Per the NFL’s personal conduct policy, the 49ers only have one option when it comes to disciplining Reuben Foster, the gifted but problematic second-year linebacker who has been charged with domestic violence and assault weapon felonies for an incident that allegedly took place at his Bay Area home on Feb. 11.
But it’s a fine option. Not only would it work, it would hand-deliver a powerful message.
Waive him, pack his bags, eat the $9 million salary, tell him goodbye. All of which would demonstrate to 49ers fans – and not just the women – that you, too, are part of the movement, that your franchise is committed to cleaning up the mess, to ridding the clubhouse of Foster and the other bullies and batterers who have called Levi’s Stadium home for the better part of a decade.