League to Playoff Teams: Respect the Game

[Haley]

Yes. When the problems are all stemmed by the Comish's favorite team, certainly. Does this surprise you?

No, it doesn't surprise me. It just annoys me.

 

[MoLewisrocks]

Paranoia is all well and good, but this is clearly aimed at the NJ swamp dwellers. The league has told reporters that penalties for any illegal physical activity in game will be weighted against prior comments. And they've likely stressed to the referee assigned to our game, who happens to be a former cop and firefighter, that he control the situation out of the gate. Which works in our favor since Bill's team is way more disciplined and less likely to resort to cheap shots or let emotions and ego interfere with the thoroughly legal and focused ass whipping they have planned for the JESTS.

 

[BTTA]

Paranoia is all well and good, but this is clearly aimed at the NJ swamp dwellers. The league has told reporters that penalties for any illegal physical activity in game will be weighted against prior comments. And they've likely stressed to the referee assigned to our game, who happens to be a former cop and firefighter, that he control the situation out of the gate. Which works in our favor since Bill's team is way more disciplined and less likely to resort to cheap shots or let emotions and ego interfere with the thoroughly legal and focused ass whipping they have planned for the JESTS.

I hope you are right.

On a legal note, any New England Patriot employee who has a reasonable expectation of being in the same general area as Bart Scott can file a restraining order keeping him away from the workplace. Employees are employees, everywhere in the U.S. If an employee of one organization makes a statement that is clearly interpreted as a threat by a reasonable person, against any other person in that workplace, then any employee in that workplace can legitimately demand to be protected from the threatening employee's presence. It doesn't matter who the threat was targeting. It creates a hostile work environment.

The Jets team plane should be met at the airport, and Scott detained and restrained.

 

[terabthia2]

I think you are right to a certain extent. However, there is a point at which parents start pulling their children away from the television and sponsors start pulling their support from the sport so as not to tarnish their image. I just don't think you can put dancing robots on the screen in an effort to attract a younger audience and not suffer repercussions for failing to stay within socially acceptable boundaries for a younger audience. The NFL cannot allow this lowbrow level of discourse to become commonplace within the public domain or they will lose money. They don't want to become "R-Rated". It conflicts with their goal to have every single game carried on a local network.

The Jests are an R-rated bordering on NC-17 team. If I were a parent, I wouldn't want my kid being a fan of the Jets for that reason. Well, OK, I wouldn't want them to be a fan anyway, if only to avoid decades of heartbreak and misery!

If the Pats were playing any other team right now, there'd be a little snipping here and there, but nothing like this. Not even the Ravens would come to the level approaching this insanity.

 

[reflexblue]

All this "Trash Talking" is going to increase ratings for the NFL. I know 99% of us would watch all theese games this weekend regardless, but there is a piece of the pie that needs stuff like this to tune in and stay tuned in. In boxing and MMA they encourage this stuff, the only difference is most of that is just BS hype to get people to fork over money for PPV, This is real.

You're quite right.

 

[seven]

Does it really take this long to generate a memo? The NFL should have done this days ago.

I'm not holding my breath for any action to be taken against Bart Scott or Mangold.

Wandering off a bit here, some info, possibly related.

Roger S. Goodell
Chosen over four finalists for the position, winning a close vote on the fifth ballot before being unanimously approved by acclamation of the owners.
committee headed by owner Dan Rooney of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Oakland Raiders abstained from the voting in each round

Goodell was born in Jamestown, New York, the son of the late United States Senator Charles E. Goodell, a Republican from New York, and the late Jean Rice Goodell of Buffalo, New York.

The Goodell family moved to Bronxville, New York, in 1971. He graduated from Bronxville High School where, as a three-sport star in football, basketball, and baseball, he captained all three teams as a senior and was named the school's athlete of the year.[6] Injuries kept him from playing college football.

Goodell's career in the NFL began in 1982 as an administrative intern in the league office in New York under then-Commissioner Pete Rozelle – a position secured through an extensive letter-writing campaign to the league office and each of its then 28 teams.

In 1983, he joined the New York Jets as an intern, but returned to the league office in 1984 as an assistant in the public relations department.

