Here are five takeaways from the memorandum and Goodell’s opening statement.
One example from the memorandum: Former Washington chief operating officer David Pauken testified that after Snyder learned a member of the coaching staff groped a team employee, Snyder avoided action against the coach and directed the employee to “stay away from the coach.”
Another employee described to the committee a culture of “glorified drinking and womanizing.”
The committee revealed that evidence obtained showed Snyder and his lawyers conducted shadow investigations into Washington Post reporters who exposed malpractice and former employees blowing the whistle on the organization.
That included a 100-slide PowerPoint dossier presenting the information about the journalists and former employees. Snyder also targeted the law firms representing the ex-employees, according to the memorandum.