Suh apparently entered the appeal with a clean slate and the way the process is set up that was probably the right decision. Difficult to argue that a player without Suh's history would have received a suspension.
Agree. As much as I/we don't like it, that is the rule. Until the rule is modified to include a players history of dirty play in the punishment process then the rule is as it stands is just a bad joke.
The entire "a guy without Suh's reputation would not have received a suhspension" is so far off the mark and such an invalid argument. The vast majority of guys in the NFL don't step on other players. Voluntarily or otherwise. When was the last time we had a discussion on this board or anywhere else for that matter about whether or not a guy should be suhspended because he stepped on another player? Never. Ever. Remember the game a few weeks back when AR had a player come down on his left hand. That wasn't even a 2 second discussion. No one had to say a word. It happened and it's football. What Suh does is a discussion custom tailored and fitted for him. He's a one off POS. The "well if it was someone else" argument is nonsense because no one else pulls the kind of **** he pulls.
And dammit here's another thing. Marshawn Lynch clams up to a few reporters after being told not to clam up to reporters and Goodell slaps him with a $100k fine. Suh steps on the MVP of the NFL after being told to clean up his act and gets a $70 fine. WTF?!?!?
I'm not saying one had to do with the other. But Jim Harbaugh just jumped ship to Michigan for less than the reported $8 million initially reported. For a little more scratch he was making is SF. It sounds like he could have made more in Oakland. But the NCAA seemed like the better gig. And why wouldn't it??? Goodells NFL is slowly becoming a clown show. Player discipline is all over the map. The rules and officials have never seemed more confused or confusing. The NFL and NFLPA couldn't decide on pizza toppings. Off season programs and practice restrictions. Thursday night games. Sooner or later the NCAA is going to look far more appealing as a coaching gig than Rodgers traveling circus. And the owners might want to take notice.