News: PFT: NFL says there is no 4 pm deadline for suspensions

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Getting really sick of this game the NFL is playing

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NFL distances itself from 4:00 p.m. ET suspension deadline
Posted by Mike Florio on September 5, 2017, 11:30 AM EDT
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For years, the NFL has observed a weekly deadline when it comes to the implementation of suspensions. If the suspension isn’t finalized by 4:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, the suspension gets delayed until the next week.

The dynamic first became widely known in the latter days of StarCaps, when it was clear that long-pending suspensions would be served and a weekly trigger of 4:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday would determine whether that week would be the week.


The NFL is now distancing itself from this past practice in the Ezekiel Elliott case, telling league employee Tom Pelissero that there is no such rule. But Pelissero acknowledges that the Cowboys believe the deadline applies. (Per a league source, so does Elliott’s camp.)

As one source explained it to PF, the practice arose from concerns of fairness and competitive balance. Teams need to know who they will or won’t be putting on the field, and their opponents need to know who they will or won’t be facing.

It’s unclear why the NFL is suddenly abandoning this practice. Maybe the person most keenly aware of it wasn’t invited to the meeting.
 

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Soooooo............

In just about every other situation, the league has followed a fairly standard procedure where 4PM Tuesday is the unofficial/official eligibility cut off for that week.

That is until it involves the player who they conducted a sham investigation into building a case on circumstantial and select evidence while ignoring an avalanche of evidence as well as their lead investigator telling them there's really nothing there. In that case, well, let's throw out SOP for weekly eligibility and make it up as we go along.

If they suspend him Thursday or Friday and the court doesn't issue the injunction, I hope McFadden and Morris combine for 200 yards rushing, 3 TDs and both sneak their way into the Giants owners box and take a dump in Mara's travel bag.
 

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Sydla said:
Soooooo............

In just about every other situation, the league has followed a fairly standard procedure where 4PM Tuesday is the unofficial/official eligibility cut off for that week.

That is until it involves the player who they conducted a sham investigation into building a case on circumstantial and select evidence while ignoring an avalanche of evidence as well as their lead investigator telling them there's really nothing there. In that case, well, let's throw out SOP for weekly eligibility and make it up as we go along.

If they suspend him Thursday or Friday and the court doesn't issue the injunction, I hope McFadden and Morris combine for 200 yards rushing, 3 TDs and both sneak their way into the Giants owners box and take a dump in Mara's travel bag.
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actually if they are arrogant enough to wait until Friday that will make the judge more sympathetic since its clearly a ploy.
 
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It's very transparent, just another attempt to bury their conspiracy, but the morons don't realize this makes it appear even worse. It may as well be an admission the outcome was pre-determined and their "investigation" was simply window dressing.
 
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