NFL Commissioner: ‘We Will Get Our House In Order’

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced that former FBI director Robert Mueller will lead an investigation of the way the league handled the Ray Rice case and he said at the end of the process it will implement new conduct policies.

"I promise you that any shortcomings he finds will lead to swift action," Goodell said. "The same mistakes will never be repeated."

Goodell has faced intense criticism over the league's handling of violent off-field episodes from some of its players. The issue came to a very public explosion when a video surfaced showing Baltimore Ravens star Ray Rice punching his then fiancee.

At first, the NFL handed down a two-game suspension, but after mounting pressure and a second video that actually showed the punch, the league suspended him indefinitely.

The question surrounding Goodell has been how much did he know about the incident and when did he learn it. Goodell had said that when the league decided on the two-game suspension, it had only watched one video, which showed Rice dragging Janay Palmer out of the elevator.

Goodell said that the league watched another video showing him punching her inside the elevator only when the gossip site TMZ published it.

Several reports have surfaced that question that version of events.

Goodell acknowledged that the NFL had done wrong, and that included some of his actions.

"I got it wrong on the handling of Ray Rice," Goodell said. "I got it wrong on a number of levels... But now I will get it right."

Goodell promised to "do whatever is necessary to make it right."

When asked if he had considered stepping down, Goodell said, "I have not. I am focused on doing my job."