Goodell learns ignorance isn’t always bliss
That’s what NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told New Orleans Saints Head Coach Sean Payton when he suspended him for the entire 2012-2013 season in light of the infamous "Bounty Scandal" that took place right under his nose.
For a span of about three years, while coaching under Payton, former Saints Defensive Coordinator Gregg Williams offered payment or "bounties" to defensive players for illegal, late or any violent hit during a game.
The coordinator would also target certain players and offer various sums of money depending on which of the targeted players his defensive player hit.
During the investigation of the case, Payton told Goodell he was unaware of the bounty system.
The shoe’s now on the other foot.
In the midst of the Ray Rice investigation, Goodell has maintained that he didn’t see the video of Rice knocking out his then girlfriend now wife in a casino elevator.
This is a lie.
An anonymous law enforcement official claims he sent the video to NFL League Security Chief Jeffrey Miller in April.
But let’s look at this from the another perspective.
Say Goodell didn’t see the video. This means that the NFL, the league he commissions, had access to the video and he chose not to watch it. That is the definition of ignorance, and "Ignorance is not an excuse."
This hypocrisy alone is grounds for firing.
Roger Goodell needs to go.
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