On ‘Last Week Tonight’ John Oliver joins NFL Players in booing NFL commissioner John Goodell. Okay, John Oliver may have added some hand signals to add necessary emphasis to the traditional ‘boo’ which alone, is not strong enough for Goodell’s limp approach to stemming domestic violence within the NFL. Oliver targeted a press conference Friday in which Goodell was forced to address that very topic. Goodell spoke much, but said – very little.
The low point of the press conference (for Goodell) came when the commish was hoisted on his own petard. A regretful Goodell lamented his inability to see bad the things in his organization, saying “I would have loved to have seen that tape.” Goodell further wondered, “Should we do more to get that information in the future?” A reporter shot back, “We found out by making one phone call, you guys have a full legal department!” John Oliver pointed out that Goodell had just lost the moral high ground to a TMZ reporter.
It is clear that not everyone in the NFL has a vague (don’t) take charge attitude about stopping domestic violence NFL players tweeted comments which rolled on screen during the press conference. Some are listed in the video, but the one which provided the theme tonight was from Sidney Rice who tweeted “Boo this man” I’ll bet his petard is still sore.
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