Bears great Mike Ditka, meanwhile, called the comments "gutless."
"If you didn't do anything while you were running the team, then shut up. Don't live in the past," Ditka told the "Waddle & Silvy" radio show on ESPN 1000.
Even if Angelo is exaggerating, even for those convicted of domestic violence before the Ray Rice incident, the average suspension was 1.8 games. The league didn't care about the issue, really. That's not a judgement on them, but just a statement of fact.
How long does the average non-NFL employee get suspended from work for domestic violence, I wonder?
Then Trestman is asked about it and he said Phil handles all the complaints about domestic abuse cases we have, then catches himself and says, but we havent had any yet.
The reporter said it was all verbatum quotes from a recorded interview, not taken out of context.