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I honestly fail to understand why you do not see the double standard here. Actually I think it's ridiculous to hold NFL players to a higher standard than someone like Dershowitz. Dershowitz is a smart guy and has influence on things that are really meaningful. If anything Dershowitz should be held to a higher standard.
Why? The part you continually ignore is the NFL hold the players to a different standard than those in the legal profession. I am not arguing about which is better, just pointing out there are differences because different parties control these things. The process, and even conditions, to be suspended from the NFL is entirely different than dealing with someone in the legal profession for similar claims made against someone. It is almost like you are asking for public opinion to trump these things, only offering that they are "role models" (for the purposes of disclosure, Mildsteel made that claim in a different thread on this same subject.)
My real question to you is who should be making these universal standards on holding someone accountable to a profession before being found guilty of a crime?