How can this be legal?

Which is why D.C. is going hardcore strict on speeders doing over 80 MPH on interstates because speeding tickets alone are not stopping drivers from doing it and riding peoples rear bumper when they can't. When one deterrent isn't working, you up the punishment until it does.

So would it also be OK to suspend a head coach and defensive captain for a year after they're caught violating a pay-for-performance rule, since most of the other teams are also violating the same rule and a stronger deterrent is needed?