NFL not releasing report on WFT probe

The NFL isn’t going to issue a report on its 10-month investigation into allegations the Washington Football Team engaged in harassment and abuse because of its promise to protect the identities of those who testified, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday night.

Speaking after the first day of owners meetings, Goodell said the league wanted to protect the roughly 150 ex-employees who spoke to outside counsel Beth Wilkinson, who conducted the investigation and amassed six million pages of evidence.

“When you make a promise to protect the anonymity, to make sure that we get the right information, you need to stay with it,” Goodell said.

Goodell said the NFL did release a summary of its investigation and that Washington owner Daniel Snyder has not been allowed to handle any of the day-to-day operations of the franchise since July.

Goodell said the most important thing for the league was that the situation not happen again with any team.

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