Reverend Conehead
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If I had been the Comish, I would have kicked Buddy Ryan and Sean Peyton out of the league for their involvement in placing bounties on players. I would have kicked out any of their assistant coaches, and any players, who were involved in that crap. IMO, there's no place in the league for deliberately trying to injure a player. I would only kick someone out if it were premeditated. For example, when Ndomukong Suh lost his temper and kicked a player on the field, I think a suspension, and not a ban, was the right call to make. He lost his temper and did something rotten, but there's no evidence he planned in advance to hurt someone. It was still a crappy thing to do, but that's why he was suspended.
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For a suspension to not be enough, and thus for a ban to be needed, the offense has to be extremely serious. For example, if any player bet on a game's outcome that he's to play in, that would also constitute a ban. I think the league might already have that as a policy. I'm not sure. I would not ban someone for betting on a baseball, a hockey, a basketball, or some other sport. Same thing with an NCAA or a CFL football game. If a player bet on an NFL game that his team is not playing in, I would suspend him, but not ban him.
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For the use of performance-enhancing drugs, I think suspensions, not bans, are the way to go, unless the player had numerous offenses.
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When Charles Haley was with the 49ers, he defecated on the desk of one of their assistant coaches. That's disgusting, but I wouldn't ban a player for that. It was gross, but it didn't give his team any kind of unfair advantage. I would probably just leave that one up to his team to handle.
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Do you agree? Is there any other offense that is so egregious that you would ban the player or coach rather than just suspend him?
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For a suspension to not be enough, and thus for a ban to be needed, the offense has to be extremely serious. For example, if any player bet on a game's outcome that he's to play in, that would also constitute a ban. I think the league might already have that as a policy. I'm not sure. I would not ban someone for betting on a baseball, a hockey, a basketball, or some other sport. Same thing with an NCAA or a CFL football game. If a player bet on an NFL game that his team is not playing in, I would suspend him, but not ban him.
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For the use of performance-enhancing drugs, I think suspensions, not bans, are the way to go, unless the player had numerous offenses.
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When Charles Haley was with the 49ers, he defecated on the desk of one of their assistant coaches. That's disgusting, but I wouldn't ban a player for that. It was gross, but it didn't give his team any kind of unfair advantage. I would probably just leave that one up to his team to handle.
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Do you agree? Is there any other offense that is so egregious that you would ban the player or coach rather than just suspend him?
