The NFL is challenging ESPN’s article detailing transcripts of the Ray Rice hearing, including discrepancies in Goodell’s testimony and allegations that Ravens president Dick Cass coached Rice to downplay the assault.
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The NFL originally deferred to the confidentiality order issued by Judge Barbara S. Jones in the Ray Rice hearing, which said that everything except the final decision was subject to confidentiality. The NFL said they would respect that process. Until the ESPN article about the transcript was published on Wednesday.
Now the league is throwing the challenge flag.
"“The ESPN article written by Don Van Natta distorts the testimony and evidence in the Rice matter,” the league said in a statement. “Among the numerous inaccuracies in the story, there are no emails or any other evidence from an NFL investigator stating ‘I never contacted anyone about the tape.’ That is a quote not from an email, but from an argument by Rice’s own attorney mischaracterizing the evidence. (via Pro Football Talk)"
The league’s response was more than likely triggered by the allegation that Commissioner Roger Goodell informed team owners via email that the Ray Rice video had been requested from the police a day before the league’s lead investigator informed league Security Chief Jeff Miller that no request had been made.
Regardless of who’s right in this case, it doesn’t look good for whoever ends up being wrong. If both sides want the truth to be revealed, then they should ask Judge Jones to lift the order and allow the public to see all the transcripts and emails. After all, if ESPN botched such an important allegation, the NFL just might make them pay for it with a season’s worth of lousy Monday night matchups.
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