In the win over the Steelers, Ravens safety Ed Reed has gotten into trouble with the league. Reed was penalized for unnecessary roughness when he had a helmet-to-helmet hit with Emmanuel Sanders of the Steelers. That wasn't the only punishment that he got. As a result of that and a couple of hits to the head he made over the last couple of seasons, Ed Reed has been suspended for one game. It will cost him $423,529 and he will miss the game vs. the Chargers this weekend.
I thought improving things in the name of player safety in the NFL was a good thing but I believe it has gone a bit too far. I started to think this way when Bounty Gate started to drag on and on but this just seems to make me think the oversight on this issue is a joke. Ed Reed did not mean to make this kind of hit on Sanders if you bother to analyze the reply. The intent is just not there. The NFL just wants to make an example out of a high profile player to legitimize the league's authority. I'm not certain that this is the case in Bounty Gate but I'm starting to believe it is.
No matter how much we moan and groan about how unfair this the Ed Reed suspension is, Roger Goodell will not undo the suspension and he will not stop making unjust suspensions or fines. He will just escalate punishments further and make new rules all in the name of safety. That's what all tyrants and dictators do.
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