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CTE research advocate Nowinski blasts ‘unethical behavior’ of Goodell, NFL

Chris Nowinski heard Roger Goodell and Jerry Jones speak during the NFL’s annual meetings in Boca Raton.

He heard them waffle on the link between football and traumatic brain injury.

And so Thursday, Nowinski was in no mood to waffle.

Chris Nowinski, president and co-founder of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, testifies before the Senate Special Committee on Aging on June 25, 2014, in Washington. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

During an interview with The Palm Beach Post, Nowinski, who has been at the forefront of studies on this issue, accused Goodell, the NFL commissioner, of lying to the public in an attempt to cloud the issue.