Goodell really is an idiot

I will always remember Junior for his play, not for his sad death. I will always remember the other players that GAVE THEIR LIVES to CTE, and have been willing to lend their brains to the study of brain damage. It even happens in NASCAR. Dale Jr. has already donated his brain, and he's coming off a severe concussion.
For the chimp in the office to say this shows us fans that the league is about money, we all know. What bothers me is the lying. I cannot take the lying anymore.

I just wish that Patriots fans would realize that this started back in 2006, when Troy Brown was called for OPI on a BS call. Polian had the league convinced they had to win because the Pats outplayed his sissy quarterback too many times. All of a sudden, our Colts win.

Enter Randy Moss and Wes Welker!

And Everything-Gate against the Pats.

Not surprised. He did stand by the company that studied second hand smoke and concluded that it was safe.

Noexcusesfornumber5 said:

I just wish that Patriots fans would realize that this started back in 2006, when Troy Brown was called for OPI on a BS call. Polian had the league convinced they had to win because the Pats outplayed his sissy quarterback too many times. All of a sudden, our Colts win.

Enter Randy Moss and Wes Welker!

And Everything-Gate against the Pats.

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That bogus OPI call was indeed the beginning of the end.

Did the NFL seriously spend money to research if wealthy, healthy people live longer than average people? What's next? A study showing that fewer NFL players have MS than average...

captain stone said:

That bogus OPI call was indeed the beginning of the end.

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It was Ellis Hobbs and the league admitted the official made a mistake.

League Admits One Blown Call in AFC Championship

League Admits One Blown Call in AFC Championship

yeah...of course, following THAT unrepentant admission there is this Goodellian "fact" that everyone on the planet has to swallow...

Goodell calls "Article 46!" no matter how many ****ing dikkheaded decisions he vomits out of his rotten stinking anal canal. Somebody please!! I beg you...SMASH THIS GOON'S SKULL IN!!

Jackson 2 said:

Of all the BS this ***hole has spouted in his life, that comment was the most insidiously ignorant and idiotic. It screamed out loud, " Youe all dumb MFers who will believe anything I say and don't you dare question me."

Narcissistic pig at his worst.

Honestly, I've loved NFL football for 60 years, but when I hear and see the face of the NFL insult us all as that douche did, there's a part of me that would be sexually aroused to see him and all of the owners go down in flames. And while, I'm not quite done yet that type of carnal reaction doesn't occur quite as often as I'd like. But, that would do it...

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The propaganda works on non STEM trained minds...

neali said:

It was Ellis Hobbs and the league admitted the official made a mistake.

League Admits One Blown Call in AFC Championship

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But that's not where the end began.

You can't compare life expectancies of NFL players to that of the overall population at birth - you have to compare to life expectancies at the same age, otherwise you miss the deaths at an early age that have a big impact, like those at birth. Thus this paragraph from the NFL site is likely quite misleading:

• We found the players in our study had a much lower rate of death overall compared to men in the general population. This means that, on average, NFL players (77.5-year life expectancy) are actually living longer than men in the general population (74.7 years).”
  Source: National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety Study (NIOSH)

NFL Player Fact vs. Fiction | NFL Football Operations

But the one study I can find of some 3,500 players does seem to show a lower death rate:


Body Mass Index, Playing Position, Race, and the Cardiovascular Mortality of Retired Professional Football Players - ScienceDirect

Just proves that enough money can buy a sound bite that says exactly what is needed

captain stone said:

But that's not where the end began.

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Do tell.

neali said:

Do tell.

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And Captain Stone had nothing to say.

AndyJohnson said:

If there was ever any doubt.

The clown was at his favorite teams camp yesterday.

Their rookie first round pick Safety Adams was being asked about player safety. He made a comment like if I have to die somewhere it would be great to go on the football field.

The reporter asked something like, so you are willing to risk brain issues later in life to play now?

The clown enters and says to the reporter, the thing is NFL players live 5 years longer than you in average. They live longer and are healthier.

I can't think of a worse way for a guy in his position to answer that or characterize 90% of his league having brain issues.

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I think that when Goodell is called to account in Football Afterlife, the review of his football life will have to account for his prior bad media acts on the way to this statement.

Camera placement as a rallying cry to tear down his league*'s best franchise? On the wrong side of a borderline. Defamegate? Way over the line, with no evidence except manufactured evidence... and now? Lying to children to entice them into our beloved, but deeply flawed sport.

Brady's going to end up being the absolute apogee of this game, the ne plus ultra before the fall.

There'll be a "greatest flag football player of all time" at some point, but the game as we know it has a bad problem.

Guys like us will trade irrelevant stories in the old folks home about the Patriots, the last and greatest dynasty produced in this failing sport.

And I don't relish saying that. I don't have 3 hours a day for 162 days to watch baseball, 2 3/4 hours of which is spent watching guys stand there. I'd be shocked if Hockey survives the CTE plague. Basketball just ain't my game. I have to buy a ticket to get that high in the air and they made the seats too narrow. I can appreciate the skill but can't identify. I see the acrobatics in mid air in basketball and think "same species my ***."

Football scales, to me. In your mind you think if you threw the ball what looked like a long way for a perfect TD, you're good. (Even if you're playing from end to end on the short axis of the field.)

Side track there.

I really hope the league* comes to terms w/its CTE problem. But Brady and the Patriots as the crowning triumphant moment of this league*? I can live with that.

By the way, I wouldn't feel anything like that if it weren't for dodgy roger.

The thread title ...."you just figured that out"?

captain stone said:

That bogus OPI call was indeed the beginning of the end.

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neali said:

It was Ellis Hobbs and the league admitted the official made a mistake.

League Admits One Blown Call in AFC Championship

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captain stone said:

But that's not where the end began.

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neali said:

Do tell.

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Apologies for not being at your beck & call.

The bogus OPI call against Troy Brown occurred late in the 2nd quarter.

The bogus DPI call against Ellis Hobbs occurred during the 3rd quarter.

Therefore, the Beginning of the end was indeed the bogus OPI call, which also took away at least 3 points from us, and gave Indy the time to score a FG before the first half ended. Not really sure what the big deal is.

captain stone said:

Apologies for not being at your beck & call.

The bogus OPI call against Troy Brown occurred late in the 2nd quarter.

The bogus DPI call against Ellis Hobbs occurred during the 3rd quarter.

Therefore, the Beginning of the end was indeed the bogus OPI call, which also took away at least 3 points from us, and gave Indy the time to score a FG before the first half ended. Not really sure what the big deal is.

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I am not really sure what the big deal is here either, Captain Keyboard. Feel free to have the last word.