I was listening to NFL radio this morning and the hosts were saying the recent harsh penalties for teams and players was fallout from the league mishandling the Ray Rice situation. They pointed out Greg Hardy getting 10 games, Ray Farmer getting suspended, Rich McKay being suspended from the Comp committee and the Falcons being fined.
You can argue if the Falcons really received a harsh penalty, but I see their general point. If the league is handing out harsher penalties, how does that explain the punishment for the Jets tampering? When the league is allegedly cracking down more than ever, their punishment wasn't equal to prior violations, it was significantly less. You can't claim teams are being treated equally when things like that happen.