Didn’t the league claim that “a pattern of bad behavior” was the reason for suspending Roethlisberger? And yet here they are, letting ol’ Brett off for his own pattern. Aren’t double standards fun?
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There ares no double standards. Ben raped at least one female. Brett never touched any. It is not proven whether he sent dick pics to Sterger. It is only proven he left her voice messages. The NFL is not responsible for that especially if Sterger’s camp couldn’t prove sexual harrassment. The last I heard voice messages are still legal in the US.

Now Deanna should take action being Favre is married to her.

If I were Sterger I would sue her lawyer and publicist. They have screwed her more than Brett even planned to.

Didn’t the league claim that “a pattern of bad behavior” was the reason for suspending Roethlisberger? And yet here they are, letting ol’ Brett off for his own pattern. Aren’t double standards fun?

Mike, as a lawyer, you know well that administrative proceedings like this one do not require criminal procedures, nor a criminal burden of proof. In fact, this is exactly the type of case of where a preponderance of the evidence should be utilized. In other words… if it walks like a duck, looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then is is a damn duck! Why are they acting like they need proof to match a capital offense, or to meet war crimes standards???

I swear the NFL is just making this crap up as it goes along, and doesn’t have the brass to take on a supposed living legend… they took the path of least resistance and I for one am sick of it. This is a sport that is tops in America and has the best potential product, yet fails miserably to create the policies and procedures to insure the integrity of that product. This is the case in player discipline, in fines for hits, and how the NFL handles officiating. All this league is concerned with is cash and using PR to keep its cash. I am very disappointed in the Commissioner and in the League.

Sorry Super, the league did not say that. They said that “forensic analysis could not establish that Favre sent the objectionable photographs to Sterger”. The League also said “nor was there anything to suggest that Sterger engaged in any inappropriate conduct,”. So if Sterger did nothing wrong we know some things are true (or else Sterger would have been called out for lying). She received the photos that she described. She received the photos from Favre’s phone. Either those 2 statements are true, or Sterger engaged in inappropriate conduct. So what the league couldn’t prove, was that Favre hit the send button to send the pics to Sterger.
Also learn the definition of “candid”. Not being candid does not mean stalling. It means one is not “honest; impartial, frank; outspoken; open and sincere”. I’m willing to bet Favre lied about his phone, and whether it was within reach of himself when the pics were sent.

wow, is there anything the jets organization WONT do???
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Yes, they won’t win the Super Bowl.

Whether Sterger welcomed Favre’s advances or not isn’t the issue here. The issue is that a 40-something, married, high profile man with kids who is supposed to be a role model sent pics of his dick to at least one person and who knows how many others? It’s a BIG DEAL…the sending of pics…not his dick, which isn’t.

The NFL is a joke for the puny slap on the wrist for this. The NFL has proven beyond a doubt that it plays favorites with players. If Joe “down and dirty” Lineman did this…he’d be missing AT LEAST 4 games if not an entire season.
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Actually it is totally the issue, and not the only issue.

The NFL said it is not their interest to pursue peoples personal lives and did not have a policy to control such moral actions. Because Brett is married with kids is completely irrelevant to anything that took place. How would you like it if your boss suspended you because you banged a woman in a bars bathroom? I’d sue in a heartbeat! None of their damn business if she was an employee or not unless they have a specific policy prohibiting such behavior. The NFL did not…end of story!

Forensic analysis failed to establish that Favre sent the objectionable photographs to Sterger, the league said.

Favre’s punishment stems from Goodell’s determination that he was “not candid in several respects during the investigation resulting in a longer review and additional negative public attention for Favre, Sterger and the NFL,” the league said. The commissioner also told Favre that if he had found a violation of the league’s workplace conduct policies, he would have imposed a “substantially higher level of discipline.”

The NFL said its sole focus was on whether Favre violated workplace conduct policy, not to “make judgments about the appropriateness of personal relationships.” ”

Ok zaggs and dkinphx. The NFL has officialy said he did nothing. So there. Debate it all you want. But as far as we know. They could not prove anything. The NFL said Favre was stalling, not that he lied.

No matter what, this story is over. I’m glad and so should you.

The NFL is a joke for the puny slap on the wrist for this. The NFL has proven beyond a doubt that it plays favorites with players. If Joe “down and dirty” Lineman did this…he’d be missing AT LEAST 4 games if not an entire season.

But Favre?
NFL:”Brettie, just grab a bit of cash out of the cookie jar and send it to us so it looks good”.

As for THIS in the article:
“who cares if a Jets employee gave Sterger’s number to Favre?”

That is an idiot talking. Expect an apology for saying this. One wonders what the author would say if a Vikings employee had given Favre’s number out to somebody. Would the author feel the same…no big deal? Or is Favre simply more important in this story than the bimbo?

Finally, all you Favre jock sniffers are pathetic. Pack you Favre kneepads and go camp out on his door and leave football to REAL men.

It’s been a one sided “he did this” soap opera. I don’t believe for a second Sterger is innocent.

yawn

As far as the fine, I am confused how they could fine him if they can’t prove anything. They can’t just fine someone just because they BELIEVE he lied. Unless, he just said I don’t want to discuss it (most likely what happened)…in which case, that’s his right.

Either way, Farve’s a STUD!!!

But, Mike, I disagree with your comment about her coworkers. It’s one thing if a friend with whom she happened to work passed along her phone number to Favre, assuming she’d be okay with that. But if an HR employee passed along confidential contact info from her personnel files, that’s a problem no matter what the employee thought Favre would do with the number. Teams need to be sure employees are cautioned against giving out private information on other employees, which could leave the company liable in a harassment suit.