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Originally Posted by cooper barrett
Brady and the Pat had to do with the "Game"
Elliott's suspension has do do with what he did in his private life. Just the public's veiw of the NFL's players.
I don't think they are the same. If Elliott has plead the matter down,
taken a SOS, or gone to trial and facts were substantiated as truth then Goodell would have a leg to stand on. Guilty verdict on the crime or not.
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I'm not particularly keen on the NFL sitting in judgement on what players do in private. (If you have an office/desk job, should your boss suspend you for four weeks if you are arrested for DUI over the weekend?).
But given how fans react, I'm not surprised that the NFL does this. Innocent until proven guilty sounds good but it is not very viable in practice. The criminal system usually moves really slowly and the guilty beyond reasonable doubt with 12 jurors is a very high standard. If you are going to wait until you have guilty verdict from a criminal courtroom, the fans will still hate that the league is letting a player that is "known" to have done "x" on the field.