The NFL stated that former FBI director Robert Mueller will conduct a probe on how the NFL handled the evidence against former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice. The NFL superstar stood accused on domestic violence claims.
Greg Aiello, the NFL spokesperson, in a press statement on Wednesday, said that the investigation into the admissibility of the evidence would be overseen by the NFL owners John Mara of the New York Giants and Art Rooney of the Pittsburg Steelers. Both Mara and Rooney are performing members of NFL committees.
Robert Mueller, the former FBI director based in Washington, D.C., served as the FBI director for an impressive 12 years and is currently a partner at a Wilmerhale law firm. The law firm negotiated the NFL's Sunday Ticket Package with DirecTV.
These steps have, however, have not gone without their fair share of criticism. Soon after the NFL spokesman Greg Aiello made the announcement, the president of the National Organization for Women, Terry O'Neill, in a statement on Wednesday, termed Mueller's appointment mere "window dressing." In the statement, she stated that the NFL needed to take further action to address the problem adequately.
She said: "The NFL does not just have a Ray Rice problem, they have a violence against women problem." Through the National Organization for Women, she went on to press for the immediate resignation of Roger Goodell. She also called for an independent investigator to be appointed who would investigate all violence against women reports and cases in the NFL and to impose lasting reforms.
Ray Rice, the former Baltimore Ravens running back was booted out of his team and the NFL after he reportedly assaulted his wife Janay Rice in a hotel elevator. In the infamous video, Rice is shown knocking down his wife Janay, sending her sprawling on the floor unconscious.
