At the end of the Robert Kraft scandal, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will stand as his greatest judge. It is the strangest, truest and perhaps the saddest thought of this disturbing situation. Goodell, the man hired by Kraft and the league’s 31 other owners, will be positioned as the most authoritative disciplinarian — at least in theory — if the New England Patriots owner is guilty of soliciting prostitution.
It won’t be the authorities in Jupiter, Florida, who have charged Kraft with paying for sexual services twice at the Orchids of Asia Day Spa. The alleged crimes are first-degree misdemeanors, and the Florida state attorney has declared it unlikely that Kraft would receive jail time if convicted.