Goodell was heavily involved in the negotiation of the league's current collective bargaining agreement.

Goodell has four brothers; among them are Tim, who has recently transferred his employment to work at the Hess Corp.

 

[Haley]

The Jests are an R-rated bordering on NC-17 team. If I were a parent, I wouldn't want my kid being a fan of the Jets for that reason. Well, OK, I wouldn't want them to be a fan anyway, if only to avoid decades of heartbreak and misery!

If the Pats were playing any other team right now, there'd be a little snipping here and there, but nothing like this. Not even the Ravens would come to the level approaching this insanity.

I agree. If I were a parent, I would not be happy having my children taking behavior tips from the jets. I would even have some interest in limiting their exposure to the media hype.

Wandering off a bit here, some info...

I'm not sure I understand your point entirely but if you meant to imply that Goodell has some allegiance to the jets and that it has colored his judgment on many issues you'll have no argument from me.

 

[Uncle Rico]

Greg Aiello of the NFL confirmed the warning on Twitter and added:

"..comments of a physically threatening nature are always taken into account in evaluating discipline for illegal physical contact on field."

Greg Aiello (gregaiello) on Twitter

 

[seven]

(cont.)
Goodell has four brothers; among them are Tim, who has recently
transferred his employment to work at the Hess Corp.

Leon Hess (March 14, 1914 – May 7, 1999)(Hess Corporation)
former owner of the New York Jets.
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OT Editorial Comment:

Lasting contributions to Jet tradition are 3.
The vainglorious changing of the team colors to the unfortunate
Hess Corporate official colors of green and white. It matches quite perfectly, the green striped garish look of Hess gas stations, littered about the NY Metro area.

As devastating, the great name, appropriate for the almost larger than life, world's most significant city, the great name Titans, was dropped in favor of Jets.
(Uses more gas, rhymes with Mets. Nets. Lets. Pets)
(Lets are a defunct pro tennis team).

The third contribution was a relentless dedication to futility,
broken only by a single underdog makes good win in Super Bowl III.
(arguably the most controversial SB, or Championship game of all time)

The only memorable thing from the dull affair was a casual remark by Jets QB Joe Namath before the match that he thought they would win the game.

This moment, has since expanded, exaggerated in classic NY form to something rivaling Ruth pointing to the stands before
hitting the ball to precisely the seat to which he had pointed.

That he actually pointed bing in dispute does not deter the devotees from reciting the legend emphatically to any victim trapped in conversation.
Similarly, Namath's statement has become over time, a testimony to brash bravado.

Today's Jets have become an exaggerated caricature of Joe's comparative restraint, most acutely lacking Namath's great personal charisma and charm.

 

[seven]

(cont 3.)
Goodell must Go.

Goodell is a member of a small, closed club, each assisting others in their varied interests, over a long period of time.

Mr Goodell's ties to the Jets org, and New York are too deep and wide for him to be objective. He repeatedly has demonstrated this.

The league for example, fined a player for harmlessly falling backward into the end zone, after running (conservatively, 249 yards) for an exciting TD.
Not good for appearances, boys, Not acceptable.

Today? Silence. Silence over Mr Cromartie's public profanity, and Scott's unveiled threats.

This follows a year of almost daily fines, pronouncements, etc, consistent only in their inconsistency.

But there are more serious issues.
Goodell was heavily involved in the negotiation of the league's current collective bargaining agreement.
I believe no agreement can be made with him as commissioner.
He has lost the confidence of the fans,players, and the sensitive CBA negotiations now tie his hands.
He is seen to represent the corporate interests of the team owners.

No agreement will be made with him as commissioner.

The way out of this abyss is the selection of an ex player as his replacement.
He should politely retire, to "pursue other interests".
(/rant)

 

[Koma]

So this is, what, the third league-wide memo inspired by the Jets this year (female reporters; tripgate and now this)?

You would think the league would take a step back and notice the common theme behind all of these memos. Maybe they should punish the offending team in these situations instead of warning the entire league.

