Jeff Pash, the longtime general counsel of the NFL and advisor to commissioner Roger Goodell, is the latest under scrutiny following the 650,000 emails the league investigated that resulted in ex-Raiders coach Jon Gruden's resignation.
The lawyer was a participant in email threads with former Washington Football Team president, Bruce Allen, whose correspondence was under investigation. The New York Times reported that the pair had a close relationship that spanned over almost a decade, even though Pash would eventually be responsible for investigating the franchise.
"Their emails suggest that, when the Washington franchise was in crisis, Pash tended to offer a sympathetic shoulder rather than acting as an impartial arbiter," The Times wrote.