NFL Commissioner Roger Goodel reiterates league decision not to release Washington investigation
NEW YORK – The Commissioner of the NFL, Roger Goodell, upheld the decision of the league not to make public the results of its investigation on the work culture in the team of Washington Football Team, saying that the anonymity of the people who cooperated with the investigation was too high a priority.
“We are very conscious of protecting those who showed up,” Goodell emphasized after six hours of meetings with owners of the NFL in the center of Manhattan. “That was a very high priority.”
The investigation has come under fire again in recent weeks after some of the emails reviewed in the process were made public, resulting in the resignation of the coach of Las Vegas Raiders, Jon Gruden. In those emails, Gruden used racist, homophobic and misogynistic language that the league denounced. Requests to publish more emails were rejected.
On Tuesday, two former employees of the Washington They arrived at the hotel where the owners were meeting, with copies of a letter they sent to the league asking that the results of the investigation be made public. Those former employees specifically mentioned the owner of the Washington, Daniel Snyder who, as a result of the investigation, according to Goodell, has not been part of the team’s activities in recent months. Snyder’s wife, Tanya, who is co-CEO of the franchise, has taken over the day-to-day operations and the team was fined $ 10 million in the wake of the investigation.
“I think he has been held responsible,” he said. Goodell upon Daniel Snyder. “More importantly, steps were taken to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
Goodell also stressed that the league will cooperate with a Congressional investigation into the investigation. Two members of the House oversight committee wrote to the league last week saying they were seeking more information about the investigation of workplace misconduct with Team Washington.
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