Grown men with families who risk brain damage and paralysis every game get treated like children, disrespected, and are often punished for minor things like smoking weed and missing curfew by coaches who get paid millions to read plays off a clip board. The NFL needs to stop with this moral high ground nonsense and subjective punishment. These dudes are pro athletes not choir boys or politicians. The MAGA crowd says keep politics out of sports, but politics are injected into sports when commissioners, coaches, the general public, etc. punish players for non-criminal behavior. Bellichick may have negatively impacted Butler's future earning potential with this move. All prob because Butler didn't follow the so-called Patriot way this season. They wouldn't have beat SEA without Butler, now he's expendable. This is exactly why pro athletes shouldn't have any loyalty for these franchises. Get your money and get out of the game. I don't blame Gronk for considering retiring early.