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Originally Posted by Angry
Recently I have been thinking that commissioner Goodell has been a little over enforcing the NFL's Players Conduct Policy.
Sure, I understand the rules to suspend players who have had more than one run in with the law, but there are first time offenders out there that have been suspended with 1st time offenses. Donte Stallworth and Michael Vick both come to mind. There may be others however. As far as I know the law dictates that a person is allowed to have employment until actually convicted of crime. I also believe that once a person has paid his/her debt to society that they are able to be re employed. If this is the law then why does the commissioner justify suspending first time offenders and furthermore those who have already paid their debt to society? I thought that the policy was to affect multiple offenders.
The reason that I ask this is because he is already beginning to investigate Plax, who I believe to have no other offenses prior to shooting himself. While I am certainly not a Giants fan, I am trying to understand how he can pass such judgment without Plax having any prior offenses and before the actual LAW makes a judgment on him.
I feel the commish may be overstepping his bounds and the NFLPA is doing nothing about it.
Sure the players have to agree to it, but is it actually being utilized the way that it is supposed to be. IMHO I believe that the Goodell is abusing his power.
NFL, Players Are Expected To Agree on Conduct Policy - washingtonpost.com
http://www.nflplayers.com/images/fck...icy%202008.pdf
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While I'm inclined to agree with the spirit of your point here (sort of), the fact is that, no, it is not the law that you are entitled to keep any particular job you have until you have been convicted of a crime, or that, once you have completed your sentence for a particular crime, you are entitled to any previous position you had prior to your commission of the crime.
The scope of the commissioner's authority to punish players is generally based on the terms of the currently-operating collective bargaining agreement the player's union has with the league.