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Aldon Smith suspended one year- Sheldon Richardson next?


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Sports Illustrated's Don Banks reports Jets DE Sheldon Richardson could still be suspended this season.

The same is true of Raiders OLB Aldon Smith. Richardson was arrested on July 14 on a variety of serious traffic-related charges. Richardson, of course, was suspended for the first four games of the season for violating the league's substance-abuse policy in a separate matter.
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See the injustice here for Richardson is whether right or wrong the story, not the actual final outcome of the official penalties, traffic summons will determine his fate, the law says fine and revocation of license  (assuming dropped to reckless driving ), but the NFL says you lose millons, and your job for an extended period of time.

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See the injustice here for Richardson is whether right or wrong the story, not the actual final outcome of the official penalties, traffic summons will determine his fate, the law says fine and revocation of license  (assuming dropped to reckless driving ), but the NFL says you lose millons, and your job for an extended period of time.

Two entirely different systems with entirely different functions.

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The cops said they smelled weed

 

However they found NO evidence of weed in the vehicle or on or in any of the occupants so there were NO drug charges

 

They also found a gun but. in Missouri which is occupied and controlled by a consortium of the NRA, Fox News and the White Citizens Council citizens can have all the guns and other weapons they want including nuclear weapons without penalties so there.were NO guns charges

 

 

Not sure the NFL is suspending players for traffic violations

Dude, not at all the place or venue for this talk. It'll get ya booted, just an fyi. 

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The cops said they smelled weed

 

However they found NO evidence of weed in the vehicle or on or in any of the occupants so there were NO drug charges

 

 

 

 

Not sure the NFL is suspending players for traffic violations

You can smell cigarette smoke in a car even if no one is smoking.. And how many people get killed in Chicago every week and they have very tough gun laws..

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wouldn't the nfl wait until after his hearing before imposing any additional punishment? if all sheldon gets is a slap on the wrist and a speeding ticket, how does the nfl suspend him?

The NFL doesn't have to wait but it's unlikely the NFL takes to punishing a player for something the player was not convicted of committing so the NFL likely waits to see what the court does.

The NFL has to conduct its own investigation before it can assess a punishment and without access to a police report or other state evidence that satisfactorily proves Richardson violated a player policy the NFL has little to go on other than Richardson's own statements. If Richardson pleads guilty or no contest to any crime then that is compelling evidence that Richardson did what was alleged and the NFL can easily punish on that admission. So that is another reason for the NFL to defer to the criminal proceedings.

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Appeal the living **** out of it. If the Patriots can just lawyer their way out of cheating, and that scumbag in Dallas can lawyer his way out of beating the living **** out of his girlfriend, then Sheldon can lawyer his way out of being an idiot.

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Anyone whos smoking weed while driving around like a maniac with a child in the car deserves whatever he gets.

While youre running your mouth, have any proof that he was smoking weed?  Other than it makes your argument, whatever it is.  

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See the injustice here for Richardson is whether right or wrong the story, not the actual final outcome of the official penalties, traffic summons will determine his fate, the law says fine and revocation of license  (assuming dropped to reckless driving ), but the NFL says you lose millons, and your job for an extended period of time.

Any employer can do this. If I got arrested and made the national news my employer would be like "you're kyrptonite, see ya." 

Zero evidence that he himself was smoking fwiw

Zero? Lol. There is some evidence. Enough for "beyond a reasonable doubt"? Maybe not. But ZERO? Smelling it in the car is some evidence

Sorry just pet peeve when people say "no smoking gun" means there is "zero evidence."

wouldn't the nfl wait until after his hearing before imposing any additional punishment? if all sheldon gets is a slap on the wrist and a speeding ticket, how does the nfl suspend him?

Jiffy Lube would fire its employees if they made the paper doing stuff like this. Why does NFL have to act like a court of law when every other employer can fire people for getting arrested for beating wives, bringing guns to airports, drugs, etc.? NFL is actually pretty darn lenient when you think about it. Probably because of the huge financial investment made in some of these guys. I'd be in the parking lot with a box in 30 seconds if I pulled a Greg Hardy or an Aldon Smith. No questions asked. These guys are lucky it isn't game over for them.

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its moving violations.  he has already gotten 2 delays.  how long do you need to discuss a moving violation with no accident or injuries ?

 

it wasn't a ticketed moving violation. it was a criminal arrest. unless the DA has a very favorable plea bargain for Richardson, Richardson will ask for a continuance. thats how criminal cases work in the states. he hasn't even made a plea yet, never mind pre-trial

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Does the NFL really think that being away from the structure of football for a year is going to do these guys any good?

I don't think so.  IMO, they are trying to find a suitable--and meaningful to the player--punishment.  They're all millionaires. So fining them means next to nothing.

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