Nah, you said it yourself you think he had "Some role in it".
You don't employ people who are involved with a murder.
And by releasing him i`m sure there is language in the contract where they save themselves a lot of money. He isn't a 40m investment at this point.
And definitely innocent until proven guilty, that's why he isn't being sentenced. But an employer isn't the court of law.
Listening to these media outlets it looked like the charge was going to be obstruction of justice, which meant (from my understanding I could be completely wrong here) he had part in the cover up of the murder but no actions in the actual murder itself.
The Falcons atleast waited until Vick was all but sentenced to prison before cutting ties, the Patriots look like they are just trying to avoid bad press more than anything. Even in Kobe's case his employers were willing to work with him and his legal issues, in both cases their bosses waited for some sort of conviction. Pro sports is a weird dynamic though with what is tolerated from a legal stand point.