There is a LOT of posting here suggesting this is a league-wide problem, and therefore Dan is being picked on unfairly.
You know what? That's probably true. This is what I think about that:
1) I don't care. Some people get away with murder. That doesn't mean we don't prosecute a murderer when we catch one. The league, the sponsors, the fans ... they can go after Snyder with a clear conscience, no matter what anyone else has done. If it's wrong it's wrong.
2) Burn the whole damn league to the ground for this if that's what it takes. If this is the tip of a league-wide iceberg, I am FINE bringing justice to whole damn lot of them. The NFL under, especially under Goodell, is extremely arbitrary with its discipline. The Ray Rice incident showed us that the NFL doesn't care about injustice so long as nobody knows about it. If this is an opportunity to blow the whole thing open, let's do it. This crap needs to end. Now.
Lastly, and I'm not saying this to be judgey towards anyone here ... really ... but "what if it were your daughter" should not matter at ALL. There's right and there's wrong and we ALL know, we KNOW, what the difference is. We shouldn't have to project our feelings on to family members to find empathy. I think that is part of the problem too. We are all human beings. We all want to be treated with respect and dignity. This shouldn't be a grand mystery. Let's all do that, even those of us who only have sons.
Lastly lastly, Special K's post ... and some of the responses afterwards ... just killed me. How can anyone read what she wrote and then say "yeah, but my politics". Anyone who knows SK knows she's not some bleeding heart liberal. This isn't about politics at all. It's just right and wrong. Her perspective is fairly unique on this board. I would have hoped for more respect for it.
This team ... this league ... they get nothing from me until I see MAJOR changes happen. From here on out my only connection to the NFL is this board right here. I'm not going to let this team run by horrible people in a league run by horrible people rob me of you guys. But I am done.
*drops mic*