Nearly 18 months ago, when it appeared Robert Kraft’s misdemeanor prostitution charges were headed for a revealing crossroads in a courtroom, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell made a proclamation about the New England Patriots owner.
Kraft would face the same personal conduct microscope as everyone else — regardless of his status as one of the league’s most powerful cornerstones.
“The personal conduct policy applies to everybody,” Goodell told reporters in late March 2019, following the league’s spring meetings in Arizona. “Commissioners. Owners. Executives. Players. Coaches. And it will be applied to everybody. But it will be done after we get all the facts and have all the information.