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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
What makes you believe you have a right to that information? The league doesn't have to make their process in these sensitive situations transparent to you.
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If they are doing this on the grounds of morality in an attempt to take a stand against this sort of behaviour, maybe it's important that they do. They would be attempting to carry out a similar aim to the state when imposing criminal law, insofar as they are imposing a punishment for immoral behaviour. Those proceedings are generally, with some caveats, a part of the public record, and had this case proceeded to trial it likely would have been open to the public. I get that there is definitely a difference because you don't have the element of the exercise of state power, but if the point is to bring attention to it as the serious issue that it is, the league could boost its credibility in the decision making process by being more transparent. Transparency is not just a question of finding determining if a penalty excessive, but very well could be a question of whether the league was too lenient. Based on the NHLs general track record on suspensions that is what I would be concerned about.