Player Conduct
In 2007, Roger Goodell became commissioner, and instituted a player conduct policy to help control off-field behavior by players. Various amounts of criticism were aimed at Goodell, who was known for stripping teams of draft picks, as well as criticizing the punishments for Jones and Henry, despite Pacman Jones not being convicted.
| “ | "The problem with the NFL's conduct policy is that it was designed not to halt off-field troubles as much as to squelch a looming public relations disaster that came after players like Tank Johnson and Pacman Jones were arrested two years ago. The policy was not an iron-clad set of rules and consequences but rather a fluid concept in which Commissioner Roger Goodell hands out punishment on a case-by-case basis." -The Washington Post |
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