Well, here is my take: We did do the right thing last yr with Aldon on gun charges (only in CA, not AZ ), discharging firearms, and DUIs (plural). Also the fiasco in the LAX terminal, which NOBODY knows what the hell happened, except that a couple TSA agents got exercised over something aldon said. But he sure as hell didn't say "I Have a bomb"...or they would have carted him off to jail. You ever have a run in with TSA? Man I sure have, and I was just minding my own business. This charge was later found to have no merit.
Back up to last yr, when aldon hit a tree and had DUI, he or the team voluntarily placed him in rehab, on their own. He got counseling, hopefully wised up some, and voluntarily missed 5 games in rehab. Ok, fast forward to Ray rice incident, and he gets two weeks for a pretty obvious wife beating, except goodell either didn't see the elevator films or just said he didn't. Doesn't matter really, because if he missed them he is a fool, and if he saw them, he should have suspended rice. Well, he didn't and gave rice a 2 gamer. Aldon is next up and goodell brings down the hammer...9 GAME SUSPENSION...nobody hurt, just stupid immature stuff, nobody got beaten up, nothing. AND NINE GAMES. To most of us that was a make up call on screwing up on the Rice [/i]call. Then TMZ out of nowhere gets the same tape in NFL hands, and shows it as a wife beating. Rice expelled.
Meantime, the 49ers already have had a big dose of Goodell and fairness with the aldon 9 gamer. Aldon did penance, rehab and the team was there to ensure it. Result from goodell? Max penalty, 9 more games...with no credit for 5 games already served, including time in rehab. Well, tell you what Timbo and San Jose Merc...we have seen the "fairness of goodell" and [i]what happens if you do the right thing with an errant child[i]. You get penalized for it. So to hell with keeping Ray Mac out until somebody produces a video or photo or whatever that proves he did whatever he was accused of. Until then, the 49ers handle their own guys, and screw Goodell and his imperfect sense of justice. IF the law says Mac is guilty, ok, he goes. But until then, we don't or shouldn't feel bad about keeping him playing...because the commish has proven his inability to get misbehavior or criminal actions right. In fact , he seemingly is one the wrong side of all the big cases...until the TMZ vid today(or last nite). Finally, he got that one right, but he sure didn't do it on his own. On his own he let Rice walk with a tiny two gamer.
So Tim and SJMerc, take your editorials and you know what you can do with them. Big Mac plays until such time that it is proven he has done wrong. You guys got way ahead of yourselves, and forgot about being innocent until proven guilty. As far as doing proactive stuff that will show good intent...forget it. Commish doesn't know have any sense of fairness and has proven it 3 times in 2 days. You know who should go? Why don't you start with goodell for starters. Let Big Mac's situation play out. The 49ers will take whatever action is necessary and need no help from the Merc nor Tim.
[ Edited by pasodoc9er on Sep 9, 2014 at 4:46 PM ]