OhExaulted1
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Actually, Goodell is doing a fine job of butchering the personal conduct "policy" (and I use that VERY loosely) all on his own. The only reason I ****ed my eyebrow in this thread was Miguel pointing out the change in the waiver claim reporting, which apparently happened a couple weeks ago after the initial Rice and Peterson backlash and before the Peterson ruling while peoples attention were diverted elsewhere.I'm not a Goodell defender, but this personal conduct policy is being horribly butchered in discussion.
First, whoever was in charge of handing out the discipline would be criticized by one side or the other.
Second, so much of the discussion is just wrong.
Due process and fairness and equality in punishment are not part of Goodells responsibility as given to him by the league.
He is there to handle these issues from a PR standpoint. No more, no less. More publicity and outrage should result in a stiffer penalty. His job is not to be fair to the players. His job is to exact a punishment that sends a message to the public about the NFLs opinion on the character of its players.
He really isn't handling things inconsistently, because he is consistent within the responsiblities given him and the goals of the personal conduct program. I can understand people thinking the goals should be different and that concepts such as innocent until proven guilty, due process, and equality in punishment should be part of it, but thats just not what this is.
This is the NFL, having negotiated unilateral power in punishing players for actions considered harmful to the image and reputation of the league in order to mitigate the damage the players, by committing horrendous crimes caused to the leagues image and reputation.
The real meat of my original question was whether or not Blount being claimed would have any impact on our "projected" comp picks, and if so what could the potential implications be. More or less I was hoping to get a more in depth answer on how it may effect what is widely believed to be a 3rd. I didn't intend for it to become a referendum on Goodells secret backroom dealings.