Roger Goodell read a prepared statement during his press conference on Friday and then answered questions using lines given to him by PR people/crisis management firms. The result was a boring, insincere press conference where many of the exact same lines and phrases were repeated.
However, there was one point where Goodell got thrown off by a question and stumbled to answer it.
“Was there something about domestic violence crimes that made it more difficult for you to adjudicate?” the commissioner was asked.
Goodell then fumbled through his mental rolodex of prepared answers before arriving at the one he had been taught to use.
“Well I think the policy itself was, again, not up to standards. The standard of discipline for that was way below where it should be.”
Great answer, Rog. Way to fail to take responsibility for your screwups. Just blame it on a policy. I’m surprised it took him that long before he remembered his scripted answer. Clearly he was thrown off because he had no good answer for it.
The NFL’s fear was evident throughout the press conference and was punctuated when they called an abrupt ending to it following another tough question.
