Bobsyouruncle
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But I don't believe this is an article 46 issue, it's an issue covered under the domestic abuse policy. That was one of the many issues with Goodell's handling of "physics confirmed-gate." There was a policy that covered the issue but Goodell ignored his own policy.That's the thing a lot of people don't realize. Article 46 doesn't affect all that many players, so the entire union (as a whole) won't sacrifice terribly much to do away with it.
It would be like if the domestic abuse policy called for six games but Goodell decided to say 16. If you've agreed to a specific policy you can't then say that policy doesn't apply, otherwise why did you write the policy if it meant nothing.
Elliot, whether guilty or not still didn't get screwed as bad as the Patriots because Goodell followed the policy. For it to be equivalent not only would Elliot have to be innocent, but then have his punishment made up and go against an agreed policy.