Roger Goodell has sourced out the job of dealing with the NFL’s ‘bad boys’ to the head of the ATF.
The New York Post is reporting that Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives chief B. Todd Jones will be in charge of dealing with he personal conduct policy.
“Jones is going to be in charge of the NFL’s personal-conduct policy,” the source said.
His work will involve “determining the length of suspensions and handing out fines,” the source said, adding that the job will pay “several million a year.”
“The NFL courted Jones for a while. They went after him, and recently things started heating up. The deal came very fast,” the source said.
Jones, a 57-year-old former Marine, will leave his ATF post in about two weeks, sources said.
Jones became the ATF’s acting director in 2011 and was confirmed to the post in 2013. He reportedly grew tired of chasing criminals.
“He was getting cranky. I think he was over it,” the source said.