On the other hand, Article 46 (page 204) does not seem to limit the commissioner in any way in terms of coming to a decision. Those limitations need to have been negotiated and agreed upon. Nice job by the union. /s
ESPN had their legal analyst on PTI yesterday and they asked him about that. He brought up an interesting point. 99% of the players never get in any trouble with league rules and never face any sanctions from the Commish, subsequently 99% of the players don’t give a damn what kind of punishment power he has.