There are precedent setting legal decisions
IMO, that is part of the rationale of having an independent process
To set precedent

The judge fumbled IMO
MIA owner got the same suspension...for tampering...
Obviously those are not equal
and, IMO, part of the necessity of having this independent procedure...is to set precedent when required.

Is there an employer in this country that wouldn't have fired their employee by now, in the real world...?

Some of the replies in these threads make it sound like Deshaun is the victim
That he is not.