NO DISCIPLINARY ACTION FOR REID
Chris Mortensen of ESPN reports that Eagles coach Andy Reid won't be subject to discipline under the Personal Conduct Policy for the struggles of his sons, even though Commissioner Roger Goodell told Falcons quarterback Mike Vick in April, "People living in your house and people on your property is your responsibility."
Mort also reports that a player would likewise not face discipline under the Personal Conduct Policy if his children were in a similar mess as the one that Reid's oldest two kids face. But the separate question, as we see it, is whether the presence under the player's roof of various controlled substances that might have been obtained illegally could trigger scrutiny under the substance-abuse policy, even if there's no evidence that the player used them.
Besides, we don't understand how the highlighted statement above doesn't apply to a head coach, especially since non-players are supposedly held to a higher standard. We think that the league should take a look at what Reid knew and when he knew it -- especially since sons Garrett and Britt presumably were at the team's facility from time to time, and possibly were doing things there that they shouldn't have been doing.
