DeMaurice Smith, the former Patton Boggs partner who has served as executive director of the National Football League Players Association since 2009, recently had some harsh words for Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the world’s most profitable professional sports league.
In an interview with ESPN, Smith criticized the NFL’s push to expand its slate of playoff games, weighed in on the continuing controversy over the Washington Redskins’ name, opined on the possibility that players will be tested for the use of human growth hormone and called attention to what he believes is a double standard when it comes to how the league punishes players and owners who run afoul of the law.
