NFL Exec: Steelers Get A Pass Because The Media And NFL Love Them

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(07-26-2016, 02:58 AM)MrRager Wrote: If he actually skates the suspension, I will agree with you (pending the entire story), but until then it all seems like a witch hunt. If he does get suspended then there is no way to complain about the Steelers getting preferential treatment. Bryant is missing this entire year for substance abuse so it isn't like everything is being swept under the rug. 

Once again, they couldn't just sweep the Bryant deal under the rug or they would have been killed.  There's some things that even Goodell isn't stupid enough to attempt.

Furthermore, why do you think it's just coming out now that Bell missed so many tests?  Because the NFL was sweeping it under the rug.

(07-26-2016, 02:58 AM)MrRager Wrote: The quotes in the article are almost entirely about how the media is portraying the story. The media making excuses does not equal the NFL letting the Steelers get away with incidents other teams would be in trouble for. The media can say whatever they want.  

So why is it ok for the media to portray a bunch of criminals like saints when kids and the general public look up to them and follow them?  You don't think how the media and general public views something has an impact on the punishment that Goodell will give out?  You don't think he protects what makes him money?

(07-26-2016, 02:58 AM)MrRager Wrote: One happening with a someone who wasn't even charged and the other got fined seemingly 10 times for hits other players were not getting fined for. Oh, and if the Steelers were getting preferential treatment then why was Bell suspended last year?

Ben wasn't charged because he had his bodyguards guard the door so no one could get in.

It's well-known that he raped the girl and there are reports of him doing similar things to other women and rumors of a lot going unreported.  In an age of trying to stop the abuse/rape/mistreatment of women, they couldn't just let him go.

Bell was suspended last year because you can't exactly sweep a D.U.I. and marijuana possession under the rug, although it is laughable that he was only suspended three games, and then even more laughable that it got reduced to do.