It's decision time commissioner.





Time and again NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has taken it upon himself to be judge, jury and executioner, and too often he has handed down punishments in which the severity was disproportional to the offense.





Now, Goodell is presented with yet another opportunity to reset the precedent for suspensions in the NFL because the Seahawks failed to list Richard Sherman's sprained MCL on the Injury Report.

The @NFL is now looking into the #Seahawks situation on Richard Sherman’s MCL, and Pete Carroll noting that he wasn’t on the Injury Report. — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 17, 2017

Coach Pete Carroll openly admitted he didn't know Sherman's injury was never listed, despite noting the star cornerback's frustrations in the second half of the season stemmed from the injury.

Pete Carroll Admits He ‘Screwed Up’ By Not Reporting Richard Sherman Injury https://t.co/SycebdQQPT pic.twitter.com/Oih6Hs7fnN — News Headquarter (@newshqtoday) January 17, 2017

This is an open and shut case for Goodell. A coach admitted an active player's injury wasn't reported under his supervision, thus putting the player's health in danger. There needs to be severe consequences like the loss of a first-round draft pick or a lengthy suspension for Carroll, especially with the tone the commissioner has set for punishments.





Goodell led an excessive year-long witch hunt in the Appeals Court to reverse Tom Brady's four-game suspension for Deflategate, meanwhile one year earlier he botched Ray Rice's original suspension of two games, a vastly underwhelming punishment for domestic abuse.





It's time for Goodell to own up to the precedent he's set and bring the hammer down on the Seahawks. If he doesn't, the NFL will continue to marinate in its own hypocrisy.