OT: Josh Brown

raduray said:

I also tweeted Albert Breer. Funny that it took an open records request for the NFL to find what NFL security was doing at the Pro Bowl. Something stinks.

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It's more probable than not that the NFL was at least generally aware of the actions of Josh Brown. It's going to be interesting to see how big a fine Goodell levels at the front offices, and how many draft picks get taken away. After all, this clearly falls under the heading of "integrity® of the league".

Urgent said:

Goodell was clear in this.
He requested information from the player, which the player did not provide.
So, consistent with other decisions, he decided to be lenient and only suspend the player for a game for repeatedly beating the crap out of his wife.


If evidence is not available, you don't expect them to search for it, or worse, make it up, do you?
What?

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The NFL does not know how to manufacture evidence for domestic violence. Nor are its 'Keystone Cops' capable of finding evidence associated with off-field issues no matter how many dollars spent. So that only leaves them with the political response (particularly if it's a New York owner involved). So what I recommend is to mandate that all off-field issues be managed at the local police level and club level (the same as any other non-NFL issue) and that NFL headquarters be moved to any non-NFL state to minimize the political impact of any owner. I realize that the NFL owners are totally incapable of this degree of self regulation so it most likely take political intervention to make these changes happen.

Deus Irae said:

It's more probable than not that the NFL was at least generally aware of the actions of Josh Brown. It's going to be interesting to see how big a fine Goodell levels at the front offices, and how many draft picks get taken away. After all, this clearly falls under the heading of "integrity® of the league".

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You just wait. The league will create a distraction in the form of MagnetGate from the Simpsons. Belichick will be suspended for being accused of using magnets to influence the coin toss. It's a bad week to be playing the whiny Steelers.

One additional wrinkle (apologies if someone already thought of it): Josh isn't going to London. So what other kicker can they get... who already has a passport? It would serve the Giants and the NFL right if nobody thought of this ahead of time.

Hammer of Thor said:

You just wait. The league will create a distraction in the form of MagnetGate from the Simpsons. Belichick will be suspended for being accused of using magnets to influence the coin toss. It's a bad week to be playing the whiny Steelers.

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Delete this before Goodell or one of his made-up VPs sees this...

oldrover said:

One additional wrinkle (apologies if someone already thought of it): Josh isn't going to London. So what other kicker can they get... who already has a passport? It would serve the Giants and the NFL right if nobody thought of this ahead of time.

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It's already been confirmed that Randy Bullock (their week 1 guy) has a passport. Who knows if he'll be the one, though.

oldrover said:

One additional wrinkle (apologies if someone already thought of it): Josh isn't going to London. So what other kicker can they get... who already has a passport? It would serve the Giants and the NFL right if nobody thought of this ahead of time.

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I'm now hoping that the Giants lose the game because of kicker problems. Shanked kickoffs, blown XPs, a missed FG... whatever it takes.

willdeespats said:

The NFL does not know how to manufacture evidence for domestic violence. Nor are its 'Keystone Cops' capable of finding evidence associated with off-field issues no matter how many dollars spent. So that only leaves them with the political response (particularly if it's a New York owner involved). So what I recommend is to mandate that all off-field issues be managed at the local police level and club level (the same as any other non-NFL issue) and that NFL headquarters be moved to any non-NFL state to minimize the political impact of any owner. I realize that the NFL owners are totally incapable of this degree of self regulation so it most likely take political intervention to make these changes happen.

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The NFL's bylaws actually state that headquarters needs to be in a city with a team. I think it's from the old days where they wanted help with promotion. Personally I think it should be in Missoula Montana, as far away from any other team in the continental 48 states as can be.

Or if they like London so much and still want the league's help with publicity, move HQ there....

Time to put Mara down.

Hammer of Thor said:

The NFL's bylaws actually state that headquarters needs to be in a city with a team. I think it's from the old days where they wanted help with promotion. Personally I think it should be in Missoula Montana, as far away from any other team in the continental 48 states as can be.

Or if they like London so much and still want the league's help with publicity, move HQ there....

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But they're not. The Giants and the Jets are New Jersey teams.

Goodell will sentence Josh Brown to death. Court will uphold saying the CBA does not limit Goodell's power. Live execution on NFL Network and live streaming on Twitter.

raduray said:

But they're not. The Giants and the Jets are New Jersey teams.

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Does that mean the HQ is invalid and anything that took place there doesn't count?

raduray said:

But they're not. The Giants and the Jets are New Jersey teams.

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Elijah said:

Does that mean the HQ is invalid and anything that took place there doesn't count?

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Here is the NFL Constitution if you're interested. Item 1.2 is where it is (note it's allowed to be adjacent to an NFL city).

http://static.nfl.com/static/content//public/static/html/careers/pdf/co_.pdf

I also invite you to read item 8.1 for a laugh.....

Hammer of Thor said:

Here is the NFL Constitution if you're interested. Item 1.2 is where it is (note it's allowed to be adjacent to an NFL city).

http://static.nfl.com/static/content//public/static/html/careers/pdf/co_.pdf

I also invite you to read item 8.1 for a laugh.....

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Ah, the ole integrity clause.

Mack Herron said:

Time to put Mara down.

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First the Rats, now the Giants, is there no end to that city's butthurtedness?

Now that I think back on it, both SBs that the Pats lost had some very questionable calls that led to the losses.

No, that's crazy talk, I'm over it now, just a momentary loss of reason.

The NFL* has no particular interest in the NY teams doing well.

Still, funny about that grounding call thrown down the middle if the field, right after the Pats had held the Giants on that 1st drive....

Mack Herron said:

Time to put Mara down.

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"He admitted to us that he'd abused his wife in the past. What's a little unclear is the extent of that".

So Mara is trying to defend himself by saying that while he knew his scumbag player abused his wife, he thought it was just a little abuse

XLIX said:

If it was left to the individual teams, Ray Rice would have never missed a single down.

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Yep, just how Cincinnati will tell you that Burfect is a clean player...

Lisa Friel, the NYJFL's Senior Vice President of Investigations, is a life-long ﹰGiants fan and season ticket holder

Sounds like Teflon goodell will have his fall guy

Mara was on the Mike Francesca radio show on WFAN in NY this evening, and Francesa normally has his head up Mara's rectum as far as it will go, but even Francesa couldn't understand how the Giants et al didn't know about what happened at the Pro Bowl. Mara was blaming the League office because the Giants were relying on their information. He is so disingenuous.

Hammer of Thor said:

Here is the NFL Constitution if you're interested. Item 1.2 is where it is (note it's allowed to be adjacent to an NFL city).

http://static.nfl.com/static/content//public/static/html/careers/pdf/co_.pdf

I also invite you to read item 8.1 for a laugh.....

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so they have move to Secaucus