way the league handles domestic violence with the New York Daily News’ Gary Myers on WFAN Radio’s Chalk Talk, and Christian Red of the New York Daily News relayed the comments Thursday:
What you see here is a policy that’s evolved. We’ve learned a lot, but these are complex matters. When you talk to the domestic violence experts, these are difficult matters to deal with. You have rights, you have families that you have to be concerned with, privacy issues. Yes, you want to make sure you’re doing everything possible to address these (alleged incidents) when they happen, but you also want to deal with them to prevent them from happening.
I think we’ve made tremendous progress. Can we make more and will we make more? Of course.
Red stressed that Goodell didn’t offer any notable apologies for the …
