Ian

This is a very frustrating decision based on facts, not on the opinions of others.

I have received many complaints from members over the years about his behavior and outbursts, threats, etc. Upon further review I have found hundreds (this is not an exaggeration) of instances of threats towards other members. I have found hundreds of instances of him overreacting to simple disagreements in which these threats were used. While I appreciate his passion, as well as all his posts here, this type of behavior has no place in this forum. I have tried repeatedly to get him to tone things down, and there's a lull for a while before something explodes.

Guys, it's very simple. I can't allow it anymore. I don't want to ban him permanently from the board, so he is now limited to the Political forum only.

This is a football forum. This is a place to come kill a few hours and hang out, and talk about our favorite team. While I don't expect everyone to get along, I can't even find one instance of any other member threatening another in all the years we've had this forum. I can't just accept it as "NEM being NEM" anymore. Unfortunately it's reached a point where enough is enough.

He's a great guy and someone I've known for a lot of years, and this is a difficult decision I've had to make. But the fact is there are plenty of other people who are here that have also been here for years and seem to understand the rules and have never given me an instance where I've even needed to get involved. He's also undergoing some personal issues that I truly believe may have been caused by the amount of time spent here. Hopefully having his time limited here may help him get his life in order as well. Had he been able to conduct himself the same way all of you do here, we wouldn't even be having this discussion.

I am not reversing this decision. Hopefully all of you will understand my reasoning even if you don't agree with it. I can't have different standards for new posters and then let others slide because of their tenure. It's not fair to everyone here, and I just can't allow it to continue anymore.

Ian

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PatsSox363804

Thanks for the clarification Ian.

Sean Pa Patriot

Its like Belichick cutting someone that we like, we dont understand it , but we respect it..

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We going to take it one game at a time

SoCal Bong

Thanks Ian. Now that the decision has been made and is final, I would suggest locking the "Is NEM banned thread" so that no further feuds get stirred up. I would consider also locking any new threads (including this one) on the topic or moving them to the political forum. Otherwise there's gonna be a lot of mudslinging going around here.

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Tunescribe

Does this mean Josh McDaniels can stay?

PromisedLand

Ian, I am sure your reasoning is solid, and speaking for myself, you don't need to justify your action to ban NEM or anyone else. This is a place to discuss football, which after all is (gasp ) just a form of entertainment, and if certain individuals (not just NEM) cannot do so in a civil manner then it's fine with me if you show them the door.

Basically, what I'm saying is that I appreciate the hard, payless and mostly thankless work you put into running this site and whatever you say is fine with me. You make the rules, we abide by them, and if someone breaks them, they suffer the consequences.

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shmessy

I can see your point. But for purely selfish reasons, I disagree. Keeping it to these two open threads would mean we (Mods) won't have to play "Whack-A-Mole" with the other threads that would inevitably pop up to discuss it.

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patsox23

I think this being as permanent as you make it sound is sadly over the line.

WestPat

Thank you Ian, I am a new poster( long time lurker), but I always admired how this forum is run. the efforts you and the Mod are very much appreciated.

Triumph

Ian could be sued if NEM actually followed through with his threats. You just cannot turn a blind eye no matter how harmless it may seem anymore. A few years ago, NEM threatened a teenage poster on a different board and got banned for that episode too.

I've never seen Ian be unfair to anyone on his board. NEM had his chances. Likely more than we will ever know.

If I step out of line and begin threatening other posters and constantly disrupting this board then I expect to get banned too.

Is it that hard to act right??