Although the Giants and the lawyer for running back Ahmad Bradshaw have taken great pains to point out that Bradshaw’s current incarceration is the result of no new incident, the National Football League isn’t inclined to accept the explanation at face value.

According to the New York Daily News, the league is looking into whether Bradshaw is subject to discipline under the Personal Conduct Policy.

Bradshaw reportedly has been jailed due to a probation violation.  The conduct that triggered the violation is unknown.

Even if Bradshaw’s violation arose from otherwise lawful behavior, the league should rightly be concerned about any conduct that results in a player being tossed in jail for a month.  Perhaps the Personal Conduct Policy should be expanded to include probation violations.

Arguably, the Personal Conduct Policy already is sufficiently broad to encompass incarcerations resulting from probation violations.  The categories for which players can run afoul of the policy include “[c]onduct that undermines or puts at risk the integrity and reputation of the NFL, NFL clubs, or NFL players.”

And since the Collective Bargaining Agreement gives the Commissioner full authority to impose discipline, and to review any discipline that he imposed, the Commissioner can lower the boom on Bradshaw, if the Commissioner so chooses.