I always thought it was messed up to advocate hasher punishment for something that doesn't affect or involve you.
These media talking toss around ideas like "fire him, fine him, suspend him" etc too loosely. I bet if the NFL or NBA started attributed those punished to the specifc media member who advocated for it. they would be less willing to do it.
Be on some , Based on the recommendation from Steven A Smith that NFL has decided to suspend this player for life. Now Steven has to live with the fact that he personally got what he wanted. and the player has him to blame. Would they be willing to advocate for shyt like that if they had to be the bad guy? If they had the swing the axe? I doubt it