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Roger Goodell: Ignorance Is Not An Excuse In Ray Rice Situation
The commissioner may continue to fight against the accusations, but he has a few things going against him. First, he has to realize that every organization — especially law related — is going to attempt to hot potato the blame to each other to avoid being blamed for sweeping the assault under the rug.
His second problem is that he has no excuse for not seeing the footage. As I have said in the past, there is no way that two sports reporters and a gossip rag should be able to acquire all of the details before the league’s ex-Secret Service and FBI agents — even if Goodell tries to use the excuse that the tape was received but never brought to him.
Why? Because “ignorance is not an excuse.”
Those were the words that the commissioner used when he suspended New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton for claiming not to know about his team putting paid bounties on other club’s players.
So regardless of if he knew that the tape was in his building or not, he must be responsible for the consequences because — in his own words — “management personnel must be held to a higher standard.” Which would also include simply even asking the casino for evidence, something he never did.
His second problem is that he has no excuse for not seeing the footage. As I have said in the past, there is no way that two sports reporters and a gossip rag should be able to acquire all of the details before the league’s ex-Secret Service and FBI agents — even if Goodell tries to use the excuse that the tape was received but never brought to him.
Why? Because “ignorance is not an excuse.”
Those were the words that the commissioner used when he suspended New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton for claiming not to know about his team putting paid bounties on other club’s players.
So regardless of if he knew that the tape was in his building or not, he must be responsible for the consequences because — in his own words — “management personnel must be held to a higher standard.” Which would also include simply even asking the casino for evidence, something he never did.