Roger Goodell is sticking to his guns.
The NFL commissioner told NBC’s Matt Lauer that he is completely certain the NFL handled Deflategate properly.
“Yes,” Goodell responded when asked if he was 100 percent confident, via Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk. “We went through a very exhausting process with this. We had an independent investigation.”
Goodell swears that the fact it was Tom Brady and the New England Patriots didn’t impact the league’s actions.
“Every player, every team, is subject to the same rules. We don’t have rules for marquee players and we don’t have rules for marquee teams,” Goodell said.
Brady did end up getting hit with a four game suspension at the end of the day, so Goodell probably does feel justified about things. That said, there were a lot of problems with how the NFL handled things, according to some. For the commissioner, the end probably justifies the means.
