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You go Howie
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Strahan called the Patriots out specifically in the Giants victory parade and mocked the Pats for playing 3-4 on his first show in 2008, saying the Giants exposed the Patriots O-line and proved the need for all teams to play 4-3. He's also said that he and all the Giants greatly respect the Patriots and that anybody who picked the Giants to win SB42 were idiots so he's a tough one to read.
Agreed, but your point is? I thought Howie did an excellent job as Travolta's enforcer (in the movie).
On the morning CBS news show shortly after the AFCCG, Strahan openly mocked Brady and the Patriots. His spiel included a demo with 2 footballs, one at the required PSI and another sightly below. His contention was that using the deflated ball was a huge advantage and an egregious form of cheating.With Howie and JJ supporting TB12 Fox NFL Sunday has a strong pro-Pats/Brady/BB support system there.
I've never heard Strahan talk bad about them. Maybe because he beat them
Ok. Didnt catch that. He sucks then.On the morning CBS news show shortly after the AFCCG, Strahan openly mocked Brady and the Patriots. His spiel included a demo with 2 footballs, one at the required PSI and another sightly below. His contention was that using the deflated ball was a huge advantage and an egregious form of cheating.
You aren't entirely wrong. I have seen him interview Brady and be very respectful and complimentary. He's been hypocritical in that to their face, he's one way, yet when no one from the Pats happens to be present, he's very different.Ok. Didnt catch that. He sucks then.
The process is fine ..... it's the integrity of those who are entrusted to act on the process who have integrity issues.
I agree that it may well be easier to change the process and, thus, remove all threat of power corruption than it is to find a person who will wield said power with honestly and integrity. But, I have no doubt that such honorable people exist.As someone who grew up in the 70's in a country ruled by a dictator, I can tell you that I lived through the adage of power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Unfortunately there are very few people in this world that have turned out to be truly benevolent dictators when put into a place of such power.
In a system such as one the NFL has currently, the commissioner is granted absolute discretion to dispense "justice". It is far too easy for people entrusted with that power to fall into the trap of wielding it instead to solidify their own leadership and use justice as an excuse.
In the NFL they charge you with cheating and ban you four games. In the real world they charge you with sedition and execute you.
This is why the process has to change.
Power certainly does corrupt to a degree. In dictators, I wonder how much power actually corrupts vs. the corruption that most amass to attain such power. That would be a really hard comparison to test, but testing the corrupting effects of power itself isn't nearly so hard. The effects were much more extreme than I would have thought.As someone who grew up in the 70's in a country ruled by a dictator, I can tell you that I lived through the adage of power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Unfortunately there are very few people in this world that have turned out to be truly benevolent dictators when put into a place of such power.
In a system such as one the NFL has currently, the commissioner is granted absolute discretion to dispense "justice". It is far too easy for people entrusted with that power to fall into the trap of wielding it instead to solidify their own leadership and use justice as an excuse.
In the NFL they charge you with cheating and ban you four games. In the real world they charge you with sedition and execute you.
This is why the process has to change.
Strahan is good friends with brady.Strahan called the Patriots out specifically in the Giants victory parade and mocked the Pats for playing 3-4 on his first show in 2008, saying the Giants exposed the Patriots O-line and proved the need for all teams to play 4-3. He's also said that he and all the Giants greatly respect the Patriots and that anybody who picked the Giants to win SB42 were idiots so he's a tough one to read.
Suddenly, I feel like watching Broken Arrow again.
Here's more:
Michael Strahan: "The counter to that is there is a rule. They should change the rule. Everybody says, ‘Well, why does this happen to the Patriots? Why the Patriots?’ It’s because they’re got pulled over. When you’re in a group of speeding cars, you’re the one who got caught. Unfortunately, the team has had other things that have happened in the past. But I don’t think this penalty was for this particularly. I think it was for, as Jimmy said, probably the owners that got beat by the Patriots, but more so about some of the things the Commissioner has gone through – with the Ray Rice case and some of the criticisms that made him really have to step up and do something a little more harsh than I think we all felt should have happened, but he did hand down that ruling, and now this is one decision you have to live with because he lost in court which stripped him of power, in my opinion."
Howie Long: "There are a couple of things about it. One is if you’re going to call into question the character of Tom Brady, and you’re calling him a liar and a cheat, those are big accusations. Here’s a guy that’s won four Super Bowls, three Super Bowl MVPs, two league MVPs, and to the best of my knowledge, has led an exemplary life on and off the field. If you’re going to make those accusations, you better come with something better than ‘it’s more likely than not,’ and to watch Tedy Bruschi and Willie McGinest have to go on TV every day and validate the championships that they won really bothers me. There’s a lot of talk about the integrity of the game, and I get it, and I support that. How about some integrity in the process because if anything has become apparent in this process, it’s that the integrity of the process is flawed and it needs to be changed."
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