The league is reactionary. They react to public and media pressure. If the media and public make a big deal about it, they allow that to sway how they handle it.
Look at Ray Rice. There were literally hundreds of players under Goodell's reign who have been accused or convicted of domestic violence (some worse than Rice) and either gotten an one game suspension or no suspension at all. But because the media cared about the Rice deal because of the video, he got a harsher penalty and when the second video came out he got an even harsher penalty.
Not saying it is right. In fact, it is very wrong. But it isn't Jets' favoritism. It is just a case of a bad reactionary Commisioner who bows to public pressure too easily when it comes to these things.
