Jets wide receiver Robby Anderson has resolved the final charge from a January arrest in South Florida.
Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports Anthony Beauvillier Jersey , via Anderson’s lawyer, that the wideout pleaded no contest to a reckless driving charge on Wednesday. He was sentenced to six months of “non-reporting probation” and Garafolo adds that the NFL’s review of the incident under the Personal Conduct Policy is ongoing.
Anderson was arrested after being clocked at 105 mph in a 45 mph zone. He was initially charged with felonies, including harming a public servant or public servant’s family, but they were dismissed and only the misdemeanor reckless driving charge remained on the docket.
Anderson also had a felony charge of resisting arrest from a 2017 arrest dropped this offseason.
With Browns linebacker Mychal Kendricks admitting to insider trading and planning to plead guilty to it, many assume that the NFL will find a way to keep Kendricks off the field until he’s sentenced. And the Commissioner Exempt List provides cover for putting a player on paid leave Ryan O'Reilly Jersey , keeping him off the field, keeping him paid, and neutralizing a potential P.R. problem.
But there’s a practical problem in this specific case. The Commissioner Exempt List applies to crimes of violence, not financial crimes. For insider trading, the league has no instantly-available procedure for yanking a player away from the fray while still paying him Alex Tuch Jersey Kids , until the criminal process and/or the league’s internal procedures have resolved.
Sure, the league can try to strong-arm Kendricks into voluntarily taking paid leave, perhaps with the not-so-subtle suggestion that he can either be paid to not play or not be paid to not play. But would the Browns, owned by a truck-stop mogul whose company defrauded customers and paid millions to resolve the situation, get sanctimonious when it comes to a low-level insider trading caper with no real victim?
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All in all, it’s a very, very strange spot for the league, the Browns, and Kendricks. As the player awaits eventual sentencing Patric Hornqvist Jersey , there’s nothing that keeps him from playing other than the league’s oft-cockeyed concerns with public relations. Maybe Kendricks isn’t a big enough player and the Browns aren’t a big enough team to cause the NFL to fracture a rule or two in order to find a way to keep Kendricks from playing.
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