One day after a new Washington Post released an explosive report suggesting WFT owner Daniel Snyder attempted to impede Beth Wilkinson’s investigation into Washington’s toxic workplace culture, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell spoke on the matter Wednesday.
From the NFL’s owners’ meetings in Irving, Texas, Goodell said Snyder did not attempt to interfere in the investigation.
“We went through a very lengthy period of investigation and discussions,” Goodell said via John Keim of ESPN.
“The one thing I can say with 100% assurance is that it didn’t interfere with the work that our investigator did. We were able to access all the people that she wanted to access, have multiple conversations with those people. There’s always a little bit of a tug and a pull with particularly lawyers and law firms. That’s something that I think we were able to overcome and make sure we came to the right conclusion.”
Of course, Goodell continues to protect Snyder. Why? Because Goodell and the NFL know there is a lot more in those 650,000 emails, and it would implicate multiple high-profile NFL people. Much more than just Jon Gruden and Bruce Allen.
Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform have urged the NFL to release the emails over the last few months. Thus far, the NFL has refused.
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, a member of the committee, spoke to ESPN.
They’ve been producing documents; they’ve been doing it on a regular basis. But what we learned yesterday only points to the need for a lot more information from them. … I’d like them to step up the volume and the nature of the documents.
Buckle up, as this isn’t going away anytime soon, much to the chagrin of Goodell, Snyder, and the rest of the NFL’s owners.
