Goodell Declines Interview With NBC
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Christian Petersen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Just days after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell committed his latest gaffe in the pre-Super Bowl press conference, he tops it with another.
NBC requested to conduct an interview with Goodell during Sunday’s pregame show.
During Friday’s press conference Goodell addressed his accessibility with the media.
“I understand the obligation and my job to meet with the media,” Goodell said. “I don’t know whether I meet with them at a press conference every week, but I’m available to the media almost every day of my job, professionally. We try to make ourselves available on a very regular basis. It is my responsibility, it is my job, and I will do that.”
Media members have been taking the opportunity to showcase their declined interview requests since Goodell’s statement.
“I’m available to the media almost every day of my job professionally.” Goodell has rejected every interview request I’ve made since 2012,” ESPN’s Don Van Natta tweeted Friday after the press conference.
While there are certain logistical details missing from the story, the perception from this isn’t good for the NFL commissioner.
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