Crime and punishment in the NFL

OK.  Brett Favre, while a member of the New York Jets, allegedly sent unsolcitied dirty pictures to a female coworker and left creepy voicemails inviting her to his hotel room.  To me, whether or not he sent this pictures and left these voicemails is very simple to prove/disprove.  So why has this story taken so long to break?  Why has ESPN, a network which new about it months ago, tried so hard to sweep it under the rug?  But when Ben Roethlisberger is accused of sexual assault, nearly all programming at said network is devoted towards coverage of Mr. Roethlisberger.  Let me make this clear in case you have forgotten: Ben Roethlisberger was never arrested or charged with a crime.  The police in Georgia decided there wasn't sufficient evidence to prosecute (persecute?) Ben.  Charges or no charges Ben sat out the first four games of the season for violating the NFL's code of conduct.  How many of you believe Brett Favre will see a suspension for his creepy old man antics?  It wouldn't be shocking to me if he was given a free pass (no pun intended) on this one.  After all we all watched so many amazing performances from Favre, especially the Monday night game the day following his father's death.  Yes, the entire country was moved by it.  However, being a legend doesn't put you above the rules.  Now, it seems there is hard (no pun intended) evidence (OK, the pun was intended.) Brett did was he is accused of doing.  Shouldn't sending unsolicited lewd pictures to a coworker be a violation of the NFL's code of conduct?  Doesn't Favre deserve at least a two-game suspension for these pictures and voicemails?  Yes I do believe his wife will lay down her own punishment, but Roger Goodell and the NFL must also lay down theirs.  Or else it makes them out to be hypocrites.