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Rhinodawg

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Fri Sep 19, 2014, 07:24 PM Sep 2014

What should the NFL do? [View all]

1. Suppose someone tweets they saw player x hit his wife. No proof . No arrest. Wife denies. Does the NFL suspend the player?

2. Suppose NFL wife calls police saying "my husband hit me". Police arrive and she has a bruise on her face but recants her phone call saying "it was a misunderstanding" . Hes arrested but she "stands" by her husband and says the bruise was from a fall and not from him. Should the NFL suspend him pending trial?

3. Suppose NFL wife calls police saying "my husband hit me". Police arrive and she has a bruise on her face and she stands by her statement that he hit her. He arrested pending trial. Does the NFL await for verdict , suspend him immediately before the verdict or throw him out of the league immediately?

4. NFL player is found guilty of domestic violence but the wife asks the judge for counseling and no jail time for her NFL husband and the judge agrees. We all agree that he should get a penalty. Should they throw him out of league?

The NFL has some tough decisions.

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What should the NFL do? [View all] Rhinodawg Sep 2014 OP
Stop pimping the guys maybe? TheNutcracker Sep 2014 #1
Bingo tooeyeten Sep 2014 #23
Disband, Convert into an organization that does good. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #2
Damn! I was going to use 'disband', too! randome Sep 2014 #15
All those people out of work yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #44
No different from buggy whip makers or the landmine industry. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #45
Really? yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #47
Wow. Rhinodawg Sep 2014 #48
I know. The NFL is unredeemable, more harm than good. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #49
Great idea! Disband the NFL over the bad acts of a few Purrfessor Sep 2014 #64
"many positive impacts"? What are they doing that I'm missing? NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #65
Here is one example: Kansas City Chiefs. Purrfessor Sep 2014 #67
How would you enforce this? LittleBlue Sep 2014 #66
Those are hypothetical cases that the NFL is not facing Bjorn Against Sep 2014 #3
While they are hypothetical, they are the most common. Rhinodawg Sep 2014 #4
Right now we are dealing with cases in which there is evidence Bjorn Against Sep 2014 #7
Thank you. cwydro Sep 2014 #10
I'm not so sure about this Lonusca Sep 2014 #33
Make the players union set their own ethics rules? postulater Sep 2014 #5
Nice thought but.. Rhinodawg Sep 2014 #6
Eat shit and die! TexasProgresive Sep 2014 #8
How could professional football die? tooeyeten Sep 2014 #16
First things first tooeyeten Sep 2014 #9
Eliminate the anti-trust exemption exboyfil Sep 2014 #11
I'm with you n/t tooeyeten Sep 2014 #12
Yes. nt cwydro Sep 2014 #13
I agree with firing Goodell davidpdx Sep 2014 #18
Government subsidies tooeyeten Sep 2014 #20
The government subsides are on a local and state level though davidpdx Sep 2014 #58
Does it matter tooeyeten Sep 2014 #61
Require Continuing Education Units in finance and family life. Many of these guys libdem4life Sep 2014 #31
Educate NFL owners first tooeyeten Sep 2014 #36
I sadly think morality and capitalism (sports) is not compatible to any great degree. It's not libdem4life Sep 2014 #50
I noticed no one wanted to give the most common scenarios a shot. Rhinodawg Sep 2014 #14
That actually doesn't matter. randome Sep 2014 #19
Sure it matters. Rhinodawg Sep 2014 #25
In a court of law tooeyeten Sep 2014 #21
1.- No. cali Sep 2014 #17
Thank you...youre the only one who thought about it. Rhinodawg Sep 2014 #24
Evolve. Orsino Sep 2014 #22
Zero tolerance for assault arrest or reported domestic abuse. All the details will flow from that librechik Sep 2014 #26
WTF are you talking about ? Rhinodawg Sep 2014 #27
I know. WTF. librechik Sep 2014 #29
A lot more support of women's rights than you'll ever know. Rhinodawg Sep 2014 #30
all the women in your examples lied. Is that the way you see us? librechik Sep 2014 #32
Not true. All did not lie. BKH70041 Sep 2014 #34
Thaaaaaaaaaaaank you. Rhinodawg Sep 2014 #35
You'll get used to it customerserviceguy Sep 2014 #38
Thanks. Good to know. Rhinodawg Sep 2014 #40
I understand the reasons in general. BKH70041 Sep 2014 #43
Thats a good train of thought. Rhinodawg Sep 2014 #46
Disbanning the NFL isn't going to happen. BKH70041 Sep 2014 #28
That would be the ultimate goal of some people customerserviceguy Sep 2014 #39
"Some of these players make millions of dollars a week." Jenoch Sep 2014 #52
Aaron Rodgers...$ 22 million a year Rhinodawg Sep 2014 #53
They don't get paid Jenoch Sep 2014 #54
See, it was bound to happen again. BKH70041 Sep 2014 #55
Football is all about violence. alarimer Sep 2014 #37
Punt seveneyes Sep 2014 #41
Fire anyone convicted immediately madville Sep 2014 #42
ANY arrest involving assault on ANYONE SoCalDem Sep 2014 #51
Attempted Response oberliner Sep 2014 #56
I totally agree. Rhinodawg Sep 2014 #57
Maybe we can take over as commissioner oberliner Sep 2014 #60
Works for me. Rhinodawg Sep 2014 #62
I don't think that's enough to act on oberliner Sep 2014 #63
Come clean? Open up the cellar doors and show us how infested the NFL is with MRA types. Rex Sep 2014 #59
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