NFL Commissioner Goodell To Talk About Domestic Violence
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) -- National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell is expected to talk about domestic violence issues on Friday.
He is scheduled to make a statement staring at 3:00 p.m. He will later take questions.
His move comes as The National Organization for Women has been calling for his resignation over his handling of a domestic violence incident involving former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice.
Goodell has been under fire since video emerged showing Rice knocking his then-fiancee unconscious with a punch Feb. 15 in Atlantic City's Revel Casino Hotel. Rice avoided trial by agreeing to a pretrial intervention program and was initially suspended from the NFL for two games. But after the video was made public, he was cut by the Baltimore Ravens and suspended by the league.
Goodell has insisted the league didn't see the violent images until they were released by TMZ. But a law enforcement official told The Associated Press he sent a version of the video to an NFL executive five months ago.
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