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<blockquote data-quote="jaybadger82" data-source="post: 445846" data-attributes="member: 6211"><p>I don't think people are suggesting that Hargrove, Williams, and Vitt are innocent of wrongdoing. Florio's point is that the statement casts doubt on the league's disciplinary process.</p><p> </p><p>The significance of the Hargrove statement is twofold:</p><p>1) Reading between the lines, it is rather clear that Hargrove's professional future was being implicated when Williams and Vitt asked him to stonewall the league. This should mitigate his punishment.</p><p>2) Initially, when the NFL announced the player suspensions, its statement about Hargrove suggested more damning evidence: "Hargrove submitted a signed declaration to the league that established not only the existence of the program at the Saints, but also that he knew about and participated in it." Hargrove's statement was submitted to the NFLPA, not the league. It was clearly drafted by a lawyer and while it suggests that Hargrove knew about the bounty program, it does not confirm his participation.</p><p> </p><p>I get it. It's obvious that Hargrove's hands are dirty and some sort of suspension is appropriate. But the league distorted the facts, exaggerating its evidence while ignoring mitigating factors in statements to the public. This is what happens when the disciplinary process occurs behind closed doors and players aren't given the opportunity to refute charges or present their own evidence: we must take it as a matter of faith that the league is adjudicating these things fairly but the disconnect between Hargrove's actual statement and the league's description of it casts doubt on the NFL's judgment in this episode.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Everything about the player suspensions seems arbitrary. The league has said that dozens of players were involved. Are we to seriously believe that Hargrove was the only one that denied the bounty program to league officials?</p><p> </p><p>...The league also seems glaringly oblivious to the pressures that a franchise can exert on players in a league where contracts aren't guaranteed. The NFL never acknowledges the bind a player like Hargrove finds himself in when the league asks for information and the player's bosses instruct him not to provide it...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jaybadger82, post: 445846, member: 6211"] I don't think people are suggesting that Hargrove, Williams, and Vitt are innocent of wrongdoing. Florio's point is that the statement casts doubt on the league's disciplinary process. The significance of the Hargrove statement is twofold: 1) Reading between the lines, it is rather clear that Hargrove's professional future was being implicated when Williams and Vitt asked him to stonewall the league. This should mitigate his punishment. 2) Initially, when the NFL announced the player suspensions, its statement about Hargrove suggested more damning evidence: "Hargrove submitted a signed declaration to the league that established not only the existence of the program at the Saints, but also that he knew about and participated in it." Hargrove's statement was submitted to the NFLPA, not the league. It was clearly drafted by a lawyer and while it suggests that Hargrove knew about the bounty program, it does not confirm his participation. I get it. It's obvious that Hargrove's hands are dirty and some sort of suspension is appropriate. But the league distorted the facts, exaggerating its evidence while ignoring mitigating factors in statements to the public. This is what happens when the disciplinary process occurs behind closed doors and players aren't given the opportunity to refute charges or present their own evidence: we must take it as a matter of faith that the league is adjudicating these things fairly but the disconnect between Hargrove's actual statement and the league's description of it casts doubt on the NFL's judgment in this episode. Everything about the player suspensions seems arbitrary. The league has said that dozens of players were involved. Are we to seriously believe that Hargrove was the only one that denied the bounty program to league officials? ...The league also seems glaringly oblivious to the pressures that a franchise can exert on players in a league where contracts aren't guaranteed. The NFL never acknowledges the bind a player like Hargrove finds himself in when the league asks for information and the player's bosses instruct him not to provide it... [/QUOTE]
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