NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is notorious for taking disciplinary matters into his own hands. Player suspensions ranging from controlled substances to domestic violence to the deflation of footballs have all ultimately come at the discretion of Goodell, due process be damned.
Goodell’s latest mission: suspend NFL players who were listed in the now-infamous Al Jazeera report, “The Dark Side”, which chronicled steroid usage and distribution among professional athletes.
NFL says James Harrison, Clay Matthews, Julius Peopers, Mike Neal have till Aug. 25 to give interviews on PEDs – or face Aug. 26 suspension.