Were there any convictions in bountygate? There weren't even charges, he can fuck you up for tarnishing the league's image. Its a total kangaroo court, he turns around and rules on his own cases' appeals too IIRC.
What did Andy Garcia say in Ocean's Eleven...."There's always someone watching". The NFL can claim they knew nothing about this new video, this shit happened in a fucking casino where everyone is being watched everywhere in public spaces...including the inside of fucking elevators. O'h there's only footage of him dragging her out of the elevator, that's good enough for us. 2 games suspension. LOL!
That was how many years ago? The social media explosion has completely changed the dynamics of these situations.
Yeah, thank god. He's all butthurt now because he knows Hyde's performance has put him out of a job.
Hopefully this latest development will take enough heat off of him to escape severe punishment!
This is nothing new, companies suspend/fire people who do shit that damages the reputation/image of the companies they work for, doesn't matter if it happens off the clock or not. Sorry you can't knock out you're old lady on camera and keep your job....this is the NFL not SoA.
Except when there's a union involved. Which in this case there is.
People keep bandying about the term double jeopardy but this is the NFL not a court of law, doesn't really apply. He's being punished not retried.
I thought the same thing, but Schefter made it sound like it was part of the CBA. Which sounds like something that it'd legitimately have. They don't want their union members punished more than once for the same infraction.
While the NFL has that policy who's going to support him on it? Companies fire all the time for behavior that is harmful to their image. The union won't have his back on this either. He could go to court but I highly doubt he wins against a money machine like the NFL. There's very few times the 'little guy' wins and this one has no support anywhere. I just hope he's smarter with his money than his other decisions in life.
I understand that and I have no issue with the Ravens releasing him, more the NFL turning a 2 game suspension into an indefinite suspension for the same offense.
