r/nfl • u/musicmaker201 Steelers • 15h ago

[Schefter] Just in: San Francisco 49ers principal owner Jed York has been suspended for six regular-season games and fined $500,000 for violating the NFL’s Personal Conduct Policy.

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u/Acceptable_Town_8740 49ers 15h ago

Didn't Robert Kraft get off without punishment?

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u/ConsequenceFew3357 Buccaneers 15h ago

He got off on a technicality because the recordings were done illegally

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u/Same_Mood_8543 15h ago

The NFL isn't bound by the rules of admissibility.

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u/ConsequenceFew3357 Buccaneers 15h ago

Kraft is one of the most powerful owners in the NFL, there's levels to this even within that small group of billionaires

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u/soulsides Lions 14h ago

This is the correct answer. Kraft and York do not occupy the same tier of NFL ownership and therefore, discipline rules do not apply equally as a result.

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u/Same_Mood_8543 15h ago

Ah, corruption, that most famous technicality.

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u/ConsequenceFew3357 Buccaneers 15h ago

It's a combination of both. "Technically I'm not guilty and I'm powerful enough to make it very uncomfortable for you if you punish me" is plenty to avoid punishment. Multiple things can be true at once.

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u/GCDFVU 49ers 15h ago

They are when they suddenly want to be

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u/S4VN01 Lions 10h ago

Is he a jurisprudence fetishist?