I brought this very exact issue up yesterday in the Stephen A Smith thread. One man makes a decision, regardless of how he framed the investigation to make this appear unbiased, and Elliott is labeled for life as a woman beater. Even though there is evidence contrary to Goodell's findings.
Charean Williams was interviewed on the radio on Friday night and she stated Goodell may have sealed his fate. After penalizing both Jones and Snyder for contracts written in an uncapped year wherein the owners had a wink-wink agreement about not loading up and skirting the coming cap the nest year. Then his actions with the Patriots and Brady, which thumb the nose of Kraft. He has spit in the face of three of the top five most powerful men in pro football.
Now Goodell doesn't just say Zeke violation the conduct clause, but presses further and plants a Scarlet Letter on him to be worn throughout Zeke's life. His livelihood as been forever wrecked because of the Emperor of the NFL having the final say in all things football. Simply because the guy representing the players in negotiations with the league allowed this to be so in a ten year contract they signed with the league.
This has taken the Ray Rice incident, which had video, to a new height on he said she said. And since from the very beginning, there were two significant aspects to this which cast a huge shadow on the woman's testimony, I have my doubts this was not a woman scorned.
It was claimed by others and not Zeke, her bruises came in a bar fight she engaged in, without Zeke being involved.
She texted Zeke she would ruin his career.
If he is a true woman beater, then he needs to be sat down and get what is coming to him. But innuendo and hear-say doesn't sell soap here.
In my opinion, the Emperor has no clothes.
I ain't seen you as often as I've fondly grown accustomed to 'Hoofie'
