Wallach: The NFL filed an appeal with 5th circuit appeals before the other judge ruled

[casmith07]

If Zeke's career is at risk, the careers of all players are at risk. They could all be railroaded.

That's the whole point of the NFLPA's suit, essentially.

 

[MeTed]

Nobody said that. The post I was responding to was just absurd. Who the hell knows what a workplace would consider if they suspected a person was looking at porn. Whatever they chose to look at would be entirely up to their discretion, just as is the case for NFL. If it was another employee reporting it, maybe that's enough. Maybe browser history is enough. Who the hell knows. Whatever they would look at would be entirely up to them.
Of course it is. My opinion relates to the standard chosen at their discretion. You offer no opinion other than deference.

This whole back and forth is based on the idea that NFL somehow needs to meet a prerequisite level of proof that is apparently set by posters of this message board. News flash, thats up to the NFL to decide just as it's up to hypothetical company that employs the porn fiend. The Zeke situation is not currently about the presence, or lack of, compelling evidence. It's about the process by which his punishment was handed down. All the discussion of compelling evidence and the burden of proof is not relevant at this point in time. It may become relevant at a later date but it is not relevant at this time.
News flash: again, would the NFL be better served with a higher standard? Would it have prevented Zeke's legal action? I argue, yes. You argue nothing but deference and ambivalence to the outcome.

And let's just take a moment to ponder over the idea that random people on a message board, who are not even remotely close to being fully informed of all the details that were gathered during the investigation, somehow feel that it is their position to dictate what level of proof is necessary for the NFL (or any other employer) to reprimand a player.
Nobody forced you to read.