It is only a nothing incident when Goodell says it is a nothing incident. Until then, assume that it is not.
They kind of already let him slide on a few things. They never did anything about the St Patty’s Day parade and never did their own investigation of the nightclub incident. Add this, albeit small incident, to the other two and you can see why the league might do something. The guy is an absolute moron and can’t keep himself out of trouble.
Exaggeration. While I think Elliott is a drunken fool, you're making it seem more of a conflict than it truly is. I would expect a "security guard" to a have slightly better balance than that. It was embarrassing.
My opinion is if there are no legal charges then lets get back to talking football. I'm tired of the "league investigations" basically interpreting things how they see fit without being consistent. It's gotten way too soft.
But cern, he's the poster boy for this and never disciplines his own. The only thing he's done is get two players a keeper.
When multiple small “incidents” start to pile up, the final small incident may become the biggest. Say a kid gets in a fight at school, no big deal, maybe a detention or a talk with the parents. A few months later, that same kid skips a few classes. No big deal, maybe a detention and a talk with the parents. A short time later he’s caught smoking cigarettes in the bathroom...suddenly these “nothing” incidents have become one big incident when coupled together. That’s what we’re talking about here.
This is a long explanation of "nothing"
Because they were also nothing. They suspended him 6 games AGAINST the advice of the lead investigator. He's already served time for stuff he didn't do, don't act like the league has done him any favors.
If you think that was a shove or he got pushed into a "barrier" that blew over with a breeze I'd consider that pretty soft. Just my opinion, but security experts I'm familiar with would have resisted such a minor brush of the elbow. Furthermore, the other personnel would have jumped to his side at the point of contact. But maybe that's just how we do things up North.
Yikes, let's not go THAT far. As a punishment for violations, fining them so severely may make them think twice about opportunities? I dunno.
I already said I thought he got screwed the first time but my point was that if they were really going after him as much as some say they could have easily gone after him for the other two incidents. Like it or not, fair or not, he was suspended 6 games and knew he had a short leash yet he continues to go out and make a fool lf himself in public like he doesn’t even care. That’s asking for trouble, stop acting like Zeke is some innocent victim.
