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I'll get straight to the point. In the wake of Kenny Britt's one game suspension at the hands of Roger Goodell and the NFL, the entire discipline procedure for NFL players needs to be re-evaluated. I say this knowing that technically Britt actually received a stiffer punishment than he was supposed to receiver under the league's collective bargaining agreement. Per the agreement, a first-time DUI offense would typically trigger a two-game fine. Yes, that's right, a fine. Since Britt got a full game, it is safe to say that the league took into account "extenuating circumstances" and bumped the punishment up to a suspension. What circumstances were those? Just the fact that since entering the league in 2009 Britt has had eight separate incidents with the law.

Of course this "rant" of mine isn't just about Kenny Britt. This is about all the other players who have been arrested for driving under the influence this offseason and before. A two-game fine for a first offense? It's just another example of priorities being out of line. NFL players are some of the best paid men in the country, with access to safe ride programs, limo services, and just plain old cabs and designated drivers. Yet this year we have seen an abundance of DUI arrests, piling on to the plethora we have also seen in past years. Quite frankly the NFL and NFLPA should be ashamed at the punishments handed out for such infractions.

How can a man put his own life and the lives of others in danger, only to receive a two-game fine for the first offense? Or in Kenny Britt's case how, after eight instances of run-ins with the law, can a DUI result in just a one-game suspension? Meanwhile players such as Scott Fujita, Will Smith, Anthony Hargrove, and Jon Vilma have received far harsher punishments for what the NFL is now essentially agreeing was a "pay for performance" scheme that rewarded players for doing what they are already paid by their teams to do.


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