Stephen A Smith, talking head of the ESPN network caused a real stir when he spoke about this last week....
he is a total jerk and apologist for RR - one of the female hosts on the channel took him to task about it and it prompted him to do a taped apology before his show.

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The team probably would have paid him to sit out one game........but they defer to the league to make the HUGE decisions regarding the big picture.

This was a fumble for the League.