re: Lets be Commissioner: Rank and hammer the 4 tPOS NFL players

I am only familiar with the Rice and Peterson cases. IMO, the NFL should not take any substantial action against a player until after all legal proceeding and findings.

If an individual team decides to implement a punishment prior to the findings that is up to them. The Vikings suspended AP for a game after his arrest, not the result of his trial. IF, AP is found guilty the Vikings will have another decision to make or the NFL might handout the punishment.

In the Ray Rice case the DA let Rice plead to a lessor charge and basically got a slap on the wrist because he was a first time offender. The NFL based the suspension on that legal decision. However, the public outcry after the 2 game suspension was announced backfired on the NFL. Later, after the public saw the video, the Ravens cut Rice and the NFL suspended him indefinitely. Rice was actually punished twice for the same event.