The state attorneys general of New York, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington wrote a letter to Roger Goodell, expressing “grave concern” about the recent reports about the NFL’s treatment of women employees.
The New York Times published a report in February where more than 30 former league employees detailed accounts of demoralizing culture. According to the letter from the attorneys general, the accounts range from women employees being asked “to raise their hand to self-identify if they had been victims of domestic violence or knew someone who had” to being passed over for promotions due to their gender to “experiencing unwanted touching from male bosses” to being pushed out from their jobs “for complaining about discrimination.