Burfict facing suspension

[Joelist]

See that's the problem.

The ONLY place where past offenses should matter is punishment, and then it should be past offenses under the same rule. The Bengals, Burflict and indeed a lot of sports people who aren't even Bengal fans are saying no infraction occurred. The league has no business engaging in creative interpretations of a rule to say someone violated it based on their "reputation".

I am guessing the appeal is going to consist of a combination of video and the text of the rule. It will show that the play did not meet any of the stipulations under the rule and was therefore legal. And were I the Bengals once they present the appeal put it up on Bengals.com as well - force the NFL to present CLEAR PROOF the rule was violated.