aRoger Goodell always takes the heat when the NFL botches a disciplinary matter. Which makes sense because he is certainly not without fault. And he makes $64 million a year to take the incoming fire for The Shield. But go back through the litany of past controversies and failures. Deflategate, Spygate, Josh Brown, Tyreek Hill, Ray Rice, Daniel Snyder, et al. You will find another common thread.
The NFL is a multi-billion dollar behemoth that seemingly enlists an army of Barney Fifes to do its fact-finding. Time and time again the league office (and its 32 teams) turn to the Fisher-Price investigative kit and act shocked when the anvil falls out of the sky and onto their heads.