http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/04/pft-live-derrick-mason-heading-to-the-jets/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:56:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/04/pft-live-derrick-mason-heading-to-the-jets/#comment-1177479 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:25:30 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=145235#comment-1177479 Yes, it’s about the sliding scale of fame. The NFL doesn’t even attempt to hide that. If Goodell had suspended Underwood and Young following Roethlisberger, he could have made the argument that it was a new day in personal conduct enforcement. But he has carte blanche to do as he pleases, so why should he bother pretending to care about anything other than PR? The sad thing is that most PFT readers don’t get it because they’re too naive, too caught up in homerism, or living in the myth that only bad people get in trouble.

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