Ben DiPietro, The Wall Street Journal’s Risk & Compliance Journal, April 4, 2016
Crisis of the Week jumps into the fight between the National Football League and the New York Times, looking at how the NFL responded to a story alleging the league under-counted the number of players who had suffered concussions.
Using only the comments made by the NFL, the experts evaluated how well the league has done so far in defending itself, and spelled out how it should proceed.
“If the NFL would not go on the offense in its own defense, who would?” says Davia Temin. “Its response to the NYT is testosterone-driven, using every play in the reputation defense playbook and originating a few more. It also ups the ante, and may not help them in the long run.” […read more]