What About Little?

Funny how Peter King doesn't mention the punishment (or non-punishment) of another NFL player who was under contract and killed a person in much the same fashion for which Donte Stallworth is being slapped on the wrist...Leonard Little.

"Stallworth was under contract to an NFL team and took a man's life, and Goodell suspended him indefinitely. I don't see the problem there. The three players you've mentioned are not under contract to any NFL teams now, so Goodell isn't under pressure to make any speedy decisions, particularly on Michael Vick or Plaxico Burress. I would anticipate both would get sanctions, and Burress could be suspended for between four and eight games."

So a NY felony that's a mandatory five year prison term is only an 8 game suspension in the NFL? The Donte Stallworth issue poses big problems for the commissioner and the pending decision on Michael Vick's status. Does Goodell really want the league to be seen as imposing harsher penalties on jerks who have scrums over duffel bags of money in strip clubs or overseeing a dog fighting ring (and killling dogs) than a player convicted of manslaughter?