Sounds like it was a good meeting.
The backstory: One of Winston's agents, Greg Genske, told me Tuesday that once Winston declared for the draft he wanted to meet with Goodell, to both tell his own story and to get the lay of the land about his future in the league. Sometime in February, Goodell agreed to meet Winston. That meeting occurred last week. As Genske said, it was more of an informational/educational meeting than anything else-though Winston did get his chance to tell his story to Goodell.
"He went out of his way to make a good impression, and to show that he understood what was going to be expected of him in the NFL," one league executive who participated in one of the series of meetings said Tuesday night.
Winston, of course, had several off-field issues at Florida State, including being accused but not charged with sexual assault; shoplifting; and blurting out an obscenity in the student union that cost him a one-game suspension. But the league people I spoke with Tuesday made it clear that Winston made a smart decision in pushing to meet Goodell and establishing a relationship with him.
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The backstory: One of Winston's agents, Greg Genske, told me Tuesday that once Winston declared for the draft he wanted to meet with Goodell, to both tell his own story and to get the lay of the land about his future in the league. Sometime in February, Goodell agreed to meet Winston. That meeting occurred last week. As Genske said, it was more of an informational/educational meeting than anything else-though Winston did get his chance to tell his story to Goodell.
"He went out of his way to make a good impression, and to show that he understood what was going to be expected of him in the NFL," one league executive who participated in one of the series of meetings said Tuesday night.
Winston, of course, had several off-field issues at Florida State, including being accused but not charged with sexual assault; shoplifting; and blurting out an obscenity in the student union that cost him a one-game suspension. But the league people I spoke with Tuesday made it clear that Winston made a smart decision in pushing to meet Goodell and establishing a relationship with him.
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