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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.The way extreme wealth tends to insulate otherwise well-meaning folks from realities of the human condition appears to be the real disconnect here. The best thing NFL owners could do would be to appoint a truly independent commissioner, whose stewardship on behalf of the game and its fans would be priority one. (Yes, I know this is a pipe dream, but it just might be what the NFL needs to save it from itself.)How else does one explain Bob Kraft's preposterous statement "Roger is doing a wonderful job!" just last week. The Billionaire Boys Club has the PERFECT catspaw to assuage their insatiable greed. All they needed was for little Lord Fauntleroydell to NOT step on his dyck.....but there it is.
The media did not create the transgressions of Rice, Hardy and Peterson, nor did it mishandle them in the context of those players' NFL employment. This is far from a witch hunt -- it's the media shedding light on Goodell's bumbling and lies in his attempts to cover for the owners' $$$-driven situational ethics.
Thank you, my view exactly. I'm not a Goodell rooter, and think he blundered with Spygate badly. But the media in general, and sports commentators in particular, are just out of control and have totally manufactured a witch hunt here. Totally sick of their sanctimonious bs. They're only interested in filling their show with a controversy no matter how lame.
The way extreme wealth tends to insulate otherwise well-meaning folks from realities of the human condition appears to be the real disconnect here. The best thing NFL owners could do would be to appoint a truly independent commissioner, whose stewardship on behalf of the game and its fans would be priority one. (Yes, I know this is a pipe dream, but it just might be what the NFL needs to save it from itself.)
Goodell lies, avoids, and obfuscates continuously. You need to really follow things closely to pick up on it, because he's a very smooth talker. I suggest reading today's thorough and well-done ESPN "Outside the Lines" expose and also check out Keith Olbermann's commentary on Roger's press conference.There's no evidence I've heard of any lies, to be honest. Only that someone in law enforcement illegally sent the 2nd video to some female within the NFL offices, which nobody senior was ever proven to have seen or been made aware of (of course it's now a media "fact" that Goodell saw that tape back then). That's the extent of the cover-up/lies. And a couple of weeks later Rice was given a nuclear punishment. Where's the bfd, seriously?
Roger can't get out of his own way. All this does is encourage the false belief that football players are an inherent danger to society and must be dealt with accordingly. "Don't fret America. We're on top of this scourge and have lined up many experts in the field to assist in education, remedial sessions, blah, blah, blabbidy blah ... "What's laughable is this goondell is going to MANDATE that 100% of NFL players spend months of the year attending domestic violence classes and sexual assault conferences. It's just insane. 2000 players and a dozen bad apples....100% bullshyt compliance or what? You get suspended? Suppose Brady laughs at this ridiculous dictum? The goon will suspend HIM for the year?
The media did not create the transgressions of Rice, Hardy and Peterson, nor did it mishandle them in the context of those players' NFL employment. This is far from a witch hunt -- it's the media shedding light on Goodell's bumbling and lies in his attempts to cover for the owners' $$$-driven situational ethics.
The problem with this is that this isn't how a single multi-billion dollar corporation in America dealing with extremely high compensation high profile employees deals with things.The smart thing to say is that policing crime is going to be left to the .......
police.
Naturally, these idiots have instead chosen to go in the other direction. SJWs win again. Freedoms, American principles and common sense take yet another hit.
Great news, though, everybody. In a press conference about recent incidents, Goodell pointed out that the NFL will ensure diversity. That's going to be the key to fixing all of this.
Hail, Roger!
The problem with this is that this isn't how a single multi-billion dollar corporation in America dealing with extremely high compensation high profile employees deals with things.
and also check out Keith Olbermann's commentary on Roger's press conference.
For about the 1 millionth time......
The NFL is NOT the employer of the NFL players. Players are employed by the individual teams.
Then why does the NFLPA negotiate with the NFL?
We note that the matter of who is the employer of an NFL player was addressed in Brown v. Nat’l Football League, 219 F. Supp. 2d 372 (S.D.N.Y. 2002). There, a former NFL player brought a personal injury action in state court against the NFL, seeking damages for a career-ending eye injury he sustained during a game when a referee threw a penalty flag that struck the player in the eye. Id. at 375. The district court observed, “At the time of his injury, Brown worked not for the NFL, but for the Cleveland Browns Football Company, a Delaware limited partnership and an entirely separate entity which happens to be a member of the NFL.” Id. at 383. The owners of NFL teams “own franchises in the NFL and employ the nion members as football players.”
Nice redirect. Part of the structure of the association is to grant the league the right and responsibility to discipline BOTH player and employees.The NFL is the collective bargaining arm of the NFL owners, just as the NFLPA is the collective bargaining arm of the NFL players. Teams are the employers. Here's some case law for you:
Williams v. NFL, Nos. 09-2247/2462/2249 (8th Cir. Sep. 11, 2009), slip op. at 18-19 n.12, cert. denied, No. 09-1380 (U.S. Dec. 14, 2009).
http://yunkerpark.blogspot.com/2011/04/nfl-players-are-employees-of-their.html