Earlier this month, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker made some controversial comments during a graduation address at a small Catholic college in Kansas where he suggested that women should be “homemakers,” criticized the transgender community, and mocked LGBTQ Pride Month. But it doesn’t sound like he’ll be receiving any punishment from the NFL as a result.
Following the controversial comments from Harrison Butker, there has been a flurry of outrage with people calling for Butker to be suspended or even removed from the league. But it doesn’t sound like that’s going to happen.
During the NFL’s annual ownership meetings in Nashville this week, Roger Goodell made it clear that they “treasure” differences in opinion in the NFL, including Butker’s, indicating that there will be no punishment for the Kansas City Chiefs kicker.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Harrison Butker’s commencement address: “We have over 3,000 players. We have executives around the league. They have diversity of opinions and thoughts just like America does. That’s something we treasure.” Otherwise defers to league statement.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) May 22, 2024
“We have over 3,000 players. We have executives around the league. They have diversity of opinions and thoughts just like America does. That’s something we treasure,” Goodell said in response to the speech according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Media.
It may have been a controversial speech, but it does not sound like those words are something that Goodell is willing to punish under the league’s personal conduct policy.
