Actually, that minimum has to be 6 PLUS. We don’t even know what the PLUS is…
It’s the six games…PLUS he choked the woman…PLUS she is pregnant. We don’t know how much those escalators (for lack of a better word, I just used contract language. It’s harsh, but works in context and I’m sorry for that) will add. Will it double the suspension to 12 games? Will it treble them in essence turning into a season ban? Will each “only” be worth an additional game?
I bet each escalator will be significant, much like “aggravated” significantly augments penalties in the legal system… like how there’s assault and aggravated assault.
That, coupled with the fact that the ink isn’t even dry on the Commissioner’s letter and I expect that with all eyes on Roger Goodell, he’s going to fall on Ray McDonald like a ELE comet (Extinction Level Event). The kind that they don’t even measure in megatons because the numbers are too big… they use gigatons or petatons… or just… we all gonna DIE.
Sports is the crucible of human virtue. The distillate remains are human vice.