The police are beholden to the law. A company is beholden to it's bottom line and their reputation can play a large role in that. Police may believe strongly that something happened but not be able to prove it "beyond a reasonable doubt", a company has the freedom not to take a risk.
In other words...you can't compare what the police do to what a company can and should do.
Right, there is a difference between what a company can do and what the police can do. That's why I feel the company should stay out of criminal matters that does not directly involve the company. If I work at microsoft and am caught embezzling money then that's a criminal matter that the police and Microsoft should investigate since it was a crime against microsoft. If I beat up my kids at home and the police get involved then the CEO of Microsoft has no right to investigate me. Bill Gates has no right to show up at my house and interview my family, kids, neighbors etc. If my crime has nothing to do with my employment then my employers can not fire me. That would be unlawful termination and that's a crime. Now let's say I beat my kids and I work for a child welfare agency, then the behavior of beating children directly impacts my employment and that would be a lawful termination or suspension.
This is where the line is blurred and boundaries are crossed with the NFL. The NFL is investigating criminal matters of it's employees that are not crimes against the NFL. The dangerous part about this is there is no accountability for witnesses to give a false narrative to either protect or harm the player. There's accountability if you lie to a police officer and make a false report. As far as I know there's no accountability for lying to the NFL.
So in Elliot's case, let's say the police do their investigation and find no grounds to prosecute or arrest him. But when the NFL does it's investigation, let's say there's a couple people (not the woman in question but other witnesses) out there that have an axe to grind with Elliot or hate him for some reason and give the NFL a false report. This false report is just enough to make Goodell suspend Elliott. What's the justice in that. Again I feel that the NFL should wait until the police and the justice system do their jobs and then react. I feel strongly that the NFL should not be out investigating and talking to witnesses. If the extent of the NFL's "investigation" is to talk to Elliott and only Elliott then I don't have a problem with it because Elliott is an NFL employee and has caused national attention to the league. That's fair to talk to him but if they're talking to people that are not an NFL employee then it's crossing boundaries, dangerous and irresponsible.
