Goodell's Arbitrary Policy

You dont even know the details of the policy. How can you say something is bad when you dont even know the details of it? HIs public statement so the press would have something to put in the paper is not the policy.

 

I have no problem agreeing to disagree. Im sure you are a nice guy and we just got off on the wrong foot. But I do have to say this, in that the players union had a role in this so it is unfair to put this solely on the commishs shoulders.

 

So if we're not going back 3 or 4 years, Pacman didn't do a whole lot. How far we going back then? 2 years?

Probation for drunk in public, who cares?
Spitting girl was found out to be false, and she tried to scam $50,000 from him.
Las Vegas incident

Finally the two cases in GA mysteriously appeared right in the middle of the LV incident, which I agree if he never reported give him an appropriate punishment one season is nuts.

 

I dont make the policy, I dont know how far they are going back. But Chris Mortenson says there are up to 5 more incidents that the public isnt even aware of. I have no idea the truth to that, and I have no idea what kind of incidents. But like I said, we dont have all the details of this, which is why it is hard for me to ridicule the punishment until something comes out that needs to be ridiculed. If Pac thinks it is unfair he will appeal Im sure, and then we will probably find out more details and reasoning behind the suspension. If he doesnt appeal, then I at least have to think that he and his lawyers decided it was a reasonable punishment.

 

Porter is featured in the NFL equipment clothing ads. Poster boys don't get punished.

 

I think that appealing will be a waste of time, since he has to go in front of the commish to have his ruling reversed. I don't see Goodell, no matter what comes up, deciding his own punishment he, himself, came up with is too tough and reduce it. He'd be undermining himself, then what message would that sent around the league?

 

From all accounts the NFLPA supported strong punishments for both Pac and Henry, with some player reps even wanting them kicked out for good. The commissioner used these recommendations to determine how severe these punishments were. Everything I have read indicates that the commissioner was emboldened by the union to make these punishments harsh. And the union said they will back both players if they appeal. But that was to be expected.

 

Well I dont know how the appeals process works, but surely there would be more people than just Goodell determing if the punishment was deserved. An arbitrator perhaps?