Many people around the NFL are frustrated with the NFL with the way they handled the situation involving Giants K Josh Brown.
San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Torrey Smith is one of those people and he took to Twitter to voice his displeasure.
Celebrating a TD will get you fined but being an abuser can keep the checks coming in ??
— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) October 21, 2016
Me tweeting that could get me fined but if I slapped my wife and no one saw it on camera I would be straight smh
— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) October 21, 2016
Gotta start taking the things that are important serious….and be consistent with the investigation and punishment
— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) October 21, 2016
It’s disrespectful to the good men in the league that handle themselves the right way…you get punished for having fun but JB can get paid
— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) October 21, 2016
As a person who witnessed DV growing up I don’t understand how a man can do it…I may think his actions are a joke but the guy needs help
— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) October 21, 2016
I hope he gets all of the help he needs while cashing checks every week
— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) October 21, 2016
No system is perfect but ours clearly needs some changes…..just like our country does
— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) October 21, 2016
With all that I said I’m also a believer in not throwing people away…dude needs to get help…and men need to do more to change things
— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) October 21, 2016
Torrey Smith, who was teammates with former Ravens running back Ray Rice, was asked by a Twitter user who completely missed Smith’s point about Rice, and Smith responded:
I’m very consistent…never supported his actions and said it was bs…but I support the help he needed to get even if it was a 1x thing https://t.co/NJLMV34RZ6
— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) October 21, 2016
It’s very clear that the NFL really doesn’t know what it’s doing. They will go to any lengths to make sure Tom Brady is suspended for 4 games for the bogus “Deflate Gate” saga because they “suspected” that Brady was involved without any hard evidence.
This year, they’ve put an emphasis on Unsportsmanlike Conduct penalties, fining players for stuff that really isn’t unsportsmanlike. Look no further than Brown’s team.
The NFL fined Odell Beckham Jr. roughly $25,000 for taking his helmet off after Beckham scored the game winning 66-yard TD vs Ravens. On the same day, the NFL placed Josh Brown, an admitted domestic abuser on the Commissioner Exempt List, guaranteeing him his salary for the remainder of his season as the NFL continues to to clean up after yet another disaster of investigation into Domestic Violence.
Hard not to understand the players’ anger when it comes to the league and their inconsistencies when they claim their goal is to be as consistent as possible.
