If you were comishiner of the nfl..

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Originally Posted by jledou

No he hasn't been convicted but this is pretty hard against him.

"A breath test showed Edwards had a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit after he was stopped on Manhattan's West Side around 5 a.m. Tuesday, prosecutors said. Chief police spokesman Paul Browne said officers on the lookout for such violations as overly tinted windows stopped Edwards because his Land Rover's windows were too dark and then noticed a strong smell of alcohol."

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...#ixzz10lG31ySc

No doubt, but there's a process the NFL follows, and until he's convicted of an offense, there's really nothing they can do. As I understand it, there are two possible scenarios:

1. He's proven guilty and this earns him automatic entrance into the league's substance abuse program. If this is first offense, there will be no suspension. Second offense, and he gets a 4-game ban. There's no wiggle room here as it's a collectively bargained procedure.

2. Charges are dropped or reduced. This where the commish has some flexibility because he can suspend Edwards for conduct detrimental to the league a la Rapist-berger.

The f'd up thing in all this is that Edwards makes out better (at least in terms of a suspension) if he's convicted.