No, there hs never been as you describe, because Goodell was always the one dishing out punishment. This arbitrator was NUTUALLY AGREED TO by the nflpa and the league. Now that she's in place, she doesn't answer to Roger.
But she answers to the league which in turn means Goodell . They put the arbitrator in place , they can take her away.
Holy cow.. can you read what I wrote. Don't interpret it in some way to fit your narrative. You might want to look up how arbitrators work.
But facts of the case pertaining to criminally negligent don’t necessarily directly correlate on violation of Personal Conduct Policy. I’m not sure you fully grasp the intent of such policy . It’s not a legal proceeding. It’s a company policy disciplinary action.
I understand exactly what is taking place here, but as someone who was in the union at UPS, was the president of my local chapter, and also filed a grievance that was settled for money against a university, I think you might misunderstand how these work. View the contract as the laws. The league as the police/prosecutor, and the arbitrator is very much like the judge. You assume that simple because the league is "pressing charges, " so to soak, that there will automatically be "Conviction." This is where I believe you are very mistaken. Go watch the video i posted of Mike dorp discussing, what is essentially a legal proceeding. It is easily the best information i have seen on this new process and might open your eyes a little.
They are laying the ground work in case zero punishment is given. This way they can say see, we did all we could. Why put that out in public? You don't think their wishes for disowned weren't actually filled with the arbitrator?
I understand . What I meant was this isn’t a legal case to prove conviction of a crime . The fact he was accused of such a crime is cause enough for disciplinary action of Personal Conduct Policy . The league doesn’t have a burden to prove he committed a crime . That doesn’t mean the process might be of legal nature. He does have legal representation pleading his case.
Correct and why this will end up in Civil suit. No DA wants to be known as the elected official who took their team down.
It would . And why the Civil suits claims are sexual assault.
Of course . It’s all about protecting the leagues image and now it’s also about protecting Goodell.
You need to look up the EXACT definition of the crime in question. In watsons case, his actions didn't meet the definition of sexual assault. In your example, someone cornering another, keeping them there and then doing as you described, that would be a crime. None of the accusations against Watson said he used force, threats of violence or actual violence.
As far as the DA is concerned, and the only thing all of them are concerned with is getting a conviction, all he did was piss off a lot of masseuses and they can pursue that through the civil courts. There is no evidence presented so far that he forced any of them to do anything.
