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Goodell to testify again at Capitol Hill

Commissioner's visit regards Williams Wall case. Associated Press

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By FREDERIC J. FROMMER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is returning to Capitol Hill next week, this time to testify about the case of two professional football players whose suspensions were blocked by the courts.

Goodell and DeMaurice Smith, head of the NFL players union, are among the witnesses scheduled before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee next Tuesday. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the witness list.

The league had tried to suspend two Minnesota Vikings players, Kevin Williams and Pat Williams, for violating its anti-doping policy. But last month, a federal appeals court essentially allowed them to continue playing while the players' lawsuit proceeds in state court. Both Goodell and Smith testified before another committee this week on head injuries among NFL players.

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Ron
Oct 30, 2009
03:27 PM

ANY sports figure violating any law or rule, either of a league or of a city/town, state, or nation, MUST be held accountable for his/her actions immediately and swift and severe punishment must be applied to these individuals. These individuals absolutely know what exactly they are doing and the know what punishment can and should be accorded them, and to hide behind the law while the case is being heard in a legal court of justice is not only manipulating but cowardly. Sports figures are generally held in high esteem and most definitely looked up to by many people, especially the youth of the world, and for a sports figure to put him/herself into a compromising position thus jeopardizing their own reputation should not, under any circumstances, be allowed.

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