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In the thread about the Patriots' website to counter the WElls Report, a lot was made of the Patriots decision to suspend these two . One poster even said that this was some of the pushback he was receiving in other places, as in: why'd the Pats suspend them if they didn't do anything wrong?
Others in that thread pointed out that it's SOP in many instances.
I want to point out, separately, that we don't even know who suspended them, or under what orders.
First this:
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...s-equipment-assistant-suspended-indefinitely/
Starts off with this:
"As part of the league’s announcement of the punishment of the team and Tom Brady for #DeflateGate, the Patriots admitted that “employees John Jastremski and James McNally have been indefinitely suspended without pay by the club, effective on May 6th.”"
Sounds like the Pats did it...well, sort of. But two paragraphs later, we have this:
"The league announced that neither can be reinstated without league executive vice president Troy Vincent’s approval, and spells out that: “If they are reinstated by the Patriots, Jastremski is prohibited from having any role in the preparation, supervision, or handling of footballs to be used in NFL games during the 2015 season. McNally is barred from serving as a locker room attendant for the game officials, or having any involvement with the preparation, supervision, or handling of footballs or any other equipment on game day.”"
The league is dictating this, clearly.
And this:
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...ed-tom-brady-new-england-patriots-deflategate
"The NFL also indefinitely suspended the two equipment staffers believed to have carried out the plan, including one who called himself "The Deflator.""
I know that a lot of people are arguing all over FB and other places about this and are getting hit with this concern (I did, too),
Others in that thread pointed out that it's SOP in many instances.
I want to point out, separately, that we don't even know who suspended them, or under what orders.
First this:
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...s-equipment-assistant-suspended-indefinitely/
Starts off with this:
"As part of the league’s announcement of the punishment of the team and Tom Brady for #DeflateGate, the Patriots admitted that “employees John Jastremski and James McNally have been indefinitely suspended without pay by the club, effective on May 6th.”"
Sounds like the Pats did it...well, sort of. But two paragraphs later, we have this:
"The league announced that neither can be reinstated without league executive vice president Troy Vincent’s approval, and spells out that: “If they are reinstated by the Patriots, Jastremski is prohibited from having any role in the preparation, supervision, or handling of footballs to be used in NFL games during the 2015 season. McNally is barred from serving as a locker room attendant for the game officials, or having any involvement with the preparation, supervision, or handling of footballs or any other equipment on game day.”"
The league is dictating this, clearly.
And this:
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...ed-tom-brady-new-england-patriots-deflategate
"The NFL also indefinitely suspended the two equipment staffers believed to have carried out the plan, including one who called himself "The Deflator.""
I know that a lot of people are arguing all over FB and other places about this and are getting hit with this concern (I did, too),