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Vanderbilt University Law School

2008

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Sentencing Guidelines For The Court Of Public Opinion: An Analysis Of The National Football League's Revised Personal Conduct Policy, Michael A. Mahone Jr. Jan 2008

Sentencing Guidelines For The Court Of Public Opinion: An Analysis Of The National Football League's Revised Personal Conduct Policy, Michael A. Mahone Jr.

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

The National Football League (NFL) is considered to be the premier professional sports league in the United States, if not the world. In order to maintain that prominence, it is necessary for the NFL to address circumstances that may arise periodically that could have a deleterious effect on league revenues. Throughout the history of the NFL, initiatives taken to safeguard its continued prosperity have been within the province of the NFL Commissioner. The behavior of NFL players, whether on the playing field or in their personal lives, presents one such threat to the league's financial success. In the area of …