NFL shifts blame for Zeke suspension to police and NFLPA
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Ezekiel Elliott may very well see his six-game suspension reduced. One would think, should that happen, it’d be a setback for NFL executives, but it’s unlikely they would see it that way. By their logic, erring on the side of caution with a six-game suspeNFL shifts blame for Zeke suspension to police and NFLPA
Ezekiel Elliott may very well see his six-game suspension reduced. One would think, should that happen, it’d be a setback for NFL executives, but it’s unlikely they would see it that way. By their logic, erring on the side of caution with a six-game suspension, the NFL avoids another media blitz focused on how the NFL is unconcerned with domestic violence. Avoiding a continuation of that damning narrative is paramount, even if it comes at the cost of undermining whatever credibility remains in the league’s dealings with DV. Sure, Jerry Jones and a few other aggrieved owners are privately griping about Roger Goodell’s heavy handed methods behind closed doors, but this happens every time there’s executive overreach in the NFL. None of them are going to support removing the commissioner so long as profits are rolling on. With the league being dinged with the results of the latest CTE study and the reaction to Colin Kaepernick being unemployed, the NFL could hardly afford to still appear callous to t Read more