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(5 hours ago)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: ...Conduct detrimental can mean literally anything the NFL wants it to mean. It doesn't mean you need to be guilty. Even if you're found not guilty, it can still be conduct detrimental. You can have done nothing wrong and there can still be conduct detrimental.
"It is not enough simply to avoid being found guilty of a crime."
"Conduct that undermines or puts at risk the integrity and reputation of the NFL, NFL clubs, or NFL players."
(Which is literally just a catchall of "it is because we say it is.")
If other NFL teams have no specific language thats states exactly what detrimental conduct is then the Bengals are not doing anything the rest of the NFL isnt doing.
As far as having to be found guilty of a crime before the clause can kick in, that's ridiculous. Rashee Rice was just found guilty over something that happened more than a year ago. Anyone that watched the Rashee Rice video last year knew what he did was seriously wrong. Teams shouldnt have to wait over a year before they can execute the clause in the contract.
Remember Ray Rice knocking out his girlfriend in the elevator? He was never found guilty of that. The charges were dropped. If he had guarantees in his contract should teams have to pay that since he was never found guilty of assaulting his girlfriend?
