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Giants Brass Receives Scrutiny For Staying Silent Amid Josh Brown Suspension

The NFL last week suspended Giants K Josh Brown for the first game of the season over an alleged domestic violence incident, but President & CEO John Mara and Senior VP & GM Jerry Reese still "have not commented" on the suspension, "related incidents and the team's re-signing of the veteran kicker," according to Pat Leonard of the N.Y. DAILY NEWS. Leonard: "More importantly, they have not acted. They are still employing him, and they seemingly feel no need to explain why, despite allegations of 20 incidents of domestic violence in Brown's history" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 8/22). On Long Island, Bob Glauber wrote this is a "complicated situation, and the controversy that has developed might be more than the Giants had expected." The Giants are "not the type of organization that would risk its widely acclaimed reputation on a 37-year-old kicker, and Brown's continued presence on the team could create enough of a distraction to prompt the team to decide to move on from him and eliminate controversy" (NEWSDAY, 8/21). ESPN N.Y.'s Jordan Raanan noted the Giants' decision to keep Brown "has positioned them in negative light, regardless of whether any of the allegations" are true. Domestic violence is a "serious and sensitive issue," and the Giants "could've prevented it from hovering over the start" of their '16 season by simply finding a new kicker this offseason (ESPNNY.com, 8/20). In N.Y., Gary Myers wondered why the Giants would "want to be associated" with Brown. He is a 37-year-old "replaceable part." This makes the Giants "look bad," and the story "will have legs and carry over into the regular season unless the Giants cut him now" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 8/21). 

NOT HARSH ENOUGH: PRO FOOTBALL TALK's Mike Florio wrote whatever the "reasoning for opting for one game instead of six, the NFL hasn't articulated it, bolstering the lingering perception of a seat-of-the-pants, case-by-case, do-what-we-want approach to violations of the Personal Conduct Policy." The Brown case has a "troubling lack of transparency." The Giants and the NFL "concealed the situation, even though the arrest was a matter of public record, for more than a year." The Giants "re-signed Brown, even though they knew about the arrest" (PROFOOTBALLTALK.com, 8/20). YAHOO SPORTS' Shalise Manza Young wrote the Giants are "proving again that both the league and most of its teams are all talk when it comes to violence against women and children at the hands of their players" (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 8/19). SNY's Marc Malusis said the Giants "can't play him, the Giants can't have him represent their organization" ("Loud Mouths," SNY, 8/19). ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert noted the new NFL domestic violence policy states "first-time offenders will receive 'consideration given to mitigating factors.'" However, the NFL has adopted a policy that is "more elastic" and more "cognizant of reality." It requires more "subjective judgment from league administrators, and thus more room to question the final decision, but it is most certainly not the blanket approach it appeared to be when first revealed" (ESPN.com, 8/19).

BROKEN PROMISES
: In N.Y., Mike Lupica wrote there is a sense that the "owners are happy" with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell because he "keeps making the owners all this money." Lupica: "There has been no commissioner in modern memory who has gone out of his way to set up this kind of adversary relationship with the only ones who matter in his league, which means the ones who play the game." He keeps "saying he is protecting the league's shield." But he has "done more damage to it" than Steelers LB James Harrison or Packers LBs Clay Matthews and Julius Peppers, or free agent Mike Neal "ever will." Goodell "doesn't think that constantly strong-arming talent this way won't eventually cost him his job." But it is "one more thing" about which Goodell "is dead wrong" (N.Y DAILY NEWS, 8/21). ESPN's Israel Gutierrez said of the NFL, "It almost feels like they kind of wished it would have just gone away because he's just a kicker and nobody wants to pay attention to him" ("The Sports Reporters," ESPN, 8/21).

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