“We have serious concerns about the NFL’s role in creating an extremely hostile and detrimental work environment,” Bonta said. “No company is too big or popular to avoid being held responsible for their actions.”

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“No matter how powerful or influential, no institution is above the law, and we will ensure the NFL is held accountable,” James added.

In April, for example, a former woman employee filed an employment discrimination lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court concerning allegations of age, sex and gender discrimination within a “hostile” work environment. Jennifer Love, who co-created the NFL Network and spent 19 years at the company, becoming the first woman vice president at the NFL Media Group, claimed the league’s HR department never responded to her complaints regarding “pervasive sexism in the workplace and that the NFL had a ‘boys club’ mentality.” And of course, the NFL has, for months, been embroiled in a scandal with the Washington Commanders: The team run by Dan Snyder has been investigated by the House Oversight Committee for allegations of assault, harassment, and rampant gender discrimination.

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The league told the New York Times Thursday that it intended to “fully cooperate with the attorneys general” and that it does not “tolerate discrimination in any form.” The league also claimed that “these allegations are entirely inconsistent with the N.F.L.’s values and practices.” “Our policies are intended not only to comply with all applicable laws but to foster a workplace free from harassment, intimidation and discrimination,” the statement read.

“Despite reports and allegations of abuse perpetrated by both players and male staff, allegations that the NFL has not taken sufficient effective steps to prevent discrimination, harassment and retaliation from occurring in the workplace persist,” Bonta and James said in the statement.

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After years of enjoying relative immunity in the public eye, perhaps the NFL will finally face repercussions for the toxic culture it has enabled—both on a league level and at the individual team level. The league can participate in as many International Women’s Day campaigns as it wants, but it’s getting increasingly difficult to drown out the growing number of women’s voices crying for reform.