Washington DC Strip Clubs: Labor peace is Goodell’s biggest challenge
Written on September 8, 2010 – 5:02 pm | by ginger
Goodell later suspended Stallworth for an entire season. Stallworth’s suspension was a hotly debated topic. Some thought it wasn’t enough, others thought it was too much. Regardless of where people stood in the debate, Goodell did not arrive at the decision without hearing what plenty of people had to say.
One of Goodell’s first orders of business as commissioner was to deal with player conduct. His test case was Adam “Pacman” Jones, a recalcitrant player who was in the middle of an incident in a Las Vegas strip club that left one man paralyzed after being shot during NBA All-Star weekend.
That incident, complete with Jones “making it rain” with cash at a strip club, encapsulated the essence of athletes gone wild. The image was damaging throughout the NFL, particularly to the majority of players who felt they were living respectable lives.