Comments on: NFL suspends Lions president 30 days, with $100,000 fine

By: spartyfi

spartyfi — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:33:19 +0000

Txbuck….they literally do NOT have taxis where he was…Hickville part of Michigan.

By: TXBuckeye

TXBuckeye — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:17:48 +0000

@JDMP
You must have been top of your class in math.
Somehow in your mind 30day/$100k > 1 yr suspension/ multi-million dollar payout
Uh duh
It has never made any sense to me why someone who makes millions of dollars can’t comprehend the idea of having a taxi, or a limo even, to cart his drunk self back home.

By: spartyfi

spartyfi — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:35:14 +0000

Tom, change your name to Tyrone and the punishment will be removed. Blacks get away with murder, literally! I guess primates don’t know any better (over the top poster response).

By: Steve W.

Steve W. — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:59:15 +0000

Am I the only one who thinks it’s likely that Goodell and Lewand probably discussed the matter and came to an agreement on the punishment? The league has taken the stance that they can sanction players for violating the personal conduct policy even if there’s no arrest or conviction. It’s extremely rare that upper management personnel get punished (granted, they don’t get in trouble nearly as much), and everyone was waiting to see if the league would let one of their own slide. In fact, there were many people who predicted nothing much would come of the incident, and that the league was pretty much going to end up saying do as we say and not as we do. The only way to preserve the personal conduct policy as it is (which the league considers vitally important, and for good reason) is to demonstrate that no one is above the rules, no matter how influential they are. So, the league punished Lewand more severely than it would a player to demonstrate that the higher your status in the league, the greater your responsibility to protect the shield. In other words, Lewand took one for the team to keep the peace and preserve the league’s right to enforce the personal conduct policy the way it seems fit to.

By: MizzouRam

MizzouRam — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:26:00 +0000

People cry so much on this board its crazy. If this was a player everyone would be saying how “If I did that at my job I would be fired” blah blah blah
Its retarded. If you are white and don’t actually work with your hands that gives you a free pass here.
Bottom line, the guy should be held to a higher standard than the players becuz he is a team president. He got in trouble. Lesson learned.

By: CKL

CKL — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:46:46 +0000

# funi says: July 30, 2010 8:02 PM
Here we go, a president who is white gets 30 for DUI, Leroy Hill slaps wife and drugs gets 1 game, Ronnie Brown gets DUI and nothing? This is racial profiling against whites!
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Your former oline coach who is white sent porn to the entire NFL league office and received no punishment. They did “let” the black dude who coaches your team fire him though.
Also, isn’t Detroit the team that had the nude drive through guy? I guess Goodell doesn’t mind all the nudie related stuff.

By: cowboyssuck

cowboyssuck — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:12:08 +0000

Really impressive. Now, what about that a**hole Tom Cable. Shouldn’t a douche bag like that get more time for assault than this guy gets for admitted dui. Is Cable ever going to be punished? Just win baby.

By: ClownBurger

ClownBurger — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:59:47 +0000

Point Made.
I betcha he doesn’t do it again.

By: Marcinik07

Marcinik07 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:50:43 +0000

LOL

By: JDMP

JDMP — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:33:34 +0000

But Dante Stalworth gets less punishment

By: odds75to1

odds75to1 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:24:52 +0000

I don’t get this either players have been let off for doing worse….and screw you haters….I hope to God if your team plays us this year they look at them the same way you do and don’t prepare!

By: timegambit

timegambit — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:53:42 +0000

30 day suspension this close to camp.
Good luck making the squad Lewand.
And yes, I know he’s the president, but he was still the best athlete on that team!
Another season lost.

By: Chiefs2010

Chiefs2010 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:51:12 +0000

For a DWI???
yet they let jerkoffs play after killing people…
I understand it’s wrong, but 100K..
get fuked

By: ohmygato

ohmygato — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:46:30 +0000

I dont think you know what racial profiling even means funi.

By: OC Dave

OC Dave — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:44:40 +0000

Take it up at one of your KKK meetings funi & Wonka

By: numberfour

numberfour — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:35:33 +0000

the leonas should make him stay home forever. and they would improve.

By: Yuk0s

Yuk0s — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:34:53 +0000

The fine was much too harsh for the crime committed. NFL players charged recently with a DUI have not received a $100,000 fine. I don’t understand why a front office employee is being held to a higher standard.

By: Bradenton Buc

Bradenton Buc — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:14:49 +0000

He has a phone. Big deal

By: funi

funi — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:02:27 +0000

Here we go, a president who is white gets 30 for DUI, Leroy Hill slaps wife and drugs gets 1 game, Ronnie Brown gets DUI and nothing? This is racial profiling against whites!

By: whatthehellisgoingonoutthere

whatthehellisgoingonoutthere — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:01:24 +0000

Big deal. He’ll just be a stay at home worker for those 30 days doing his normal responsibilities.

By: footballisking

footballisking — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:57:56 +0000

another example of the god awful inconsistencies of the “personal conduct policy”

By: OJ SIMPSON

OJ SIMPSON — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:54:09 +0000

He should have been suspended afte that 0-16 Perfect season

By: Mikesmith917

Mikesmith917 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:49:54 +0000

this is bull$hit imo…Lewand is a WCF employee and is not under a nfl contract. A nfl owner fliped off the home town team durning a NFL game and got 250,000 dollar fine while the guy who writes the contracts for the lions commits a driving infraction (driving while drunk is a big deal but don’t flame me call your congressmen if you don’t like that it is just a infraction). Lewand isn’t some nfl rookie giving millions of dollars before he has played a snap. he is a collage grad with 3 degrees that has worked hard to get where he is at. Way to go GODell guy gets a 800 dollar fine and you turn it into 100,800 doesn’t really seem fair.

By: BigBear123

BigBear123 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:35:49 +0000

Should have just gotten into a bar fight, wwouldnt be penalized at all.

By: Spacemonkey

Spacemonkey — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:27:00 +0000

Mike, you forgot the last line of his letter:
“Boom. Roasted.”

By: FBGeek77

FBGeek77 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:26:47 +0000

"League observers closely have been, well, observing the manner in which the league office would handle the recent DUI arrest and guilty plea of Lions president Tom Lewand." Seriously? Are you absolutely sure, Florio, that you attended some institution of higher learning? Frankly, that sentence is such a travesty, it should be clapped in irons and paraded around the village so all the simple folk can laugh and point and throw vegetables at it.

By: TryTheVeal

TryTheVeal — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:24:11 +0000

He;s president of the freakin Lions. Does anyone really think him being gone for 30 days is going to doom the franchise?

By: LIONSNATION

LIONSNATION — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:20:31 +0000

Kind of harsh but they had to punish him if they are to punish players for misbehaving, I just hope it doesn’t take affect until Suh is signed

By: soberjoe

soberjoe — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:17:10 +0000

Fair enough I think. Gotta be tempting to have a cold one after receiving that letter…

By: Wonka

Wonka — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:15:33 +0000

Lesson learned here. Don’t get into trouble if you are a high profile white QB or a white front office guy. Even for no charges or a 1st offense you will be suspended much more harshly than a low profile black player would.
Nobody sees anything wrong with different treatment for different people????