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What reason did they have for ignoring the phone call and not mentioning it in any of the statements? we don’t disagree on who Hill is, and I do agree that the league was probably very careful, but it goes back to the same problem- we don’t know what they did or didn’t do. We have punishment in one situation and not in another and we don’t have any reason other than “trust us” to explain away the discrepancy. I’m not a conspiracy theorist, and I’m not accusing the league of mishandling the investigations, I’m just wondering why they don’t make these decisions more clearer. On the Around the NFL podcast, 4 guys who get checks from the NFL each week had similar overall concerns.
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The other side of that is that Hill is the most exciting player on the most exciting team, helping make the new face of the NFL look good... they had just as much reason not to punish him as they did to punish him. Your argument is sound and I don’t necessarily disagree, but the truth is neither of us know the full story on either of these cases- that’s the issue that I see with it.
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The police didn’t charge Reed either and he’s getting suspended so that’s obviously not a standard. And Hill might not be guilty of abuse, but he did threaten his girlfriend (girlfriend whom he has previously abused) and if you look above at one of my posts there’s an article about Jimmy Smith getting suspended for threatening behavior. It’s entirely possible that Hill was innocent and not deserving suspension, while Reed was- the problem is that because all of this was “internal” the default becomes asking us as fans to trust their investigators and their impartiality. While I don’t have a huge issue with that, there has been some major issues under Rog when it comes to discipline that would definitely make questions appear. If you’re a Seahawks fan you can’t say you’re not wondering why one non-criminal allegation is worthy of suspension, and the other isn’t. There’s no transparency and the stakeholders (every football fan) are left up in the air. By the “league knows best” standard, Josh Allen could get accused of assault tomorrow, go uncharged by the police, and then given a 6 game suspension. Are you saying you wouldn’t want to know what led to that decision as our time, money, and energy investment in the 2019 Bills season gets flushed down he drain?
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Here’s an interesting would you rather: Would you rather Allen becomes a good QB, maybe goes to one or two pro-bowls and has a fine career over the next 15 years while Sam Darnold is a complete bust and is out of the league in 4 years and seen as more of a joke than butt-fumble, or would you rather Allen become a generational talent, one of the best to play in the 2020’s, but who forever lives in Darnolds shadow as Darnold becomes listed among Brady, Manning, and Montana as best to ever play.