NFL '15 Season Thread
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^ Mixed feelings on this one.
I have no love for New England but I find something fundamentally wrong with the process of Roger Goodell hearing and deciding an appeal of a decision which he himself made. That is completely unfair. Nobody should have that kind of power.
So Brady plays, the NFL appeals and we get to have this hanging over our heads all season long. The Deflategate parties are in court again in Mid-December, the 2nd Court of Appeals overrules this decision and Brady gets to serve his four game suspension in, oh I don't know, the month of January. That might be nice.
I have no love for New England but I find something fundamentally wrong with the process of Roger Goodell hearing and deciding an appeal of a decision which he himself made. That is completely unfair. Nobody should have that kind of power.
So Brady plays, the NFL appeals and we get to have this hanging over our heads all season long. The Deflategate parties are in court again in Mid-December, the 2nd Court of Appeals overrules this decision and Brady gets to serve his four game suspension in, oh I don't know, the month of January. That might be nice.
Goodell should suspend Brady for 6 games for an undisclosed incident "under investigation" just out of spite. By the time it gets cleared up, Brady will have missed a couple of games.
The NFL is a joke.
The NFL is a joke.
I don't think Brady is innocent at all, and the preponderance of evidence from the mountain of circumstantial stuff and a healthy dose of common sense shows that in my opinion.
It's just too bad the leaders of the NFL has been so incompetent the past few years, especially in their procedures in issuing discipline and investigating things that they screwed this up so laughably bad. Goodell needs to go and they way they structure, investigate, arbitrate, and hand out punishments needs to be wiped clean and built up from scratch to make it both more fair, independent, balanced for the acts committed, less arbitrary, and to restore some sense to it. Part of it is the nonsensical punishments in the past that were both too soft and too harsh have come back to haunt them.
As it is I don't see why any player facing any significant penalty wouldn't just contest everything in court now, even if they probably won't win, in the hope they can get lucky or the NFL just screws up somehow like they have done lately. That would make a mind-boggling huge mess.
It's just too bad the leaders of the NFL has been so incompetent the past few years, especially in their procedures in issuing discipline and investigating things that they screwed this up so laughably bad. Goodell needs to go and they way they structure, investigate, arbitrate, and hand out punishments needs to be wiped clean and built up from scratch to make it both more fair, independent, balanced for the acts committed, less arbitrary, and to restore some sense to it. Part of it is the nonsensical punishments in the past that were both too soft and too harsh have come back to haunt them.
As it is I don't see why any player facing any significant penalty wouldn't just contest everything in court now, even if they probably won't win, in the hope they can get lucky or the NFL just screws up somehow like they have done lately. That would make a mind-boggling huge mess.
Ace Bandage
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Agree on all your points, but this in particular is the main issue. How does an organization with 10 billion dollars in annual revenue not have a structured discipline system in place to police its employees in a fair and just manner? Why aren't all punishments grounded in policy and clearly stated so that all the players know the repercussions for breaking said policies? You can't just have one guy throwing out punishments based on whatever he was feeling that day. That's a recipe for disaster.
And like you said, there's no reason not to challenge every suspension in court now. Looks like you'd have a pretty good shot at getting it overturned.
Well, teams have to get down to 53 by 4 PM EST today. All over the country, guys who have worked their asses off trying to make it at the pro level are having lifelong dreams brought to a bitter end. When one thinks about it, I guess every male in our culture with even the slightest interest in sports has that moment where they realize they won't play at the pro level. Some make it to an NFL camp, others college, for more it's high school and some never play at an organized level. But everyone has that moment. This has taken a melancholy turn. I'm ready for football to start.
Ace Bandage
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Reggie Wayne asking for his release is interesting. I wonder what prompted that. I'm assuming he'll sign a one day contract now with Indy and retire.
For most people they realize that with modern professional sports when they figure out their genetics have virtually condemned them to never reach that level since their conception as most who play at that level are either borderline or full on genetic freaks. It is kind of disheartening when one is actually very skilled and can work and train harder than other people and know they can never make it. Even people that are abnormally strong or fast for their size and have great hand eye coordination can have the short end of the stick when they just stop growing to the height they would need (I know this first hand). That leaves the positions of running back, kicker, and punter anymore and they just aren't that desirable.
Ace Boobtoucher
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I can't wait for Sunday. Football is finally back!
I was pleasantly surprised that the 49ers won big on Monday night. They were still rough around the edges (most teams are the first game or two) showed improvement in getting the ball off quicker, and their new Rugby player is a great talent. **** their new alternative uniforms (red on black, can't read the names) hope they don't use them much.
Ace Boobtoucher
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"I'm gonna go home and make love to my wife who’s not even that hot and kinda looks like a dude.”
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