Diesel, for shame. SHAME!
Jim Irsay – 3/16/2014
Ray Rice – 2/15/2014
Aldon Smith - January 28, 2012 ... June 30, 2012 ... September 20, 2013 ... October 9, 2013 ... April 13, 2014
Which one of these innocent victims will this evil player hating, owner loving Roger Goodell punish first? Come on Diesel, the conspiracy theorist didn't get to you, too, did they?
Did they?
Quote:Goodell was probably waiting to find out what Irsay was being charged with. You, apparently, would have applied penalties without knowing the legal charges. That makes little sense.
Goodell has waited to find out what someone is being charged with before. Other times he didn't see the need. Now that Irsay is not being charged with a felony (and I'm waiting for someone to accuse Goodell of controlling the legal system in Indiana) I assume Goodell will soon come up with some form of punishment.
I still don't see a reason to be perturbed with the amount of time this has taken. Are you upset with the amount of time he's taken regarding Ray Rice?
The Mathis case has nothing to do with the Irsay case. Apples and oranges.
They knew well ahead of right now. Not only that, but he admitted guilt when he admitted himself to rehab. Good try though.
Quote:They knew well ahead of right now. Not only that, but he admitted guilt when he admitted himself to rehab. Good try though.
They got you, too?
Mathis took medication in November 2013, failed a December 2013 drug test. The league announced six months later on May 16th 2014 that Mathis will miss the first four games of the 2014 season for the failed December drug test. Which means Mathis will face his league mandated punishment more than nine months after his failed test.
Quote:They got you, too?
Mathis took medication in November 2013, failed a December 2013 drug test. The league announced six months later on May 16th 2014 that Mathis will miss the first four games of the 2014 season for the failed December drug test. Which means Mathis will face his league mandated punishment more than nine months after his failed test.
That is not info I had seen or heard. I know the NFL doesn't release that info.
Even with that, does someone failing a drug test of a fertility drug compare to one the the supposed leaders drinking and driving and still nothing has been done? There is precedent as well, recent too. The Denver front office personnel, and another front office guy (team slips me now) who got busted for DUI were punished pretty quickly.
Quote:That is not info I had seen or heard. I know the NFL doesn't release that info.
Even with that, does someone failing a drug test of a fertility drug compare to one the the supposed leaders drinking and driving and still nothing has been done? There is precedent as well, recent too. The Denver front office personnel, and another front office guy (team slips me now) who got busted for DUI were punished pretty quickly.
You might be thinking of Lions President Tom Lewand. He was arrested for DUI in late June, 2010. Lewand was suspended a little more than a month later. Lewand's 30 day suspension was eventually cut by 9 days because he took all of the right steps. To Lewand's credit, since the incident he has not had any incidents.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/201...-recovery/
http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/201...ed_30.html
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/201...uspension/
Quote:That is not info I had seen or heard. I know the NFL doesn't release that info.
Even with that, does someone failing a drug test of a fertility drug compare to one the the supposed leaders drinking and driving and still nothing has been done? There is precedent as well, recent too. The Denver front office personnel, and another front office guy (team slips me now) who got busted for DUI were punished pretty quickly.
I certainly am not condoning Irsay's under the influence 10 mph driving spree, nor the speed of the leagues 10 mph discipline. Just clearing up a few non-factual examples that are being used to prove some form of owner favoritism before the process is complete.
As in most cases, the announced punishment of Irsay may be held up on appeal, the same manner in which Mathis punishment was not made public until the appeal process was complete. We have no clue if the commissioner has, or has not doled out a penalty to Irsay. We as well don't know how long it will take before Josh Gordon, or Aldon Smith's penalties are made public. Sometime after the appeal process is complete would be my guess.
Let's give the commissioner the benefit of the doubt here. I can't recall too many instances that Goodell hasn't levied fines, or suspensions for players, coaches, trainers, GMs, and owners when necessary. Even though the concept of punishing owners does seem dyslexic, I believe Irsay may receive a duly coarse punishment, once the process runs its course. Maybe not the instant head on the stick you were looking for, but punishment none the less.
I do think there needs to be some action taken by the league in this case. However I don't think it needs to be as swift or severe as what a player would get. Players should be held to a higher standard because they are the ones in the spotlight, they are the ones with multi-million dollar endorsements and they're the ones who have kids wearing their jerseys and pretending to be them while playing pick up football.