shmessy

Has TO filed an appeal yet?

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tombonneau

I agree; this is out of Goodell's jurisdiction. Very police state. As another poster said, it's the responsibility of the team to make sure its players are focused pre-game and not tweeting.

That said, I can kind of understand them ruling this is the case for players, as it's getting a bit silly, but for the NFL to tell teams and their PR departments they can't disseminate information to their fans whenever they want? Total BS.

PATRIOTSFANINPA

I think it pissed Goodell off on Draft Day when teams were announcing who they were going to select prior to Goodell announcing their name - You all know Roger wants to be the man in charge and a news first guy and 4 months later he gets revenge

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Tunescribe

I think this whole thing was prompted by Chad Ocho Cinco, who mentioned plans to Twitter at halftime of games. The guy is nuts about Twitter, he's on it constantly. Personally, I think Twitter is a colossal waste of time. Who cares what everyone else is doing every minute of the day?

spacecrime

Sounds like a good rule to me. Players shouldn't be tweeting just before or during a game, so a league-wide rule that they can't makes sure all teams use the same rules. NOthing worse than one team allowing stuff the rest of the teams don't allow.

If the owners don't like this rule, they can over rule Goodell any time they want.

I don't understand why anyone (other than media whores like TO and 85) would get upset that tweeting isn't allowed. But then, I'm a geezer.

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WhoaDirty

Can we assume this ban also includes the game itself?

PATRIOTSFANINPA

O.K. I know some of us don't like Twitter...but

Should Goodell rule that no Patriots player with an iTouch be allowed to check with Patsfans.com 90 minutes before gametime to see what type of game plan they should execute from our top notch armchair Head Coaches right here?

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Deus Irae

What could possibly be transmitted at any moment prior to the start of the game that justifies this assclown coming down with this banning? Hell, unless a player decided to go 5th column, what could possibly be a problem with it DURING the game? This should have been something left for individual teams and coaches to decide.

This is just Goodell being the same assclown he's been since first taking office.

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shmessy

Question: Is it just for Twittering on the sidelines, or does it also encompass Twittering from the press box and overhead covered areas around the stadium.

Just asking.

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PATRIOTSFANINPA

This was breaking news - I have not found any other info regarding this ruling as of yet ... I guess we wait and see what details are involved.

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