So yesterday after I put up my fanshot on Brandon Marshall, many people provided links to his 7 domestic abuse charges. I won't lie, I thought it was one or two. I am fairly informed on the NFL, and I had no idea it was seven. That's ridiculously despicable. It eventually got me to thinking why is he still playing and we barely even hear about it? 

Now I think Michael Vick got exactly what he deserved, as did Pacman. But I do have to say, I don't think it's that large of a leap from Domestic Abuse to dog fighting. Vick's was worse, but 7 times, and some of them some very serious allegations, like the one that he took a brick to his girlfriend. A brick. That's... I don't even know a word. To go after a woman with a brick? And with Pacman...

... I think what Brandon Marshall has done is WAY worse, which other people have said on this site as well (I'm too lazy to find where, I just remember it being said). Pacman seems to just be an idiot, alcoholic, troubled street kid, whereas Brandon Marshall beats women. A lot. How is what Pacman has done worse?

This has been my problem with the NFL behavioral policy from the beginning. It's completely arbitrary and up to Roger Goodell. And frankly, I think it comes down to this: Whatever makes the NFL look bad and is harped on by the media, Goodell comes in and brings the hammer down. But if the media (for whatever reason) doesn't press it and it doesn't affect the image of the NFL on a large scale, it goes ignored. In many ways it's judged by your value to the NFL.

Brandon Marshall is a top 10 Receiver, at least in talent. He is a discussion in every fantasy league, and in Denver people loved him. In other words, he helped the image of the NFL, and due to the low profile his cases of domestic abuse took, he comes out as a plus in the plus/minus department of image in the NFL. Pacman, on the other hand, was a good punt returner, but his actions affected the team, got lots of press, and he quickly became the butt of many jokes on radio and on blogs. So, he's out. He's a big minus on the plus/minus NFL image scale.

To me that's total bullshit. The media could go a long way to remedy this. They did with the Michael Vick dog thing, they did with Pacman's transgressions, why are they ignoring Brandon Marshall and his propensity to beat women?

It wreaks of bullshit.