His banishment is culturally interesting, is it not?
The NFL finds forgiveness in its heart for drug abusers, sexual abusers, alcoholics, adulterers, and the occasional wife beater, not to mention those who cheat at football in various ways.
But here's a player, obviously talented enough to be on the roster of any team, and probably fit enough to be on the field within a week or two of signing. We have a flurry of injured quarterbacks, such that some teams are interviewing Uber drivers for roster spots.
And Kapaernik has become a pariah for verbally and physically expressing an opinion that is quite common in the league, but unpopular to the fan base.
This sort of thing occasionally happens in "Hollywood," and certainly in the newsroom of many networks, but I can't think of many examples like this in Sports.
Is the Barry Bonds case similar? Bonds could have played another year or two, but was left out.