Goody may be GONE

[tsylvester]

Well, Goody just turned the union against him and likely for good. In his letter to the union on the Rice suspension, he blames the union for the change in suspenion saying they did not portray the incident as the video depicted.... Yet four unnamed witnesses claim they/ Rice did tell Goody exactly as it happened... My guess the four sources are union reps.......

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And add Ozzie to make a 5th person saying Ray was truthful.

[tsylvester]

And add Ozzie to make a 5th person saying Ray was truthful.

 

 

 

Maybe he was one of the 4 from the meeting, it isn't as if there was 100 people in that meeting.. Something smells fishy here between Ozzie and the team with this case. His version so different than Biscut's, then Biscut calls a kitchen meeting and it wasn't to go over recipes for hot cross buns.

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I haven't heard that Ozzie was at the meeting. I know Cass was but no who else. Yeah I do agree that Steve's meeting sounds fishy.

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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/13/goodell-must-go-banners-will-fly-over-four-stadiums-in-week-two/

 

 

“Goodell Must Go” banners will fly over four stadiums in Week Two

The stunning Adrian Peterson child-abuse case trumped what had been the biggest story of the week. But what had been the biggest story of the week could still be the biggest story of the weekend.

According to Bloomberg.com, a women’s advocacy group had arranged for a banner to be flown over four NFL stadiums in Week Two urging the ouster of Commissioner Roger Goodell.

Planes pulling the message “@Ultraviolet: #GoodellMustGo” will fly for two hours before games at MetLife Stadium (Cardinals-Giants), First Energy Field (Saints-Browns), Levi’s Stadium (Bears-49ers), and Lucas Oil Stadium (Eagles-Colts). No-fly restrictions apply at all stadiums one hour before kickoff.

Both Ultraviolet and the National Organization for Women have called for Goodell to resign after the release of the Ray Rice elevator video and the NFL’s efforts to explain what it knew, when it knew it, and why it even needed to know what was on the video in order to understand what Rice knocking his then-fiancée out actually looked like.

[tsylvester]

I saw a clip showing Goody being asked if a player had to be convicted to be disciplined from a few years ago, Goody said no. So I wonder what his excuse is for not coming down hard on the two "golden children for how to treat women".... For that matter, where is NOW or any othe org speaking up about those two? Oh that is right, like Jessie & Al, they only speak out when the subject matter is all over the news....

 

It should be interesting to see what, if anything he does with AP. Oh and I don't like them using the term child abuse, that term isn't even used in the charging documents.... Head line grabbers suck.

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It's abuse. The childs legs were bleeding.

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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/14/richardson-tries-to-rally-internal-support-for-goodell/

 

Richardson tries to rally internal support for Goodell

Since the Associated Press dropped its bombshell on Wednesday placing a copy of the Ray Ricevideo in the league office in early April, some owners have expressed public support for Commissioner Roger Goodell.

But apparently not enough to the liking of the league.

Per a source with knowledge of the situation, an effort has been made to recruit owners to sign a joint letter of support to Goodell. Panthers owner Jerry Richardson has attempted to solicit signatures; other owners may also be involved in making calls and twisting arms to apply John Hancocks to a document that presumably would make clear to the world that the owners won’t be hiring a new captain for their 300-foot, gold-plated, money-printing yacht that but for this scandal would be sailing in mostly clear, open water.

Another source told PFT on Saturday that the league office has been contacting multiple teams with a request that ownership issue a written statement of support for Goodell. So far, written statements have come only from the Bears, the Jaguars, and Washington. Verbal statements of support have been made by Patriots owner Robert Kraft, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, and Giants co-owner John Mara.

(Jets owner Woody Johnson also has issued a statement, but it focused on opposing domestic violence, not on supporting Goodell.)

While no owner has publicly criticized Goodell or called for his ouster, few would even consider taking such an aggressive and controversial position in public. It’s hard not to wonder what Al Davis, a champion of diversity and antagonist of the league office, would have to say about all of this.

But with only a handful of written statements and a smattering of owners giving verbal support, it’s also hard not to wonder what the owners who have remained silent really think about all of this.

Here’s what I think, in the event anyone confuses our efforts to report on the story as an attack on Goodell or anyone else with the league. I firmly and completely believe that Goodell did not see the video before deciding to suspend Ray Rice only two games. I’d be shocked if Goodell had seen that video before issuing such a paltry punishment for such a heinous act.

But I also believe that the question of whether Goodell saw the video obscures more important questions regarding whether the league did enough to get the video and whether the league even needed to see the video. Throughout the week, it seemed clear that the league office has been trying to duck and dodge those questions in a clumsy, disingenuous way.

Ultimately, that could be why many owners — few of whom got and stayed really, really rich by being not smart — are possibly taking a wait-and-see approach to this situation.

