 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Kurume 2012, Goodell akaburitsa humbowo hwekuti vatambi nevarairidzi veNew Orleans Saints vakagadzira chirongwa chebhonasi umo vatambi vanodzivirira veSaints vakabhadharwa mabhonasi nekurova nemaune vatambi vanopikisa kunze kwemitambo. Kare-kare mutungamiri wezvidziviriro Gregg Williams akatungamirira purogiramu yacho, uye vatambi vanodzivirira veVatendi vanosvika 27 vakabatanidzwa. Gare gare mumwedzi iwoyo, Goodell akapa zvimwe zvezvirango zvakaipisisa munhau yeNFL. Akamisa Williams, uyo akanga asiya kuti ave murongi anodzivirira weSt. Louis Rams, kwenguva isingazivikanwi Williams akadzorerwa pakutanga kwemwaka wa2013. Goodell akamisawo mutungamiri mukuru Sean Payton mumwaka wose wa2012, mutungamiri mukuru Mickey Loomis kwemitambo misere uye mubatsiri mukuru wevadzidzisi Joe Vitt kwemitambo mitanhatu. Mukuwedzera, Vatsvene pachavo vakaripirwa mubhadharo wepamusoro we 500,000 uye vaifanira kurasikirwa nesarudzo dzavo dzechipiri dzekutora mu2012 ne2013. Goodell ainyanya kugumbuka kuti avo vaive nechokuita nechirongwa ichi vakareva nhema pamusoro pacho panguva mbiri dzakaparadzana dzekuferefeta chirongwa ichi. Zvirango zvevatambi hazvina kupihwa panguva iyoyo, uye Goodell akataura kuti aizorega kuranga vatambi kudzamara NFLPA yapedza kuferefeta nyaya iyi. 