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2 May 2012, 9:21 pm by Kevin Jon Heller
  As the NFL fans among our readers know, Commissioner Roger Goodell has suspended four New Orleans Saints players for their role in Bountygate — a program whereby Saints players would get financial bonuses for intentionally injuring other players on the football field, essentially the most heinous crime a football player can commit. [read post]
19 Apr 2012, 9:40 am by Chris Fusco
As NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell outlined the NFL’s “on field” responsibility is to protect player safety and the integrity of the rule of the game. [read post]
18 Apr 2012, 8:20 am by Chris Fusco
More importantly, why shouldn’t NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reflect on all that Payton has accomplished in New Orleans and offer the Super Bowl winning coach some leniency after Payton had shown some remorse and taken responsibility for his actions. [read post]
11 Apr 2012, 10:00 pm
In March, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell suspended New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton for the 2012 season and banned former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams indefinitely in light of the team’s so-called bounty program, among other harsh punishments. [read post]
8 Apr 2012, 5:36 pm by Vladimir Gagic
Of course, the reason for the suspension is that his defensive coordinator was paying bounties for hits that injured opposing players (see the AP story "Saints coach Sean Payton suspended for 2012 season by NFL"):  New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton was suspended without pay for the 2012 season by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, and former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams was banned indefinitely on Wednesday because of the team's… [read post]
2 Apr 2012, 11:03 pm by Hull and Hull LLP
In response, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell suspended Saints coach Sean Payton for one year, without pay. [read post]
2 Apr 2012, 9:55 am by Geoffrey Rapp
Harris, Book Note, Reviewing Roger I. [read post]
23 Mar 2012, 7:24 am by Marylee Abrams
I am glad to see NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell took the problem seriously by investigating the allegations and issuing the largest fines and sanctions in NFL history. [read post]
23 Mar 2012, 6:02 am by Josh Sturtevant
For one, many people felt that the punishment inflicted by commissioner Roger Goodell was overly harsh, underlining the idea that maybe what the Saints did wasn't so far outside the mainstream after all. [read post]
23 Mar 2012, 4:00 am by Marc Edelman
In light of growing concern about retired NFL players' health, Commissioner Roger Goodell swiftly suspended Williams indefinitely from the league.Thus far, Goodell's suspension of Williams has received overall positive press. [read post]
22 Mar 2012, 3:17 pm
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell stated in a press conference the Saints' conduct will not be condoned, and the NFL will not tolerate the deliberate targeting of players. [read post]
21 Mar 2012, 11:09 am by Steve Bainbridge
Stunned that Roger Goodell suspended Sean Payton for the entire 2012 season. [read post]
26 Oct 2011, 9:39 am
After a House Judiciary Committee hearing in October of 2009 in which NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was pounded with questions about the NFL’s concussion policies, the NFL changed its rules to require that a player diagnosed with a concussion would not be permitted to return to that same game even if he was not experiencing any symptoms. [read post]
22 Oct 2011, 9:42 pm by Gordon Johnson
Berger said that the NFL’s subcommittee on brain and spine injury has been conducting conference calls with the players’ union and is aiming to have a presentation ready for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell soon, according to The Times. [read post]
21 Oct 2011, 9:02 pm
The article discussed Terrelle Pryor's five game suspension that was handed down by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for what appears to be Pryor's behavior while a student-athlete at Ohio State. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 4:33 pm by Tom D'Amore
Commissioner Roger Goodell spoke about the N.F.L. focus on head and spine injuries at the 2011 Congress of Neurological Surgeons. [read post]
14 Sep 2011, 5:00 am by Michael Kaplen
Goodell will address neurosurgeons about the NFL's ongoing efforts to decrease the incidence and enhance the management of concussion in football. [read post]
18 Aug 2011, 8:58 am by Howard Wasserman
  Pryor had accepted at the end of the 2010 college football season a suspension for the first five games of the 2011 season for violating NCAA rules.In his decision allowing Pryor to enter the Supplemental Draft, Commissioner Roger Goodell determined that Pryor will be ineligible to practice prior to or play in the first five games of the NFL regular season after he signs. [read post]
22 Jul 2011, 8:34 am by Nathan Koppel
Reuters NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (R), flanked by Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson, speaks to the media on July 21, 2011. [read post]