I’m sick of you turning this into a foo foo pansy league. I’m sick of seeing a flag every time someone breathes on a quarterback. I’m sick of seeing QB’s whine for a flag every time someone breathes on them because they are used to being treated like princesses by the league. I’m sick of seeing a flag every time a defensive back breathes on a wide receiver and the wide receiver asks for a flag. I’m sick of the god damn pink cleats, wrist bands, towels and footballs. I mean it’s great that you are promoting breast cancer awareness, but enough already, one week is plenty. We don’t need that shit for an entire month. That’s 25% of the season assholes. I’m sick of you telling us we can’t drink alcohol at certain game times and I’m sick of you telling us we can’t see tits in gate D. This is a fucking mans game, played by men and watched by men (for the most part). We sit around drinking alcohol (gasp!), stuffing our faces with fatty foods, screaming obscenities at the TV, burping, farting and fucking enjoying ourselves with no one to impress 1 day a week for 4 months out of the year. We like watching guys get fucked up with a monster hit. No, we LOVE it. Bring back that "jacked up" segment you used to have on Monday Night Football, that was great! Now you’re going to take away "devastating hits" from the league? Fuck you. What’s next? Are you going to ban the beer commercials with barely dressed women shaking their stuff with ads for feminine products? Are you going to ban tailgating and fill the parking lots with bake sales and flee markets? Are you going to replace your NFL Films showing the glory days where Dick Butkus looked like he was straight up killing people on the field with videos of Tony Dungy narrating the pre-game prayers? You’re alienating your customer’s dick heads! Why don’t you work on making sure the CBA gets resolved so there is actually a season next year instead of fucking up this one. FUCK YOU!
I kind of disagre... I mean, I agree on EVERYTHING you say except for your stance on this latest thing about helmet-to-helmet hits. The ONLY part of the body the NFL should have in highest regard is the head and neck. Under that anything goes (basically because anthing can be repaired under your neck) but I agree that there has to be a "no bullshit" approach on protecting a players head. So yeah, fuck you Goodell for turning this into a pussy league but good job on fining and suspending guys for big hits to the head/neck.
again, the language from the NFL was not just head shots. It was "We've got to get the message to players that these devastating hits and head shots will be met with a very necessary higher standard of accountability. " The "devastating hits" part of that is what I really have a problem with. Especially since it's so vague.
Yeah, I agree with this completely. The move to go bigger, bigger, bigger and faster, faster, faster makes these hits unbelievably dangerous. Of course, it could be that we're just detecting head trauma more easily now. Either way, the rest of the horseshit pansification errrr "movement toward a more open passing game" sucks. Fuck Roger.
I fully support this rant. When you have offensive players complaining about it, you know it's a problem. Helmet to helmet I'm all for taking action...but devastating hits? Come on. NFL Network recently did a "Top 10 Most Feared Tacklers" segment. Kind of hypocritical...
The problem I have with this is that there's no going back once they begin imposing suspensions. It's like lowering taxes. What happens if this turns out to be a disaster of a decision, and people start tuning out of games? Are they going to come out and say "We're no longer going to dish out suspensions." People will interpret that as the NFL's endorsement of hard hits and concussions. The NFL better tread carefully on this one.
Yeah, no shit... the ridiculous calls like the one this Sunday because someone was raising the hook-em horns sign is pretty much bullshit.
They can- on the sideline. __________________________ I liked end zone celebrations in the 1980s and into the 1990s a bit. Things got really gay in the 2000s with Terrell Owens, (Utah) Steve Smith, Joe Horn, and Chad Johnson being the worst offenders. I don't find using Sharpies, popcorn, pom poms, and cell phones to be funny and Smith pretending the ball was a baby was maybe the topper in gay TD celebrations.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5706315 Mark Schlereth has a major rant too. He was speaking the truth!
I fuckin love Mark Schlereth. That was beautifully said. Oh yea, FUCK YOU Goddell, you panty-waste asswipe.
