“What if your son or daughter made a mistake of this factor? How would you want people to perceive it? I’ve been there before,” said Vick.
“Him being my brother, knowing him for so long, it’s hard to defend him saying that. At the same, time, it happened. We talked about it man to man, one on one. We just know that we have to some way move on. It’s a very delicate situation. But we all understand. Somehow we all have to find a way to get past it. That’s maturity in itself.”
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday in an interview with ESPN, that the league will not punish Riley Cooper for his use of the N-word, after the Philadelphia Eagles announced that the wide receiver would undergo sensitivity training.
“Obviously we stand for diversity and inclusion. Comments like that, they are obviously wrong, they are offensive and they are unacceptable,” said Goodell. “There is no one that feels stronger about that than the NFL, our teams and our players,” he said on the “Mike and Mike” program.
“He has accepted responsibility for it. He has spoken to his team. He has been disciplined by the club and will go through some training with the club to understand.”
