The Ways Roger Goodell Has Politicized the NFL

Summary	Date	Source
Tim Tebow was banned from wearing "John 3:16" on his eye black	01/09/2012	The Los Angeles Times
The NFL banned a gun vendor's ad from the Super Bowl	12/02/2013	National Review
The NFL banned off-duty cops from carrying guns to games	03/13/2014	Investors Business Daily
The NFL pleaded with teams to consider signing Michael Sam	09/04/2014	The Daily Caller
The NFL made RG3 turn a "Know Jesus" t-shirt inside out	09/16/2014	Independent Journal Review
Goodell hired former Bill Clinton spox, Joe Lockhart, to handle the league's PR	01/19/2016	The Washington Examiner
Goodell prohibited athletes from honoring 9/11	09/09/2016	The New York Post
Goodell praised NFL athletes for protesting the national anthem	09/11/2016	TODAY Show
The NFL denied the Cowboys' request to honor Dallas police after a mass shooting	11/15/2016	Fox Sports
The NFL warned Texas that its "bathroom bill" would jeopardize future Super Bowls	02/10/2017	The Los Angeles Times
The NFL required the Pentagon to pay the league for military tributes	09/25/2017	Think Progress
Goodell used the league to lobby the Senate to pass the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017	11/05/2017	The Wall Street Journal
The NFL refused a veterans group's "please stand" Super Bowl ad	01/23/2018	The New York Post