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Roger Goodell Comments on NFL Disciplinary Policy, Integrity of League
- Updated: April 29, 2016
It has been an eventful week for the NFL, in which Deflategate was brought back to the forefront when New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s four-game suspension was reinstated, and commissioner Roger Goodell reiterated Friday he has no intention of relinquishing disciplinary power for the sake of it.
During an appearance on ESPN Radio’s Mike & Mike (via ESPN.com’s Kevin Seifert), Goodell explained the league’s disciplinary policy needs to be handled by someone who understands the integrity of the game:
I am not going to hand off the integrity of the NFL to somebody who does not understand our business. That is what we’re going to maintain when it comes to the integrity of the game. Maybe something as it relates to the drug program and whether proper protocol is followed? I get it. Go ahead. Somebody else can make that decision. But when it comes to integrity of the game, that is the commissioner’s …
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