News: PFT: NFL: Goodell was aware of Kia Roberts’ opinions

[Reality]

NFL: Goodell was aware of Kia Roberts’ opinions

The allegation that league executives conspired to keep the opinions of director of investigations Kia Roberts from Commissioner Roger Goodell is not accurate.

“I can tell you without any hesitation that this is false,” NFL spokesman Joe Lockhart told PFT by phone on Friday morning.

Lockhart explained that Goodell was aware of the views of everyone on the team. Roberts, according to Elliott’s lawsuit, believed Tiffany Thompson was not credible, and that Elliott should not be suspended.

“It’s categorically false that the information was kept from the Commission,” Lockhart said.

Lockhart did not dispute the notion that Roberts believed Thompson to not be credible. He noted that the Commissioner was aware of Roberts’ concerns regarding the credibility of Thompson and other witnesses.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/09/01/nfl-goodell-was-aware-of-kia-roberts-opinions/

 

[Reality]

Looks like the NFL has made their decision to go all in ..

 

[casmith07]

The NFL is lying.

 

[CCBoy]

The NFL should just watch Texas after this hurricane, and just shake their own heads!

 

[aikemirv]

NFL: Goodell was aware of Kia Roberts’ opinions

The allegation that league executives conspired to keep the opinions of director of investigations Kia Roberts from Commissioner Roger Goodell is not accurate.

“I can tell you without any hesitation that this is false,” NFL spokesman Joe Lockhart told PFT by phone on Friday morning.

Lockhart explained that Goodell was aware of the views of everyone on the team. Roberts, according to Elliott’s lawsuit, believed Tiffany Thompson was not credible, and that Elliott should not be suspended.

“It’s categorically false that the information was kept from the Commission,” Lockhart said.

Lockhart did not dispute the notion that Roberts believed Thompson to not be credible. He noted that the Commissioner was aware of Roberts’ concerns regarding the credibility of Thompson and other witnesses.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/09/01/nfl-goodell-was-aware-of-kia-roberts-opinions/

Why bother with an investigatiuon at all if you are not going to listen to it.

NFL is going to lose this time!

 

[EST_1986]

The NFL should just watch Texas after this hurricane, and just shake their own heads!

wrong thread

 

[Sydla]

Interesting............ Goodell had plausible deniability here but now they've gone all in. They are going to fight like hell that they did follow procedures..........

 

[The Natural]

Lies

 

[The Quest for Six]

The media wouldn't be making proclamations that end up not being the case....that never happens, right!

 

[Hawkeye19]

They are taking their chances and are hoping like hell they survive. Just digging their hole deeper.

Any lawyer worth their salt will absolutely shred this "fair and unbiased" process.

They should vacate and apologize but their egos won't allow them to at this point. Smh

 

[hornitosmonster]

Force Roger to take the stand so he can either commit perjury or tell the truth. Zeke and Jerry Jones will be the end of Roger

 

[Sydla]

The media wouldn't be making proclamations that end up not being the case....that never happens, right!

Yes, because the NFL league office would never lie about a fact of the case.

I am generally curious why you are fighting tooth and nail here against Elliott. I get wanting to see more facts before reaching a conclusion but with every turn of this case, and mostly not good for the NFL, you've attempted multiple ways to concoct a defense for the NFL.

So I have to ask, why? Do you have familiarity with DV that makes you prone to believe the girl and therefore, by extension, have to defend everything the NFL says and does here?

 

[hornitosmonster]

They are taking their chances and are hoping like hell they survive. Just digging their hole deeper.

Any lawyer worth their salt will absolutely shred this "fair and unbiased" process.

They should vacate and apologize but their egos won't allow them to at this point. Smh

I hope Jerry is already networking the other owners to fire Roger.

 

[Sydla]

This could just be a legal tactic. They'll try to find one inconsistency in the filings by the NFLPA and Elliott and harp on that trying to discredit the rest of the allegations.

Frankly, I never thought for a minute Goodell didn't know what Roberts found. I think he chose to ignore it because I suspect they had a determination of the crime long before they had the so called evidence to prove it.

 

[joseephuss]

The media wouldn't be making proclamations that end up not being the case....that never happens, right!

The media isn't the one making the claims. They are merely reporting them.

Elliott's team is claiming that information was withheld from the commissioner. Joe Lockhart, who works for the NFL, is claiming that the commissioner had that information. Neither Elliott's team or Lockhart are the media.

 

[CCBoy]

The NFL is lying.

Roger just signed a new and very lucrative contract with the NFL. I hope that he chokes on every cent of it...

 

[Roadtrip635]

So let me get this straight..........

The NFL found the accuser, who had been caught lying on numerous occasions and whom none of them spoke with, credible.
The NFL found their Lead investigator's, the only NFL employee that interviewed the accuser, assessment and recommendation, not credible?


They're gonna go down with the ship.

 

[EST_1986]

Roger just signed a new and very lucrative contract with the NFL. I hope that he chokes on every cent of it...

he actually didn't, was never finalized

 

[GhostOfPelluer]

Roger just signed a new and very lucrative contract with the NFL. I hope that he chokes on every cent of it...

Was it finalized?

 

[Hawkeye19]

I hope Jerry is already networking the other owners to fire Roger.

You can count on it. Goodell is over the barrel here.

He is a sinking ship and people will be doing anything they can to survive and be a part of the next administration.

The writing is on the wall.