Scott Fujita Owned NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell In a Statement

Scott Fujita was one of the players named in the Saints bounty scandal that you may or may not heard of over the last eight months. Now with the Browns, Fujita was suspended for several games this season because of his supposed role in the whole mess.

Yesterday, Roger Goodell revised Fujita's suspension from three games to one. But the suspension wasn't for the bounty program, but for not standing up to language from his coaches, which makes basically no sense.

Fujita answered back and put out a statement today and should be applauded for basically raising a middle finger to Goodell and his hypocrisy, but mostly for being fearless and completely unafraid of getting punished further. Read it all after the jump.

For me, the issue of player health & safety is personal. For the league and the Commissioner, it's about perception & liability.

The Commissioner says he is disappointed in me. The truth is, I'm disappointed in him. His positions on player health and safety since a 2009 congressional hearing on concussions have been inconsistent at best. He failed to acknowledge a link between concussions & post-career brain disease, pushed for an 18-game regular season, committed to a full season of Thursday night games, has continually challenged players' rights to file workers compensation claims for on-the-job injuries, and he employed incompetent replacement officials for the start of the 2012 season. His actions or lack thereof are by the league's own definition, "conduct detrimental".

My track record on the issue of player health & safety speaks for itself. And clearly, as I just listed, the Commissioner's does too. - Scott Fujita

via Adam Schefter