Courtesy – Jim Carrey.

To all the i-d-i-o-t-s, who say just suspend him, think of it like this: You are now, hereby, fined $1000 by any employer you previously worked for, but are not working for now. You will also have to stay home from work for three weeks, and not get paid.

How many of you would agree to that?

Yes, the guy is a d-o-u-c-h-e, but the NFL and the NFLPA had NO LEGAL STANDING at the time of the infraction. What is so hard to understand about that?
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Benson was not unemployed. His current employer is his old employer. If he had decided to become a truck driver and goodell somehow found a way to dock Benson’s truck driving pay, then you may have a point. That is not the case.

The NFL and NFLPA do have legal standing. He was part of the union that was in the middle of a labor conflict with management. Players get suspended for off the field infractions all the time. Even ones that happen during the offseason where they aren’t receiving game checks.

The only issue he may have a case is with the NFLPA. That letter looks bad for them, not the NFL.

How many of you would agree to that?

Yes, the guy is a d-o-u-c-h-e, but the NFL and the NFLPA had NO LEGAL STANDING at the time of the infraction. What is so hard to understand about that?

Is Benson an idiot for getting arrested again? Yes. I’ll leave the debate of “should” he be suspended to those who understand contractual law better than me. My thing is: it doesn’t really matter. Long term and big picture, the Bengals biggest problem is their management.

When confronted with the possibility of losing Benson, who do they consider as a potential replacement? Answer: Larry Johnson. Larry makes Ced look like a choir boy.

Just another rearrangement of chairs on the Titantic.

Years ago now, a very limited subgroup of the people caught taking Bumetinide were suspended after they found out it was an unlisted ingredient in Starcaps… AFTER the NFL was specifically asked about that particular supplement and said it was safe. The situation went to court and was drug out for years before the men — who were guilty but were truly NOT at fault — were finally suspended.

Now, a very limited subgroup of the people who committed illegal, embarrassing, or otherwise stupid actions during the lockout are being suspended or threatened with it. This despite the fact that the NFL was directly responsible (even if, at least in some people’s eyes, also justified) for creating the situation that should legally give them no right to suspend them. And it’s going to court.

Anybody want to bet on how many years before Benson — though guilty — finally gets suspended?

That is why he is suing both the NFL and NFLPA. They both bargained in bad faith by allowing 8 members to be hung out to dry in a side deal. He has a good case, whether suspended or not, to get his money from one of the two.

anyhow…the Bills kept Charles and McFadden under 100 yds ..this guy isn’t even on the same planet as those two..

Let’s Go Buffalo!!

Like most federal agencies (NLRB)They are awful to deal with.

The NFL would be wise to drop Bensons suspension. What a hot mess.

Live with it Cedric, and serve the suspension you “earned”.

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The NLRB is a joke. They never did rule on the issue of whether the union was really a union. Nor did it seem likely that they would issue a ruling, ever.

Two things work against him. First, technically he was still an employee, he was never unemployed. Second, the union of which he is a part of, agreed that the league could punish benson, per the letter.

On the plus side for him, he could delay this for years (ie. starcaps) and be out of the league and not subject to discipline before this is resolved.

I thought the new CBA was supposed to stop the players from running all over creation crying momma to any federal body that will listen to them everytime a ruling doesn’t go their way?

Despite the fact that the Bengals need to distance themselves from this slightly better than average running back…

Despite anything else, the fact of the matter is that while there was no contract, Benson was not employed by the NFL and cannot be punished by them while he was neither part of the union or the NFL…it seems pretty open and shut to me.

Should he be suspended for something that happened when he was not employed by the team or the league? Of course not.