The Most Heated Moments From Roger Goodell’s Testimony on Wednesday

The NFL commissioner spoke to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Wednesday.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s testimony took place on Wednesday in front of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Oversight and Reform, which is currently investigating the Commanders’ workplace culture and owner Dan Snyder’s leadership. Snyder declined to attend today’s hearing earlier this month.

The committee members went all out in their questioning to Goodell, who appeared in court remotely. Wednesday’s hearing provided some pretty wild moments.

To start off the hearing, committee chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D., N.Y.), made sure to point out the reason why Snyder was absent at the hearing: He is in France on a private yacht. They even left the owner a seat.

Congress plans to subpoena Snyder for a deposition.

"We invited Daniel Snyder to show to testify today...Apparently, Mr. Snyder is in France, where he has docked his luxury yacht near a resort town. That should tell you just how much respect he has for women in the workplace pic.twitter.com/2VydwiyhsH

— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) June 22, 2022

The members brought up various different topics apart from the subject matter at hand, mostly involving other political issues in the country at the moment. At some points, it got out of hand.

For example, Goodell was asked about the infant formula shortage, the tampon shortage and even about gas prices. Rep. Byron Donalds (R., Fla.) continued to go off about these topics even when Rep. Maloney was banging the gavel for him to stop so the committee could focus back on the topic of the Commanders.

Things are getting feisty: After Roger Goodell finished his opening remarks, Rep. Byron Donalds, a Florida republican, jumped in saying this entire hearing is a waste of time.

"You can bang the gavel all you want, but I don't really care."

👀👀 pic.twitter.com/PKD5NORwzQ

— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) June 22, 2022

Some of the members continued to ask Goodell irrelevant questions to the NFL case because they argued that the other issues were bigger than this Commanders workplace case. Goodell said how he was only prepared to answer questions about the latter.

James Comer uses his time questioning Roger Goodell to launch partisan attacks on Biden that he asks Goodell to endorse. He doesn't bite. pic.twitter.com/Ehcxtu6OI3

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 22, 2022

James Comer (R., Ky.) also used his opening remarks to talk about the state of the country instead of focusing on the specific hearing and case, as shown in the video above.

Tom Brady was even brought up in the hearing, as Pat Fallon (R., Texas) compared the Patriots’ infamous “Deflategate” scandal to Watergate. Fallon referred to Brady as various names, including “The Real Slim Brady.”

Rep. Pat Fallon, a republican from Texas, is now asking Roger Goodell about deflategate and Tom Brady's suspension.

Fallon says he's angry and went through a list of nicknames for Brady, including "The Real Slim Brady"

This hearing is off the rails. pic.twitter.com/aTshKpQhZG

— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) June 22, 2022

During his testimony, Goodell mentioned that he will not be releasing the NFL’s investigation findings in a written report on the case as he wants to keep the participants’ anonymity, despite the fact that multiple people who spoke to the league have called for a full release and full transparency from the NFL. 

On top of this, the commissioner noted that he does not have the authority to remove Snyder as the Commanders owner, though others have noted that he does have the ability to recommend removal to the league’s Executive Committee and begin the process.

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