I don't understand why this is still an issue
The teams decided they weren't going to continue at some point
teams/coaches aren't allowed to cancel games
the league after a delay, canceled the game.
yeah they should have just said they were following protocol before they canceled the game---and no one would have made much of this. so why make much of it now? because one guy from the League who is not Goodell may have wanted the game to continue? I'm going to assume with 100% ease that the person on the other end of Aponte's cell phone she was passing around to the HC's ultimately was Goodell, who made the call, agreeing with the coaches.
who cares at this point?