Article: Backtalk with Tony Dungy.(Interview)

What are your thoughts on the NFL strengthening its personal conduct policy?

It's important that we do that. The NFL has grown in popularity and in order to keep this going we've got to maintain the trust and the confidence of the fans and the public. Our audience consists of a lot of young people, so I think it is important that we have a standard of conduct that's above reproach.

But what about the argument that it's just a few bad apples?

People have to understand that percentage-wise, we're doing great. We probably have problems with about 1% or 2% of our guys; 98% are doing great things or the right things. But unfortunately, we're in a high-publicity, ...

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