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When the Patriots drafted him, he was presumed to be innocent. How could an innocent man "damage the NFL's rep?"I don't think under their rules they can suspend him for conduct before he was drafted. The draft is the line of demarcation.
But it's been proved before (with Terrelle Pryor) that they can override that rule if they really want to. Though I don't see why they would want to in this case, how could his alleged crime reflect badly on the NFL if he wasn't in the NFL at the time? Arguably the Patriots were the ones who damaged the NFL's rep by drafting him, this all was known before the draft.