A few days ago, I talked about the fact that the NFL has expressed interest in working with the NFLPA toward collaborative research about the medicinal benefits of marijuana, which is currently both federally illegal and on the league’s banned substances list. Yesterday, Commissioner Roger Goodell expanded upon the league’s evolving views.
During a forum at the Broncos’ facility—fittingly, in one of the first states to legalize recreational marijuana in the country—Goodell sounded quite a different tone than in years past, or even earlier this season, both after the Super Bowl and just before the draft.