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My biggest issue with this fricking ordeal...

Posted on 5/3/12 at 8:55 am
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 5/3/12 at 8:55 am
Besides the lack of evidence presented by the commissioner and the lack of relationship/trust he's building with the fans and players union is the fact that from the get go, it's seemed as though Roger Goodell wanted to draw a line in the sand between the difference of a pay to injure program and a pay for performance program.

All kinds of players and coaches have admitted to "pay for performance" programs across the NFL within various clubs and years in the past yet the NFL had zero intentions of ever investigating. Oh, this is about we were told to stop... child please, it's been warned the whole league was warned about this and its still been happening.

Yet there is something more mythical about what the saints were doing because of locker room vocabulary or lingo. I mean, pay for knockouts... that's so different from a "cart off"... i mean paying to fricking sack a qb... that's laying the qb out more often than not and you do it at your up most strongest ability possible. It's called fricking football. Our "conduct" in the locker room did not translate to any more illegal on the field activity than any other club. I don't know what demonstrates intentions more so than their own damn conduct.

And also the NFL has had zero intentions in trying to get the story from all angles. How do you penalize vilma more so because he's a "leader", what the subjective donkey shite is that? And everyone in their momma knows Goodell is wanting to make examples of individuals... i'm sorry, when was that acceptable as fair treatment. It's okay if you unfairly excessively penalize an individual as long as its know you were just wanting to make an example of him.

I'm kind of more fired up about this than ever before because of the strong denials from the players. It's pretty evident that the denials from the players are jumping on the same line in the sand that the NFL differentiated from the get go... Pay for Performance vs Pay for Injury. It's all fricking gray area that Goodell wanted to distinctly differentiate for a very convenient personal motivation that only benefits the NFL as a business, not the NFL the employees.

frick you Roger and Eat a dick.
Posted by Beauw
Blanchard
Member since Sep 2007
3502 posts
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:00 am to
Well said.
Posted by bsmi154
New Orleans, Louisiana
Member since Oct 2011
193 posts
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:04 am to
bitches be trippin
Posted by Patrick O Rly
y u do dis?
Member since Aug 2011
41187 posts
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:10 am to
That's kind of how I feel.

We've seen the recent rule changes, all supposedly in the name of player safety. Goodell could really give two shits about that. You don't scream player safety and then try to get them to play more games per year, and thus exposing them to more trauma and shortening their careers.

This is about trying to position themselves for the coming lawsuits. They have former players suffering from depression, dying early, sometimes from suicide.



Posted by MoreOrLes
Member since Nov 2008
19472 posts
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:11 am to
I couldlnt agree more.


I was listening to that Moron, SCoot on 870 yesterday. He thinks there is proof and thinks we all need to accept this and move on. i think he must need ratings because lord knows he sucks.
Posted by lsufanguy
Member since Apr 2012
181 posts
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:11 am to
Feel like I should donate money to that post! Well said!
Posted by blueslover
deeper than deep south
Member since Sep 2007
22792 posts
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:19 am to
good stuff chad

Goodell and the NFL remind me of a lot of what I think is going wrong with the world... The bullshite factor in this country is multiplying exponentially. It seems more n more people are concerned with political correctness over common sense and speaking straight forwardly. In every facet of life I see increasing covering your arse mentality pushing direct decisions and actions to the rear.

All of that applies here. It's as if it is all a political bullshite game. Most everyone understands the underlying common sense reality. Yet you wouldn't know it if your knowledge came from the biggest news sources. Few have the courage to stand up and speak their mind. It's more popular to find the hottest sensationalistic hot button. It's easier to toe the line with the other lemmings.

This too shall pass.
Posted by Shalimar Sid
Member since Feb 2005
9245 posts
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:27 am to
Nicely put. RG will need bodyguards upon entrance to New Orleans.
Posted by liquid rabbit
Boxtard BPB®© emeritus
Member since Mar 2006
60265 posts
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:29 am to
The only things that might change it are competition, which is non-existent for the NFL, or the owners banning together and realizing that Goodell's watered-down concept of football is going to cost them money.
Posted by jacks40
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2007
11877 posts
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:29 am to
Well said I agree with everything... I assume cause way to early to read all that
Posted by Bushido Brown
Irving, TX.
Member since Feb 2009
75 posts
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:30 am to
A lot are also missing the fact that for the "bounty" plan to work it would have to be a CLEAN hit!...If they played dirty, and hit in an illegal way and someone was carted off, the fine and suspension would be WAY more than the benefit to the team or amount of the "bounty".
The little bitchmade kicker from the people in Minnesota(frick saying their team's name), was saying how Troutmouf goodell(his name deserves no capitalization) would not have suspended anyone without proof, and that the reason he won't show proof is because it might be more than people want to see or hear...I mean really? How frickin clueless and stupid can this dude, and others who are taking the commissioner at his word be?
Just show some kind of evidence roger robot, or back the frick off.
Posted by Mouth
Member since Jan 2008
20969 posts
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:32 am to
nice chad.

also. why is it so hard for other fans and media outlets to understand this same realization?
Posted by Breesus
House of the Rising Sun
Member since Jan 2010
66982 posts
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:32 am to
I got a new job. Can't post on TD much unless I'm on break and on my phone. I'm not happy about it. I almost TL;DR this post. Glad I didn't.
Posted by JasonL79
Member since Jan 2010
6397 posts
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:33 am to
I agree. This has more to do with lawsuites and less with player safety.

Today's political correctness and knee-jerk reactions to every thing they hear is out of control. People just hear things on the news and want something done asap without even viewing the evidence and weighing out the facts.
Posted by tigerfan54
Montz, La.
Member since Mar 2007
86 posts
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:42 am to
Goodell's refusal to investigate other teams that Williams has coached and the fact that other players (James Harrison of the Steelers) have publicly stated they are out to hurt other players=NO CREDIBILITY!
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I haven't heard him addressing that? He is just using this as a convenient and easy way out to cover his and the NFL's butt in the upcoming lawsuits over injuries and concussions. He is a scumbag.
Posted by whodatfan
Member since Mar 2008
21332 posts
Posted on 5/3/12 at 10:01 am to
tl;dr
Posted by kclsufan
Show Me
Member since Jun 2008
12092 posts
Posted on 5/3/12 at 10:43 am to
quote:

i'm sorry, when was that acceptable as fair treatment. It's okay if you unfairly excessively penalize an individual as long as its know you were just wanting to make an example of him.

I blame Obama for wanting to "crucify" oil companies/non-Chicago sports franchises to make an example of them just like the Romans did.
Posted by EastBankTiger
A little west of Hoover Dam
Member since Dec 2003
21323 posts
Posted on 5/3/12 at 10:50 am to
When I hear fans of other teams trying to give me crap, I just cut them off. Then I tell them laugh now, because when Goodell gets his next cover my arse hot flash, your team may be next.
This post was edited on 5/3/12 at 10:52 am
Posted by Bduhon55
St. Petersburg, FL
Member since Sep 2008
3407 posts
Posted on 5/3/12 at 10:52 am to
Posted by Skidaddy
Where I am
Member since Feb 2009
366 posts
Posted on 5/3/12 at 11:33 am to
quote:

the owners banning together and realizing that Goodell's watered-down concept of football is going to cost them money.


This is going to be what it takes to stop all this. The NFL is a money machine and the sports networks are going to bow down the the all mighty NFL and report what the NFL wants reported for fear of losing access. If and when the owners lose revenue from the fans there will be something done about all this. The Pro Bowl is a prime example. People have quit watching and supporting the Pro Bowl because of the play on the field.
This post was edited on 5/3/12 at 11:36 am
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