Mike Freeman’s 10-Point Stance: Latest NFL Discipline Policies Are Working

August 5, 2015   ·   Mike Freeman   ·   Jump to comments

1. The NFL gets Aaron Kromer suspension right
The Ray Rice case...not the NFL's greatest moment.
Deflategate...got a lot right, and some wrong.
But there are several cases where the NFL's new polices worked perfectly. First, the Greg Hardy case. Now, the Aaron Kromer case. We will see this again in the case of the Jets player-turned-alleged drag racer/police evader. More on that in a moment.
The NFL suspended Kromer, a Bills assistant coach, the first six games of this season. Where the suspension gets interesting is that the more serious charges of battery were dropped by law enforcement. Remember, Kromer was accused of punching a boy in the face and threatening to kill his family. Reportedly all over an argument involving beach chairs.
What the NFL did, a league source explained, was utilize its new protocols, where the NFL uses basically its own investigative force. It doesn't rely on the legal system to make its determination.
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