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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I respectfully disagree. When the Ray Rice situation broke a couple years ago, the NFL image took a big hit and some companies talked of withdrawing sponsorship. I don't think it actually happened, but it is certainly in the realm of possibility.This is why the NFL should get the hell out of the morality business. Let the law decide if a player is guilty or innocent. Let the player play until the courts have passed judgement. Once judgement has been tendered Goody can suspend them for as long as he wants.
The NFL and Goody have this belief it's image and revenue are impacted by the player's personal conduct and its not. It just isn't.
I respectfully disagree. When the Ray Rice situation broke a couple years ago, the NFL image took a big hit and some companies talked of withdrawing sponsorship. I don't think it actually happened, but it is certainly in the realm of possibility.
I have no problem with the NFL throwing the book at men who beat up women and I have no problem with them acting on the preponderance of evidence instead of needing an actual "guilty" verdict (which are pretty rare). What I don't understand is how Josh Brown got 1 game for multiple proven assaults, and Ezekiel Elliott got 6 games for something which I just can't say I am sure actually happened.
Peace!No worries PFS74.
I was just poking some fun, mostly at the title, for bringing defamegate back up. You did awesome work and completely called Judge Berman's ruling.
My apologies if you thought I was attacking you (the ignore comment seemed unnecessary and aggressive for you).
The entire outrage with Ray Rice was the league suspended him *only* 2 games. People were pissed - and rightfully so - that a guy who punched his girlfriend so hard it knocked her out was suspended only 2 games by the league.The NFLs image was fine. It was Rice and Goody's incompetence that took the hit.
NFL revenues have increased by $3b since the Rice incident.
Im not aware of any sponsors dumping the NFL over that but Raddison dumped BAL
The thing is if the NFL had not played moral judge the public would have went along. Let the teams decide if they want to keep the player- not the league.
I hear you. As a husband and father of 3 daughters they should have thrown that azzhole in jail and Goody fired. Just disgusting.The entire outrage with Ray Rice was the league suspended him *only* 2 games. People were pissed - and rightfully so - that a guy who punched his girlfriend so hard it knocked her out was suspended only 2 games by the league.
I find it hard to believe that a public so upset at 2 games would have been happy with 0.
<YosemiteSam>Yep, had a Steelers fan here today recite the whole NFL angle on Defamegate as gospel truth. And to think I quite respected her intelligence level prior to that...
Yeah. That sentence is at odds with the rest of the article. Like it needed one more edit or something. There is nothing "tolerable" about a penalty that costs a player one fourth of a season for something that the article acknowledges never happened."Many if not most fans thought it was dumb for Brady to spend all that time and money taking on the NFL over what amounted to a tolerable penalty."
"Tolerable"?! That's a quarter of the season and lets say the worst happened and the Pats went 0-4. They might have missed the playoffs altogether. That's devastating not "tolerable".
Fortunately that didn't happen but it very well could have.