NFL’s Handling of CTE Controversy Shows Compassionate Conservatism of Roger Goodell in Action
In determining the effect of concussions on the lives of football players, nobody lawyers up while making sincere protestations of loving the other side like the NFL commissioner.

Roger Goodell has been the NFL commissioner since 2008. (Luis M. Alvarez / AP)
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