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He hasnt been charged with anything.
As someone said in a pft comment....the NFL should just stick with on field infractions and steroids and gambling....leave criminal accusations to the courts and not get involved. The whole disrepute to the game thing should not be a thing
So an OJ Simpson could continue to play even though a civil court pretty much found him responsible?He hasnt been charged with anything.
As someone said in a pft comment....the NFL should just stick with on field infractions and steroids and gambling....leave criminal accusations to the courts and not get involved. The whole disrepute to the game thing should not be a thing
Good counter-point. Id counter by saying the NFL teams can choose to not employ Simpson, Rice, etc rather than try to hand down suspensions for disrepute because its a slippery slope and owners and players are treated differently too.So an OJ Simpson could continue to play even though a civil court pretty much found him responsible?
Good counter-point. Id counter by saying the NFL teams can choose to not employ Simpson, Rice, etc rather than try to hand down suspensions for disrepute because its a slippery slope and owners and players are treated differently too.
The league image thing is a cop out anyway. Goodell has swept cheating away, sexual misconduct by owners away, CTE, etc....and when a deserpate team still pays and plays them with unresolved issues, thereby tarnishing the overall image of the league?
The league image thing is a cop out anyway. Goodell has swept cheating away, sexual misconduct by owners away, CTE, etc.
You have cases like Tyreek Hill, Roethlisberger, Etc where minimal suspension occured yet Watson has to get 12-24 months as a sacrifical lamb for the image thing whilst Jerry and Snyder continue unabated, meanwhile Kaepernick for kneeling. Theres a lot of hypocrisy there, get rid of the hypocrisy altogether. If they are charged with something let the courts deal with it.
The league image thing is a cop out anyway. Goodell has swept cheating away, sexual misconduct by owners away, CTE, etc.
You have cases like Tyreek Hill, Roethlisberger, Etc where minimal suspension occured yet Watson has to get 12-24 months as a sacrifical lamb for the image thing whilst Jerry and Snyder continue unabated, meanwhile Kaepernick for kneeling. Theres a lot of hypocrisy there, get rid of the hypocrisy altogether. If they are charged with something let the courts deal with it.
What J Shuttlesworth said said it best. The whole thing just stinks, double standards, etc. There shouldnt be this special example made of Watson when not even charged with anything and you can bet Snyder lives on. What happens when someone is actually innocent but doesnt get his name cleared till after lengthy suspension or outed from the league for 3 years but by then its too late.So youre happy for millionaires to act like scum coz they can keep making money to continually pay victims off?
Agree but it's a slippery slope either way -- punishing disrepute to the game, or not punishing it. It's probably not a black and white thing, needs some kind of senseIts like the Greg Hardy case with his ex, that was set for trial then suddenly the victim didnt turn up (coz she was paid off), what a joke the league would become if there wasn't punishment for your actions. You'd only encourage more disturbing behaviour with players knowing they dont have to worry about losing out on any future earnings.
Agree but it's a slippery slope either way -- punishing disrepute to the game, or not punishing it. It's probably not a black and white thing, needs some kind of sense
Half of the people on the hearing are already probably in Snyders books or associatesI hope a year long suspension backs the NFL into a corner with Snyder and other owners. Would set a great precedent coz we all know they are a bunch of sleaze bags.
Unfortunately ive got zero faith in US congress doing anything right by anyone, they are probably just using this to get some of that sweet sweet bribe money for themselves.
Half of the people on the hearing are already probably in Snyders books or associates
They didnt even grill goodell as hard as they couldve or as Florio had imaginedthat w***er who asked about Dave Portnoy pissed me off so much. How bout asking a relevant question about Snyder and the Commanders instead you dickhead. Got a sexual misconduct cover up and hes asking why the owner from barstool is suspended from games. smh. How much did Barstool pay him to ask that?