If you were comishiner of the nfl..

[massphatness]

Originally Posted by massphatness

No doubt, but there's a process the NFL follows, and until he's convicted of an offense, there's really nothing they can do. As I understand it, there are two possible scenarios:

1. He's proven guilty and this earns him automatic entrance into the league's substance abuse program. If this is first offense, there will be no suspension. Second offense, and he gets a 4-game ban. There's no wiggle room here as it's a collectively bargained procedure.

2. Charges are dropped or reduced. This where the commish has some flexibility because he can suspend Edwards for conduct detrimental to the league a la Rapist-berger.

The f'd up thing in all this is that Edwards makes out better (at least in terms of a suspension) if he's convicted.

Originally Posted by loki

other players have been suspended for not even being charged with anything...If the comish was so big on appearances then Edwards should be sitting for 6-8 games

That's kind of my point in the post above -- I don't believe the commissioner can do anything until the legal process runs its course because if he's convicted of the DUI he gains entry into the substance abuser program and earns a second chance of sorts. Doesn't seem "right", but that's what the CBA allows.