NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has come under fire for his handling of the Ray Rice incident, in which the three-time Pro Bowl running back struck his then-fiancee in the elevator of an Atlantic City casino.
Here are links to some of the best columns from the aftermath of Wednesday's revelations:
Sports Illustrated's Michael Rosenberg on why an arrogant Goodell must go.
Anybody can screw up. If you really try, you can screw up as big as Goodell screwed up this Ray Rice investigation. But only somebody as overconfident as Goodell could keep screwing up after the world screamed at him for screwing up.
Dan Wetzel of Yahoo can't envision a scenario in which Goodell doesn't come away looking incompetent.
This entire affair has soiled Goodell and made him look like a hypocrite for punishing franchises such as the New Orleans Saints and New England Patriots, claiming each organization was responsible for the conduct of all its members, whether it knew or not.
So is that still true?
David Steele of the Sporting News on how Roger Goodell has become detrimental to the NFL's image.
So whose conduct “reflects negatively on our game” now? Who has destroyed his integrity and betrayed the confidence of the public? That’s Goodell, apparently from practically the moment his office began investigating Rice - if that term even applies anymore.
ESPN's Ian O'Connor on the videos that will forever tarnish Goodell's reputation.
[Goodell] needs to understand he has committed a personal foul against his legacy that is as permanent as pro football's standing as America's most popular sport. Goodell can't pick up this yellow flag, stuff it back in his pocket and walk away from the pile.
The Associated Press has compiled a lengthy list of controversies Goodell has faced in his eight-year tenure as NFL commissioner.