 

[Deus Irae]

Goodell took a draft pick away from a team over the location of a camera, played up its evils, and then ignored reality when it was noted that other teams were doing similar things, and had been for decades. He fines players for legal plays. He's trying to change rules in midstream. He's changed the rules of overtime. He's trying to change the schedule for financial reasons, despite the increased risk to the players.

Perhaps the league should start to "respect the game" before calling on the players to do so.

 

[PrairiePat]

Well said.

 

[The Gr8est]

The league wants the trash talk as it fuels the hype machine. They are just doing this to show the world that the league is always concerned about the integrity of the game. Now they've made teh players feel like heels for acting like they don't care about the game.

As others have said, this should have put their foot down on Mon or Tue or immediately after Octo-dad crossed the line.

Regarding trash-talk, if they wanted the players to toe the line and abide by the leagues code of conduct, they should have mandated this on Monday.

I see what you did there.

 

[The Gr8est]

Wandering off a bit here, some info, possibly related.

Roger S. Goodell
Chosen over four finalists for the position, winning a close vote on the fifth ballot before being unanimously approved by acclamation of the owners.
committee headed by owner Dan Rooney of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Oakland Raiders abstained from the voting in each round

Goodell was born in Jamestown, New York, the son of the late United States Senator Charles E. Goodell, a Republican from New York, and the late Jean Rice Goodell of Buffalo, New York.

The Goodell family moved to Bronxville, New York, in 1971. He graduated from Bronxville High School where, as a three-sport star in football, basketball, and baseball, he captained all three teams as a senior and was named the school's athlete of the year.[6] Injuries kept him from playing college football.

Goodell's career in the NFL began in 1982 as an administrative intern in the league office in New York under then-Commissioner Pete Rozelle – a position secured through an extensive letter-writing campaign to the league office and each of its then 28 teams.

In 1983, he joined the New York Jets as an intern, but returned to the league office in 1984 as an assistant in the public relations department.

Goodell was heavily involved in the negotiation of the league's current collective bargaining agreement.

Goodell has four brothers; among them are Tim, who has recently transferred his employment to work at the Hess Corp.

Got a link?

 

[Hoodie]

Actually I suspect it was Scott's comments that prompted this memo. Although the league pretends to dislike trash talk, trash talk increases interest in the game and therefore ratings increase and that's what they want after all "straight cash homey."

 

[Haley]

Actually I suspect it was Scott's comments that prompted this memo. Although the league pretends to dislike trash talk, trash talk increases interest in the game and therefore ratings increase and that's what they want after all "straight cash homey."

I think it was in response to pressure from reporters like Adam Schefter and Peter King.

I talked with the league yesterday and tried to see if they had any interest in those comments, and the league wasn’t biting at all,” Schefter said. “We’ll talk about this in our pregame show, but I went and looked at the NFL’s personal conduct policy and it reads, and I’ll read it word for word, ‘Discipline may be imposed in any of the following circumstances,’ and there’s a list, and there’s one that said, ‘Conduct that undermines or puts at risk the integrity and reputation of the NFL, NFL clubs or NFL players.’

Schefter went on to say that it would seem to him that Cromartie’s comments fall under that clause.

It Is What It Is Adam Schefter on D&C: Cromartie’s behavior ‘doesn’t reflect positively on anybody’

King said on 'eei yesterday that Cromartie's comments offended him, although he downplayed it with the disclaimer, "maybe its just because I'm old".

 

[thenepatsrule]

NFL warns teams about trash talk

i do not think this will deter the Jets from trash talking
lets hope they get penalized a lot during the game

NFL playoffs: Executive VP Ray Anderson warns teams about trash talk - ESPN

 

[fxkane]

Re: NFL warns teams about trash talk

This is why I rooted for Indy last week---I could see this stupid animosity coming. It's mainly about selling the game but it's also about winning an intimation battle---hey, we more macho than you. duh dey win one game via the luck route and their masculinity complex has to be celebrated all week long.

 

[QuinielaBox]

Rex Ryan and the Jets blathering to the media has made them targets in my opinion. Losing to these f-faces would be an effing disgrace. I sincerely hope the Patriots hang 63 points on these ffaces and that Rex, Classy, and Crumb Marty would just go away.

Now lets play some FOOTball.

Thank you very much.