Consider the evidence....
* Bill Barnwell tweeted today that back in 2009 when the NFL was pushing for an 18-game season, they manipulated the data, hiding real injury numbers from owners.
* The Ray Rice scandal, where the NFL was caught outright lying in order to save their skin.
* The Bountygate scandal, where the NFL clearly overstepped their bounds and were slapped down by Tagliabue.
* The inconsistent penalties that were levied against various teams for similar infractions (see: tampering, Jets, Chiefs; or see: video recording other teams, Patriots, Broncos).
* The report that Michael Sam being drafted by the Rams was a push by the NFL in order to get the first openly gay player into the league.
* Deflategate and all the utter nonsense, lying, manipulation, and deception done by the league.
* Deflategate and the NFL appeasing a handful of owners who wanted nothing more than to bring down the Patriots.
* And now the tobacco story yesterday, where the NFL once again manipulated data, lied about concussions and CTE, and pulled money from research because it wasn't going their way.
The NFL is ruining people's lives. Yes, making many people a lot richer and providing us with wonderful entertainment. The NFL is addictive, and people will watch it, which is why they know they can get away with these things. But they are ruining people's lives, ruining reputations, and in the case of CTE, actually are responsible for major injuries and deaths. Not because nobody knows that football is an inherently dangerous activity, but because they, like big tobacco, are hiding the actual data, which doesn't give its participants a true understanding of the risks involved. This NYT story just blows the lid off this topic and shows how devious and deceptive and morally reprehensible the NFL is.
After reviewing this evidence, how can anyone possibly trust the NFL to be full of integrity, ever? So when you look at Deflategate, for example, you have a guy with an impeccable reputation (Brady), being accused by the NFL of worse and worse crimes (from "more than likely generally aware of a scheme to deflate footballs" to basically masterminding an entire enterprise designed to undermine the integrity of the game) with no evidence whatsoever of any rule-breaking (which is rich, considering in Pash's reply to the NYT story yesterday he referred to the NYT having "no direct evidence" haha), which side do most fans take?
Incredibly, most fans are taking the side of the NFL, which is known now to be a deceitful, morally bankrupt, lying, manipulating, greedy organization that will do basically anything to make $$, even if that means ruining the lives of others.
No, this isn't hyperbole. This is all in the record now. It's....unbelievable. And yet we as fans will continue to eat up the NFL because the on-field product is so compelling.
* Bill Barnwell tweeted today that back in 2009 when the NFL was pushing for an 18-game season, they manipulated the data, hiding real injury numbers from owners.
* The Ray Rice scandal, where the NFL was caught outright lying in order to save their skin.
* The Bountygate scandal, where the NFL clearly overstepped their bounds and were slapped down by Tagliabue.
* The inconsistent penalties that were levied against various teams for similar infractions (see: tampering, Jets, Chiefs; or see: video recording other teams, Patriots, Broncos).
* The report that Michael Sam being drafted by the Rams was a push by the NFL in order to get the first openly gay player into the league.
* Deflategate and all the utter nonsense, lying, manipulation, and deception done by the league.
* Deflategate and the NFL appeasing a handful of owners who wanted nothing more than to bring down the Patriots.
* And now the tobacco story yesterday, where the NFL once again manipulated data, lied about concussions and CTE, and pulled money from research because it wasn't going their way.
The NFL is ruining people's lives. Yes, making many people a lot richer and providing us with wonderful entertainment. The NFL is addictive, and people will watch it, which is why they know they can get away with these things. But they are ruining people's lives, ruining reputations, and in the case of CTE, actually are responsible for major injuries and deaths. Not because nobody knows that football is an inherently dangerous activity, but because they, like big tobacco, are hiding the actual data, which doesn't give its participants a true understanding of the risks involved. This NYT story just blows the lid off this topic and shows how devious and deceptive and morally reprehensible the NFL is.
After reviewing this evidence, how can anyone possibly trust the NFL to be full of integrity, ever? So when you look at Deflategate, for example, you have a guy with an impeccable reputation (Brady), being accused by the NFL of worse and worse crimes (from "more than likely generally aware of a scheme to deflate footballs" to basically masterminding an entire enterprise designed to undermine the integrity of the game) with no evidence whatsoever of any rule-breaking (which is rich, considering in Pash's reply to the NYT story yesterday he referred to the NYT having "no direct evidence" haha), which side do most fans take?
Incredibly, most fans are taking the side of the NFL, which is known now to be a deceitful, morally bankrupt, lying, manipulating, greedy organization that will do basically anything to make $$, even if that means ruining the lives of others.
No, this isn't hyperbole. This is all in the record now. It's....unbelievable. And yet we as fans will continue to eat up the NFL because the on-field product is so compelling.
