What you need to know on Jameis Winston's suspension

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston is suspended three games to start the 2018 season for an incident that took place over two years ago. The NFL suspended Winston under its personal conduct policy -- a broad and nebulous framework that operates at the discretion of the commissioner and came under significant scrutiny last season while Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott was challenging it in federal court.

The Winston situation is a complex one. This isn't like a drug suspension, where specific penalties are laid out for specific offenses in a collectively bargained policy. This situation involves a lot of factors, ranging from the conduct cloud under which Winston…