Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) pointed out during his Wednesday questioning of Commissioner Roger Goodell that redaction was good enough for the league, in the report generated by the Miami bullying scandal involving Richie Incognito and Jonathan Martin.

“In the case of the Dolphins, my recollection is that no one asked for any confidentiality,” Goodell said.

“In Washington, not only did they ask for confidentiality, in many case, we also promised them confidentiality,” Goodell said.

Goodell, finally caught in a corner, gave this final justification: “Congressman, I promise you, redaction doesn’t always work in my world.”.

But it did work with the Dolphins.

Here’s the key passage from the Miami report:.

“Because of the extraordinary public interest in this matter, the Commissioner made the decision that the full Report as presented to him, without any redactions or modifications, will be released to the public.

Redaction of names doesn’t always work.

But if I’m Goodell I make Congress a deal.

Goodell does what the owners want so his defense is only because they don’t want a can of worms to open up against the other owners.

Why would he care about redaction unless it affected the financial bottom line of the NFL…and of Roger Goodell.

Owner bulling an employee… no written report.

to mike florio….why aren’t the other league owners trying to get rid of this clown?.

Article 46 and your cheating does not work outside of 345’s walls..

The League – which is really just 32 people – decided to do it this way and there’s not much that a Congressional committee charged with oversight and reform of the Federal Executive branch and the Municipal affairs of the District of Columbia can do about it.

And really, does this make any difference – direct, tangible, difference – to how the games are played.

If intelligent, contextual redaction works of classified documents – way more sensitive than an NFL report – it can work in this case.

Fans will make him the main villain when he is just the messenger.

The outrage should be with the owners, Goodell doesn’t control what they do, he just the scapegoat for what they do.

“to mike florio….why aren’t the other league owners trying to get rid of this clown??”.

I still love the game of football but the behavior of the face of the league and the owners is becoming too much to stomach.

The outrage should be with the owners, Goodell doesn’t control what they do, he just the scapegoat for what they do