I'm going to bow out but
Uh, Roger Goodell already admitted last week that they screwed this whole thing up. He admitted they screwed up, he apologized, and he implemented strict new guidelines for dealing with similar situations going forward. What more do people want??
BTW, Pete Rozelle didn't admit this was "his biggest mistake" the day after the games were played or that next week. He only "took responsibility" many, many years later. He is lucky we didn't have twitter and ESPN back then
If he admitted to screwing up (agree) and corrected it with the 6 games, then why the need for the indefinite suspension?
1) Incompetence in not pursuing the issue.
2) Willful ignorance
3) indifference
Screwing up and resolving it the first time would have been okay until it was discovered that there was more evidence that the NFL did not have or did not admit to and they misread the public outrage at this.
Either way, if he isn't culpable, he's incompetent in this situation or he would not have had to revise his punishment a second time. Does he really need to gauge the public opinion to find his moral compass? Does he really need someone like TMZ to get to the bottom of the issue?
Rozelle had a decision based on his misread of public opinion. If Goodell's misread is based on public opinion, then his moral compass is messed up and not worthy of someone in his position. Rozelle made an understandable mistake. Goodell's real mistake was admitting to a mistake and not really getting to the bottom of things. He instead said in effect that "we'll do better next time". If that's all that mattered, why the second revision??????
You asked what I (anyone) wants from him and I think it's pretty clear. Full disclosure.
He hasn't given full disclosure. Who conducted the investigation? Why, didn't anyone recommend a means to get the evidence when they have ex-FBI staff on payroll? Why the second punishment was needed when either way, he knocked her out? Did they consult any domestic violence advocates? Where there any other recommendations?
Going on TV and saying "we didn't know" is not full disclosure. Transparency requires you to actually care enough to expose your process and the criticism that may come from it.