Goodell "Moved To Tears" At Domestic Violence Hotline HQ

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell last night spent three hours visiting the National Domestic Violence Hotline, "getting an up-close look at the realities victims face." Hotline CEO Katie Ray-Jones described the private meeting as "emotional" for Goodell. She said, "At one point he was physically moved to tears as he heard stories from our advocates about what women were encountering, that we took today" (AP, 9/28).

Meanwhile, the NFL on Friday "sent a memo to every owner and team president" denying the report that the league received video in April of Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee. The memo read in part, "Our office has found absolutely no evidence to support the claim of the anonymous ‘law enforcement source’ that he sent a video to the NFL office or that he received a telephone call to his ‘disposable cell phone’ from an unidentified female using an NFL line" (Baltimore SUN, 9/27).