UPDATE 9:47 a.m. ET: A league official tells PFT that the league office has not been calling teams to rally support. “Teams have contacted us,” the official said. “The answer was, ‘Do what you think is appropriate.’ There was no request to put out a statement of support.” The league official had no knowledge regarding whether Richardson is attempting to recruit other owners to sign a letter of support for Goodell.

So it is 6 votes of confidence.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/14/eagles-jason-kelce-says-nfl-is-lying-about-ray-rice-case/

Eagles’ Jason Kelce says NFL is lying about Ray Rice case

Eagles center Jason Kelce has offered perhaps the strongest criticism yet from an NFL player about the league’s handling of theRay Rice case.

“If they would have just came out and said, ‘You know what we had a wrong—we made a wrong decision. We should have suspended him for longer. This is something that we mishandled,’” Kelce told 94 WIP, “I would have had a lot more respect for the NFL than what they’re doing now, which seems like they are just backtracking and trying to save face in front of the fans and it’s clear as day, I think to me, they’re lying and misleading people.”

Kelce believes that the NFL is either lying about not seeing the tape of Rice punching his wife, or lying about why it chose to turn a blind eye to that tape.

“I mean, the whole thing has been just really mishandled,” Kelce said. “And then, now all the sudden with tape coming out—I’m sorry, but I can’t believe that an organization with billions of dollars and this tape is running out there through law enforcement and through media outlets that they somehow couldn’t get their hands on the tape. They’re saying that they couldn’t get the tape, I don’t know if I believe that. They made a mistake by only suspending him for two games.”

That’s a case the NFL is paying for in the court of public opinion. Paying a higher price than Rice had to pay in the court of law.

 

[tsylvester]

So Hardy was inactivated for this week's, I mean for TODAY's game. What made Jerry change his mind at THE LAST SECOND, of the SECOND week of games? Maybe, and likely, Goody got to him, letting him know that the outcry has to stop and it starts with the Panthers.... Guess it was a good thing they won without their pass rusher.... hmmmmmmmmm

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Bet that if Goodell if the investigation finds out he did lie and hide the fact, he had the tape but did not show it to the public. He is toast.

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How can anyone trust this investigation? Mueller works for the firm that helped the NFL negotiate a huge tv deal. It was where Cass worked for 31 yrs. Snyder and Jones used him against the league but they have both stood behind Goodell. This investigation is a sham. They will scapegoat someone in the league to save him.

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Funny, not, ESPN is mute on the Goody subject. Last week, as late as friday, Mike &Mike were all over the Goody investigation. Today? They are singing the tune the NFl was last week; focus on the person who comitted the crime, not the investigation nor Goody... The NFL has very long arms....

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Hmmm. We will see if Olberman is still going at him. I was shocked haw hard ESPN was going after him.

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Funny, not, ESPN is mute on the Goody subject. Last week, as late as friday, Mike &Mike were all over the Goody investigation. Today? They are singing the tune the NFl was last week; focus on the person who comitted the crime, not the investigation nor Goody... The NFL has very long arms....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yikxAHOht_A

If the memo came from up high Hanna doesn't care.

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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/16/anheuser-busch-disappointed-concerned-dissatisfied-with-nfl/

 

Anheuser-Busch disappointed, concerned, dissatisfied with NFL

“We are disappointed and increasingly concerned by the recent incidents that have overshadowed this NFL season. We are not yet satisfied with the league’s handling of behaviors that so clearly go against our own company culture and moral code. We have shared our concerns and expectations with the league,” the statement said.

 

 

 

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/16/nfl-hires-new-d-c-based-lobbyist/

NFL hires new D.C.-based lobbyist

At a time of unprecedented public scrutiny that will serve only to attract further interest of the folks who have a habit of looking for causes to support that will score points with the public, the NFL has hired a new lobbyist.

The press release doesn’t describe former Deputy Assistant to the President and Counsel to the Vice President of the United States Cynthia Hogan as a lobbyist. But that’s what she’ll be. And lobbyists work their contacts aggressively within the political universe to advance the causes of their clients. (Officially, Hogan is the NFL’s Senior Vice President of Public Policy and Government Affairs.)

As further evidence of the siege mentality currently engulfing the precipice of the NFL’s organizational chart, the announcement was made not by Commissioner Roger Goodell, but by executive V.P. of communications and public affairs Paul Hicks.

“We are pleased to welcome Cynthia to our leadership team,” Hicks said. “Cynthia’s broad experience on a wide-range of public policy issues will help advance our initiatives in Washington and around the country.”

On some issues, such as ensuring that the league’s sensitivity to concussions will trickle down to all lower levels of the sport, that’s a good thing. On other issues, such as getting Senator Rockefeller off the NFL’s back on the question of domestic violence or pushing back against the effort to scuttle the blackout policy or the effort to change the name of the Washington franchise or a potential assault on the league’s tax-exempt status or the ever-present threat that Congress will decide that the NFL no longer should enjoy a broadcast exemption for the antitrust rules, Hogan will be serving the self-interests of 31 billionaires and a publicly-owned (sort of) billion-dollar corporation.

