Roger Goodell, the NFL commissioner, said: "We simply cannot tolerate conduct that endangers others or reflects negatively on our game.
"It reflects negatively on our sport, prevents it being fit for the next generation of fans and compromises future global growth," it said.
24 July: The NFL suspends Rice for two games, with Goodell saying in a statement: "We simply cannot tolerate conduct that endangers others or reflects negatively on our game.
Roger Goodell, the NFL commissioner, said at the time: "The league is an entity that depends on integrity and in the confidence of the public and we simply cannot tolerate conduct that endangers others or reflects negatively on our game.
It is difficult to imagine an incoming President who can scarcely tolerate a roast on "Saturday Night Live" appreciating such a concept, particularly if the information that a whistle-blower has divulged reflects negatively on him.
That these are just a few bad apples in an otherwise pristine barrel; that these incidents aren't actually about racism at all but concern only opposition to Israel; and that none of this reflects negatively on Jeremy Corbyn.
