Jane Goodell's addition comes following a sweep of text messages, emails and telephone recordsGETTY IMAGES
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's wife, Jane, has been "added to the list of deposition requests" in Colin Kaepernick's grievance against the league, according to sources cited by Charles Robinson of YAHOO SPORTS. The addition comes following a "sweep of text messages, emails and telephone records by Kaepernick’s legal team over the last two months." Roger Goodell and several league execs were "among those asked to turn records over, as well as a handful of NFL team personnel and coaches." Aside from Goodell and his wife, sources said that "at least nine others have now been requested for depositions going forward." Among them are three NFL owners; the Cowboys’ Jerry Jones, Patriots’ Robert Kraft and Texans’ Bob McNair; two head coaches: the Ravens’ John Harbaugh and Seahawks’ Pete Carroll; two GMs: Ravens’ Ozzie Newsome and Seahawks’ John Schneider; and two NFL execs: Exec VP/Football Operations Troy Vincent and Senior VP/Player Engagement Arthur McAfee (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 2/13).
ADD TO THE LIST: CBSSPORTS.com's Jason La Canfora cited a source as saying that Papa John's Founder & Chair John Schnatter, who stepped down from his CEO role in December, has been informed that Kaepernick's legal team "seeks to depose him as part of the quarterback's collusion case against the NFL." Schnatter earned criticism within his company and outside of it for "remarks he made on an earning's call during the season, blaming the NFL's declining ratings and citing players kneeling during the national anthem for his declining sales." Specifically, Kaepernick's legal team "aims to interview Schnatter" about any role Jones may have "played in those comments." Schnatter was "quickly out as CEO in the aftermath of his comments" (CBSSPORTS.com, 2/13).
