FinSaint

The Star Caps was a completely different type of a case, and the reason why it took so long for the punishments to be finally served and why the appeal process took so long is that it was all about the interpretation of letter of law - in this case the the substance abuse rules of the NFL.

They had to determine whether or not the ingredients in the Star Caps product were on the list of prohibited substances, which is more difficult in practice than just looking at the list to see if the main components appear on the prohibited substances list - at least that is my understanding and I do not have a degree in chemistry, so I don't know how they in the end it all worked out.

I think this Bountygate thing should be more cut & dry when it comes to which players were guilty of having been involved in the PFP program, either contributing to or getting funds from the pool - that is if the league has concrete evidence of such behavior against any players. The more difficult thing is probably determining the type and level of potential punishments the league wants to hand out and to what degree i.e. do they want to punish everyone or just the "ring leaders?"

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