Roger Goodell Open to Changing Role in N.F.L. Disciplinary Process

Photo Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the N.F.L, leaving federal court on Aug. 12. Credit Mary Altaffer/Associated Press After a series of stinging legal defeats, Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the N.F.L., said he would consider changing his role in governing the league’s personal conduct policy.

Goodell said Tuesday on ESPN Radio’s “Mike & Mike” program that a discipline officer or a panel that makes the initial decision on whether to suspend a player “would make for a better system.” But he said the league is against having a third-party arbitrator — something other leagues use — because “the standards of the N.F.L. are important to uphold, and we don’t want to delegate that…