Wife in Pacman Jones shooting says Roger Goodell lied

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Goodell Accused Of Lying To Man In Pacman Case
Published 2/17/2008 by Richard McPlenty at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... received from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell seemed heaven-sent. Goodell offered to provide Tommy Urbanski with desperately needed money as he recovers from a near-fatal shooting allegedly sparked last February by Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam (Pacman) Jones, his wife said. But Goodell never came through. “Roger Goodell told me, ‘You don’t have to call us. We’ll get in touch with you,’” Kathy Urbanski recalled angrily. “Now I realize he meant, ‘Don’t call us, we’ll call you.’” The article also quotes Goodell from before the Super Bowl saying the NFL doesn’t have any ...

LEAGUE HAS NO OBLIGATION TO URBANSKI
Published 2/17/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
Regardless of whether or not NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell promised to provide financial help to the man paralyzed in a February 2007 strip-club shooting allegedly instigated by Titans cornerback Pacman Jones, the reality is the the league has no legal or moral obligation to Tommy Urbanski or his family. Still, Urbanski’s wife  claims that Goodell offered to help with the family’s medical bills.  “ Roger Goodell told me, ‘You don’t have to call us.  We’ll get in touch with you ,’” Kathy Urbanski told the New York Daily News .  “Now I realize he meant, ‘Don’t call us, we’ll ...

A Year After Shooting Involving Pacman Jones, Wife of Victim Says Roger Goodell Lied
Published 2/17/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
... A year later, the shooter has still not been identified. Jones pleaded guilty two months ago to a misdemeanor charge related to the shooting, but Urbanski's wife told the New York Daily News that Jones' guilty plea, and the one-year suspension that the NFL gave Jones, don't go nearly far enough to make amends to Urbanski. Specifically, Kathy Urbanski says that in the initial aftermath of the shooting, NFL Commissioner ...

Maybe Goodell isn't such a good guy after all
Published 2/18/2008 by ETVal <info@bigblueview.com> at Big Blue View
... Now comes an accusation from Kathy Urbanski, wife of Tommy Urbanski, paralyzed in the nightclub shooting incident allegedly sparked by PacMan Jones, that the league has abandoned the Urbanskis despite promises to help them cover their mounting medical costs. ...

Does Roger Goodell owe the Urbanskis anything?
Published 2/18/2008 at Shutdown Corner
... Jones just over a year ago, and he and his wife are mad at the NFL.  But the NFL commissioner can't be held financially responsible every time an NFL player breaks the law, can he? The NFL won't even pay their own retirees, let alone people who had to retire because they had the misfortune to be around idiot cornerbacks with strip club addictions. Tommy Urbanski's wife sees it differently, though, and she wants the NFL to cough up some scratch. From the NY Daily News: Goodell offered to provide Tommy Urbanski with ...

You Ain’t Got Ta Lie Craig, You Ain’t Got Ta Liiiie
Published 2/18/2008 by Chuck at Sportaphile
... Kathy Urbanski, the wife of the strip club security guard who is paralyzed as a result of Pacman Jones’ ‘make it rain’ riot, is accusing NFL commissioner Roger Goodell of lying. ...