Jones and Hightower fined

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/new-...or-roughingjones-hightower-fined-for-roughing


What a joke

JMC00 said:

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/new-...or-roughingjones-hightower-fined-for-roughing


What a joke

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I must of left the room for a second for the Hightower penalty, but that call on Chandler is complete BS and fining it is even freaking worse.

#FIREGOODELL

I don't care that a new Commish would go in the same direction, but I can't believe that EVERYONE else that would take the job would always be handing out these BS fines, especially to people on rookie contracts. Thats just flat out BS and sort of pisses me off on their behalf, strangely.

It's a violent game. I don't see Roger willing to play it for what Chandler Jones is making. One snap and his career could end, so to fine him 16K of his already low NFL pay for a perfectly clean hit is just the NFL being evil, run by an evil man

PATS16N0 said:

I must of left the room for a second for the Hightower penalty, but that call on Chandler is complete BS and fining it is even freaking worse.

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Hightower got flagged for a text book tackle but Tannenhill fell too hard for the refs liking.

#FireGoodell

NFL is becoming too rough for the commish and rules committee?

Solution: Send in the clowns (refs)



Fans come to the games and expect hard tackles and smashmouth football...that's why a lot of them watch.....

Obvious head hunting NO.....


Hits like those by Hightower and Jones were clean with no obvious malice intended.....

Throwing the flags was BS

The fines were just adding insult to injury.....

When players have to think about not tackling a player because of penalties and fines the game suffers.

I didn't turn on the NFL and expect to watch a Ping Pong match....

The NFL is morphing into a Flag Football League ( In more ways than one) as others here have alluded to.

Shame on the NFL .....

all about the $$ and only about the $$....sickening

Hightower just got fined for form tackling a QB too hard.

The average dollar amount of Bill Romanowski's fines per incident during his career: $11,666.67

Bill Romanowski...

Wow. I just saw that Hightower sack. I am stunned he even got flagged for that hit, never mind fined for it. What total bull#^%@$. I have no idea how anyone can defend Goodell.

I don't understand fines being levied for those hits. Before you know it, defensive players are going to be afraid to hit ANYBODY at ANYTIME for fear of being flagged or fined.

This sport is getting absolutely ****ified. Like I said in another thread, you might as well make the flag and resulting fine worth it and make it a helmet to helmet hit.

perhaps...more likely ,afaic,is defensive players will begin to think before hitting, further degrading the game.

we all talked about this 8 years ago, and all the fears we had then, almost every single one, has come to fruition or is in the planning stages. The NFL now openly admits that the hardcore, lifelong percentage of the overall NFL fanbase is of little to no importance going forward. The suits want the casual fan demographic and the mushrooming fantasy player slice of the overall pie as its main target audience.

Sad...but that's life. The game was great for 5 decades but greed always wins out in this society.

Joker said:

perhaps...more likely ,afaic,is defensive players will begin to think before hitting, further degrading the game.

we all talked about this 8 years ago, and all the fears we had then, almost every single one, has come to fruition or is in the planning stages. The NFL now openly admits that the hardcore, lifelong percentage of the overall NFL fanbase is of little to no importance going forward. The suits want the casual fan demographic and the mushrooming fantasy player slice of the overall pie as its main target audience.

Sad...but that's life. The game was great for 5 decades but greed always wins out in this society.

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They're turning off the casual fans too. Sadly they're targeting the true dregs... fantasy football fans. They care not how the stats get compiled.

Joker said:

perhaps...more likely ,afaic,is defensive players will begin to think before hitting, further degrading the game.

we all talked about this 8 years ago, and all the fears we had then, almost every single one, has come to fruition or is in the planning stages. The NFL now openly admits that the hardcore, lifelong percentage of the overall NFL fanbase is of little to no importance going forward. The suits want the casual fan demographic and the mushrooming fantasy player slice of the overall pie as its main target audience.

Sad...but that's life. The game was great for 5 decades but greed always wins out in this society.

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You can also thank Polian and the competition committee. Manipulating the rules to favor the offense is where all of this ultimately started.

That they threw a flag on Courtney Upshaw last night was an atrocity. They're basically saying that the defense can't play defense in the regular season due to the fact that form tackles will get flagged (and apparently fined).

so far, it's remained a "point of emphasis" in almost all of the games. I watch a lot as do a lot of others here and I've seen hits that get flagged in one game not get a flag in another. You cannot play effective football if you have to THINK before you react. They are forcing defense to think about a hit, pick a certain spot on a moving target and THEN make an attempted tackle. Lombardi would QUIT this league and establish a new one.

Tunescribe said:

I don't understand fines being levied for those hits. Before you know it, defensive players are going to be afraid to hit ANYBODY at ANYTIME for fear of being flagged or fined.

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Maybe that's the point, essentially back dooring the `new NFL` through fining players for playing football. It would certainly be much easier to implement new flag football rules in five years if fines have already beat defensive players into submission.

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so far, it's remained a "point of emphasis" in almost all of the games. I watch a lot as do a lot of others here and I've seen hits that get flagged in one game not get a flag in another. You cannot play effective football if you have to THINK before you react. They are forcing defense to think about a hit, pick a certain spot on a moving target and THEN make an attempted tackle. Lombardi would QUIT this league and establish a new one.

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Vince McMahon's XFL was a bit of a joke in it's day, but he did have a lot of great ideas. He just executed it horribly, especially with a WWF wrestler opening the first game. It killed the league's credibility immediately.

That said, I'm starting to wonder if Vince's real problem was only that he came 15 years too early.

Anyone can play football or have a football league. With some success and proper management, it could even, eventually, boast some legitimate talent. The main power of the NFL machine, IMO, is in its tradition. History is a powerful thing, and the NFL has it. It's no small thing that today an Eagles fan had a grandfather who was also attenting Eagle games on national holidays 40 years ago.

But nothing is invincible. I wonder, if the No Fun League continues on as it is, if an XFL could come in as the protest American football league and have a real shot at succeeding.

It wouldn't over take the NFL, because the NFL would adapt and change as it needed to to retain its crown, but it could certainly force the NFL to change course.

Maybe a little competition is exactly what the NFL needs.

They could just start a "Retro National Football League" (RNFL) and play the game as it was played in the 90's. Players would have to sign waivers agreeing to play by the rules of that era and be afforded the best in medical care and equipment improvements. Post playing days, fully funded medical care to address the inevitable brain injury pathologies that hover around 33% in TODAY'S NFL. The owners would also have to sign on to INDEPENDENT ARBITRATORS deciding the many varied issues that are decided by a totalitarian Czar in today's league.

Get out of the legal business. Break the law, get arrested, get found guilty of a felony...do not pass go...lifetime ban.Drug abuse to be TREATED not adjudicated. These players use all kinds of drugs just to get on a field as it is. If a player smokes weed after a game, or drinks so be it, as long as it doesn't lead to arrest. Misdemeanor substance abuse leading to arrest gets a scaled penalty regimen. First offense 4 games, 2nd 8, 3rd LIFETIME ban.If you can't get your head straight after two strikes, you NEED to leave anyway.

Of course this will never happen, but something will eventually come along to appease the fans that want men on men lowest common denominator physical conflict. We are humans...we have always thronged like moths to a candle flame when the gladiators take to the arena.