The Ezekiel Elliott Appeal Is Potential NFL Nightmare

[Mr Cowboy]

After I recently castigated the NFL and its club owners for not having a clear policy on symbolic social messaging by its players, it is only fair that they also be commended for starting to use its relatively new personal conduct policy. There is the prospect of consistency in the standard. That is what many of its most loyal fan base want. Elliott received a 6-game suspension. That is consistent with the plain reading of the policy. It certainly beats an ad hoc arbitrary decision-making process or lack thereof.

But the Elliott appeal of that decision is probably going to expose some of the most challenging aspects of the personal conduct policy. That is because the NFL decided not to tie its conduct policy wagon to the existing judicial system, which just happens to be one of world’s best at defining crimes, due process procedures for fairness in investigations, mediations, and trials of civil and criminal matters. The NFL Commissioner is the judge, but not trained to judge matters based on the rule of law.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerg...peal-is-potential-nfl-nightmare/#4dd7985a5b7f

 

[Nightman]

After I recently castigated the NFL and its club owners for not having a clear policy on symbolic social messaging by its players, it is only fair that they also be commended for starting to use its relatively new personal conduct policy. There is the prospect of consistency in the standard. That is what many of its most loyal fan base want. Elliott received a 6-game suspension. That is consistent with the plain reading of the policy. It certainly beats an ad hoc arbitrary decision-making process or lack thereof.

But the Elliott appeal of that decision is probably going to expose some of the most challenging aspects of the personal conduct policy. That is because the NFL decided not to tie its conduct policy wagon to the existing judicial system, which just happens to be one of world’s best at defining crimes, due process procedures for fairness in investigations, mediations, and trials of civil and criminal matters. The NFL Commissioner is the judge, but not trained to judge matters based on the rule of law.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerg...peal-is-potential-nfl-nightmare/#4dd7985a5b7f

You have untrained people at every step of the process making assumptions based on other non-qualified people

Let trained police investigate, trained prosecutors prosecute and trained judges judge.....if they choose not to act there is a good reason...... charging someone let alone railroading someone as a DV abuser is a serious matter

 

[diefree666]

What is going to be fun is all the legal eagles (gag me with a spoon for using that) picking apart everything the NFL says. Using that standard on the sloppy and incompetent NFL will be very amusing.