2022 Commanders off season thread part 1

[KI Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by FrenchSkin

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Where I think there's some sort of misunderstanding is when people compare it to other suspension for, ie, domestic violence. Don't get me wrong, hitting a women is way worse than betting on a game. But the NFL is neither a justice court, nor a moral institution. It's a business trying to sell a product. So while sometimes they have to take moral stances to ease their consumers, a guy hitting his girlfriend doesn't directly impact their product. NFL players betting on games could. And with more and more people on the internet thinking the game is rigged, they can't afford to add any fuel to it.

The NFL owners and their flunky commissioner are a bunch of hypocrites. For them, it's all about the money. If they wanted to assure the public that they are policing gambling by NFL players to ensure that games aren't fixed, they should never have partnered with gamblers.

Now, they are dropping the hammer on a player who wasn't even playing last season because he is mentally ill. Every executive in this nation should know by now that mentally ill people often do things that are self-destructive without being able to foresee the consequences to themselves or others. This player needs to be on medications and have long-term therapy before he is able to better manage his self-destructive behaviors. In short, this level of punishment for a player who is mentally ill was self-serving, for show only, uncaring about a person who is ill and needs help, and either woefully ignorant or immoral. The punishment should be reconsidered and reduced by the NFL.