Uhhhhhhh. My question is 'what were they thinking?' when they started that process.

I get it, nobody likes the NFL because the commissioner does it all including hearing appeals but this is pretty ludicrous.

Who doesn't know that it is time to get that level of goonishment (new word) out of the game?

There also should be a clause in the suspension that makes the hitter miss more than x (20) if the other player does. What about a slash that takes out a knee? See you both next season.