Roger Goodell met with the media on Tuesday at the NFL league meetings, and, as you might expect, the Washington Football Team was a hot topic.
Two former Washington Football Team employees came to the lobby at the Intercontinental New York Barclay Hotel in Manhatten, New York, where the meetings are being held, “with a stack of letters multiple pages long, asking for the findings of the report into the team’s workplace misconduct be made public,” according to Seth Wickersham of ESPN.
The NFL has refused to release the results of Beth Wilkinson’s yearlong investigation into Washington’s toxic workplace culture. Earlier this month, several offensive emails from former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden to former Washington Football Team president Bruce Allen were leaked, costing Gruden his job.
Several former WFT employees and now members of Congress want the NFL to make public the results of Wilkinson’s investigation.
On Tuesday, Goodell doubled down, but not for the reason you may think.
“We’re very conscious of making sure we’re protecting those who came forward,” Goodell said via Dan Graziano of ESPN. “That was a very high priority.”
Goodell also stated the league had held Snyder accountable for Washington’s toxic workplace culture that spanned throughout his ownership.
“I do think he’s been held accountable,” Goodell said of Snyder. “More importantly, steps were put in place to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
Snyder named his wife, Tanya, co-CEO of Washington over the summer and agreed to step away from the team’s day-to-day operations for a period of time. The team was also fined $10 million — not Snyder personally.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell argues that Washington owner Dan Snyder has been held accountable based on an “unprecedented fine” and that he “hasn’t been involved with the football team for four months”.
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) October 26, 2021
This issue isn’t going away for Snyder or the NFL anytime soon.