Given the current sense of gloom that has transformed 345 Park Avenue into 1313 Mockingbird Lane, some will assume that Hogan’s job directly will entail improving the NFL’s handling of issues of domestic abuse and other misconduct. The truth is that she’ll be in charge of making sure that the political fallout from such scandals won’t be as bad as it otherwise could be.

Last week, Politico reported that the NFL was moving toward hiring a new chief lobbyist, explaining the complex issues that the eventual hire will confront. While the seas may eventually calm for the league, Hogan definitely will be earning her salary in the first several weeks she’s on the job.

 

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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/17/gloria-allred-calls-presser-to-detail-another-nfl-abuse-case/

Gloria Allred calls presser to detail another NFL abuse case

With a decision on Greg Hardy’s playing statusimminent, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell might have thought he tied up all his domestic violence loose ends.

So naturally, another one is about to fray.

According to Mike Morris of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, attorney Gloria Allred has called a 3 p.m. press conference where she’ll discuss alleged incidents of abuse by another NFL player.

Allred said in a statement she would be joined by “two individuals who allege that they or a family member were victims of violence and abuse by an NFL player,” and that those two would “discuss how the NFL and Commissioner Goodell failed them.”

There was no information about the identity of the people who’d be talking, or who the player was.

You can practically hear the puckering in New York now.

Things just got better for Goodell. Gloria will make it so people will discount this stuff.

[tsylvester]

Things just got worse for Goody.... Player A (P) beats a child, admits to beating said child, gets placed on Exemption list. Player B (Hardy, har, har) get convicted of abusing a woman, twice, and threatnening her life (her beating was far, far worse than what Rice did) and he too gets put on the Exemption list.

 

 

Players on said list are paid full salary and OOOOOOOOOOOO- ONLY the Comish, see Goody, can put said players on said list....... Rice has quite the case against Good & Plenty... Remember, he just wanted to; "get it right"....

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at worst, we'll take him down the hard way...

 

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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/17/report-goodell-wants-to-be-a-leader-in-the-domestic-violence-space/

 

 

Report: Goodell wants to “be a leader in the domestic violence space”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmwqnqL3Hbg

[tsylvester]

Proctor Gamble has pulled out, nice work Goody.........

 

 

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/procter-gamble-backs-out-of-breast-cancer-initiative-with-nfl-domestic-violence-cases-091814

 

 

 

 

As CBS Sports reports, Procter & Gamble has backed out of a "significant, league-wide" campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The campaign -- sponsored through the company's Crest brand -- was going to include "multiple players" on each of the league's 32 teams, with one player being deemed an official "ambassador" of the initiative. Players would have worn pink mouthguards and interacted with fans on social media as part of the campaign.

Now, those players have been informed the program has been completely cancelled, the reports states.

The company also informed the players that money slated to be contributed to cancer charities as part of the campaign would still be donated, but otherwise the campaign is a no-go, the report states.

Earlier Thursday, Pepsi became the latest sponsor to publicly express displeasure with the NFL and its recent handling of domestic violence cases involving players, following Anheuser-Busch, McDonald's, Visa and Campbell Soup Co.

 

[cravnravn]

And it begins

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Proctor Gamble has pulled out, nice work Goody.........

 

 

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/procter-gamble-backs-out-of-breast-cancer-initiative-with-nfl-domestic-violence-cases-091814

 

 

 

 

And it begins

I saw yesterday that they are cutting back on the pink uni's this yr. They say it was already in the works and they are doing camo heavy in Nov. I don't believe for a second planned it.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPYK8F8qEvU

[tsylvester]

Goody makes a move, long over due...

 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2204075-roger-goodell-announces-nfls-plans-to-aid-domestic-abuse-prevention

 

 

 

In the face of backlash stemming from the NFL's previous handling of domestic violence issues, league commissioner Roger Goodell has announced plans to provide financial assistance to domestic abuse prevention organizations.

According to NFL Network's Albert Breer, Goodell revealed a pair of partnerships in a memo sent Thursday night: was brought to our attention that recent events caused The National Domestic Violence Hotline to receive 84 percent more calls during the week of September 8-15. According to the organization, more than 50 percent of those calls went unanswered due to lack of staff. That must not continue. ...

... The NFL and The Hotline have initiated an immediate process to make services available by adding expert advocates, training and other resources to respond to the increased volume of calls. The Hotline will add 25 full-time advocates over the next few weeks that will result in an additional 750 calls a day being answered.

The NFL's support also will enable Loveisrespect to service 24-hour-a-day text chats with young adults affected by dating abuse. ...

... The NFL's initial support will be directed toward state coalitions to provide additional resources to state and local sexual assault hotlines.

In addition to that, Goodell announced that the NFL will institute educational programs for domestic violence prevention that all league personnel is required to take part in.

 

 

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku_JZYksc24