Ask the Commish

[Bostonian1962]

Da Man is chatting this afternoon, and you can post your questions here:

NFL Live Chat

 

[upstater1]

Q: Commissioner, why didn't you schedule the Ravens, Patriots and Dolphins at the same time to maximize competitive integrity?

 

[BradfordPatsFan]

Q: Why do playoff teams get to pick ahead of teams who did not make the playoffs?

 

[upstater1]

Q: Can a team steal signals off a tape made without the NFL's authorization, as the Miami Dolphins did against the Patriots in the December 2006 game?

 

[upstater1]

Q: Can a team get permission from the opponent to break the new NFL rules (the ones written in the memo, not the official rules which are entirely different) against taping from an unauthorized part of the stadium, as the Jets did at Gillette in 2006?

Q (part 2) If yes, then how should such permission be given? In written form? In other words, how should one go about proving they received permission?

 

[Watson's IQ]

Q. Is the person moderating the chat going to give you any hostile questions from Patriots fans?

A. Better chance of BB rehiring Mangini.

 

[signbabybrady]

How do you feel about the Jets performance down the strecth? They are your favorite team right?

 

[upstater1]

Q: Why was the NFL's Ray Anderson congratulating Mike Tenenbaum after the Jets-Patriots game by saying, "I told you so!"?

 

[Scouse Patriot]

Q: When issuing fines to players you really just pull random numbers out a hat dont you?

Q: Who'd win out of a fight between Chuck Norris and Jack Bauer?

Q: Why do you restrict the players so much when it comes to celebrating touchdowns? Is using the ball as a prop disrespectful to the ball or something? The things gets thrown, groped, fingered and punted for 60 mins...

Q: Are you an ass or a t!t man? Or just a t!t....

 

[Bostonian1962]

I hope some of you actually post some of these questions for consideration. I love it!

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

Q: Assuming the Steelers make the SB, will the refs be instructed to shaft the NFC team again?

Q: What is the current status of the league office plan to deprive New England of their 2009 1st round pick?

Q: Will the league consider a special expansion draft to help teams like Detroit and your favorite the NY Jets?

Q: Who in your office leaked the 'Spygate' tape to Fox News? Have they been promoted yet?

Q: How is the new league office incentive plan to hire away NE Patriots coaches & execs going?

 

[JoeSixPat]

Commissioner - even after all the focus relating to "Spygate" isn't it true that you have still not changed the rule that allows taping of sideline signal calls from specific locations, removed from the sidelines?

Given the fact that signal taping has been proven to go back 50 years, with other coaches admitting engaging in the practice in more recent years, and the fact that telescopic microphones, video capturing, and wireless data transfers, not to mention the League's lack of interest in policing what is being taped from the stands, isn't it time that you admitted that your efforts to "punish" the Patriots for sideline taping were nothing more than a cheap public relations ploy to foster the appearance that you were "cracking down" on signal stealing - when in fact there is no such rule against signal stealing at all?

(yeah - that's sure to get by the screeners! )

 

[NJPatsfan26]

Q : So now that Mangini has been fired, have you offered him a job as your illegal-video-cracking-down assistant?

 

[belichickaholic]

Q. Why are you putting the entire town of Mayberry in jail while Sheriff Taylor's on vacation?

 

[Tunescribe]

Q: At what point, specifically, did you decide to turn the job into a heavy-handed ego trip vs. working behind the scenes as an earnest steward of the game?

Q: Why are you so obsessed with exporting the game internationally, at the expense of fans here in the U.S.?

Q: Back in the '70s, Bears coach Abe Gibron was filmed blowing his nose through his fingers on the sideline during a game against Denver. Would you have fined him for that?

Q: Is there anything you could possibly do that would cause you to fine yourself?

Q: If your daughter made a snow angel in the backyard, would you dock her allowance?

 

[ALP]

Q. What team were you rooting for in this past Superbowl?

Q. Do you think the false rumors of a practice tape prior to SB 36, and the importance and validity your actions gave it, affected the Patriots in the upcoming game?

 

[dalero]

Q: At what point, specifically, did you decide to turn the job into a heavy-handed ego trip vs. working behind the scenes as an earnest steward of the game?

I'd eat a bug to have this question asked.

 

[Deus Irae]

Your mishandling of "spygate" has turned your best franchise into the media's #1 whipping boy, and your failure to publicly punish the person who leaked the tape has given fans the impression that you're a hypocrite. Your mishandling of fines has turned the players against you. Your mishandling of the television schedule resulted in some teams having an advantage and others having a disadvantage when such actions weren't needed. Your idiotic decision to move the Pro Bowl ensures that at least 2 of the best teams in the NFL will have no representatives in the game, and likely means that the players from the two teams that lose the championship games will also bow out so that they can rest and heal.

Given the disaster that your tenure has been as seen by the examples above, why haven't you resigned yet?

 

[ALP]

Q. How do you like your job, and for how many more years do you see yourself continuing on in your current position?

 

[ALP]

btw, there is a moderator which reviews the questions...