Goodell Gets Snippy with Reporter Who Notes He Only Hires Investigators on His Payroll

NICHOLS: "Rachel Nichols from CNN. Roger, you have faced a lot of problems over the year with a wide range but a lot of the problems is a conflict of interest. When you do something like hire an outside investigator like Ted wells into the investigation you are still playing him and Robert Kraft who owns the patriots is still paying you, so even when you do everything right in one of those investigations it opens you up to a credibility gap with the public and the high-profile players, what steps can you take to mitigate those conflict of interest issues?" 
GOODELL: "Well, Rachel, I don't agree with you and the assumptions you make in your question. I think we've had people with uncompromising integrity. Robbet Mueller, I think you asked me that last fall about a conflict of interest. Their integrity is impeccable. Ted Wells' integrity is impeccable. Their conclusions are drawn only by the evidence and only by the attempt to try and identify that truth. So I think we have done an excellent job of bringing outside consultants in. Somebody has to pay them, Rachel, so unless you are volunteering, which I don't think you are, we will do that. But we have the responsibility to protect the integrity of the league, whether we have an owner that's being investigated, whether we have a commissioner that's being investigated, they're done at the highest level of integrity and quality."