Originally Posted by staylor26 (Post 17577655)

Further proves what I've been saying about the 8 games rumor. It would be the most egregious arbitrary suspension in NFL history.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 17577663)

Oh I've posted the list a couple times in various threads.

Bottom line is that the actual precedent for this kind of thing is 1 game, 2 games tops.

And the league with all its butt-****ery will probably give Rice 4 because...Reasons. Hunt will take it and both Rice and his attorneys will contritely claim they've grown and matured from the experience and the world will keep turning.

But even 4 doesn't have an established basis. Just Goodell dropping the bomb on his good soldier owner Clark.

I still wonder if his willingness to eat shit on stuff like this is what got him the gig as head of the finance committee. I just can't understand why a now established owner from a respected NFL family constantly gets whacked around like a red-headed step-child by the league. And just does it with a smile on his face.

Originally Posted by Bowser (Post 17577672)

"Hey Clark? How bad do you want that threepeat, because I'm thinking 8 games for Rashee, negotiated down to 6, sounds pretty fair for a team that's about to do something no other team has ever done in the history of this sport. If you're picking up what I'm laying down, that is."

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 17577686)

For a 3-peat you could hang his ass from a yardarm for all I care.

Do we still hang people from yardarms?

Originally Posted by staylor26 (Post 17577683)

Also, just want to point out that there was WAY more outrage over Rice than Sutton. Most people don't even know about the Sutton story. It's not like the Lions are irrelevant any more either.

It's all because Rice is a Chief, and our success.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 17577686)

For a 3-peat you could hang his ass from a yardarm for all I care.

Do we still hang people from yardarms?

Originally Posted by staylor26 (Post 17577683)

Also, just want to point out that there was WAY more outrage over Rice than Sutton. Most people don't even know about the Sutton story. It's not like the Lions are irrelevant any more either.

It's all because Rice is a Chief, and our success.

Originally Posted by O.city (Post 17577705)

Isn't he a Steeler?

Originally Posted by Direckshun (Post 17577742)

I mean, it's not all because he's a Chief. He could have killed someone.

Originally Posted by staylor26 (Post 17577768)

No, signed with the Lions last offseason.

Originally Posted by Fansy the Famous Bard (Post 17577783)

Yes he did. But he was released by the Lions after his arrest. He has since signed as a FA to go back to the Steelers.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 17577641)

Cameron Sutton got 8 games after being charged with "Felony Domestic Battery by Strangulation"

Fellas, that's a LOT worse than what Rice did.

This should be 2 games tops. May be 4 games. But if the league's letting Sutton off with 1/2 a season when he choked a woman out, it's hard to justify them 'dropping the hammer' on Rashee.