Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Three...eh maybe four or five and your out.
The nfl this week has started serious talks with the players union about enforcing strict penaltys against players that cross that line of lewd or violent conduct. The straw that broke the camels back was apparantly mr. pac man jones nba all star weekend that included taking eighty-one thousand dollars into a strip club in a trash bag and ended with someone in his entorage shooting someone else. This has apparantly started a public relations barrage from the nfl's head office, Roger Goddel the comissh has started this whole three strikes proposition and it looks like the players union is behind it with a whole lot o' hot air. So here is the question, what is the definition of a strike and how does one qualify for one? I mean obviously if you do something direct, like drink and drive that should be one; but what about if somone you're with acts up, are you now also responsible for their actions as well? This seems to me to be a little hard to define. I think that the idea is good behind this but a little hard to determine the actual definition of what is improper. Did chris henry deserve a strike for riding in a car with someone who was under the influence even though he was not? The reality is a hard pill for most to swallow, that the nfl does have its good guys, but, there are a lot of thugs that live a wild crazy lifestyle in this game. It is a warriors game, and that does not excuse a person for their actions, but it does in the end lead to more violent tendencies off the field. Always has, more so than the other leagues. So before we all jump on the bandwagon and say that pac man is this, and pac man is that, just remember that it is very difficult to monitor all the people around you in the fastlane of the nfl sometimes. This will also be interesting to watch to see if it tests the oldest of sports unwritten rules, if you can play and are a high quality player on the field...no matter what...in the end you'll get another chance.
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whoa, do i sense hatred to atari games and favoring more of bally games? i dont like pac man he says. whoopdee do. why is this long haired seventh grade education freak that can run fast even in the news at all?
players that recieve any bad press, ie, drinking and driving, drug use, beastiality, i think the coaches and the staff should be punished by public whipping. oh yeah, lets see who drafts vick now. the dilemma, do you have a pathetic team or do you jump everytime your phone rings??
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do you ever talk about real sports, ping pong, or sumo wrestling??
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You said the key words, Seth "hot air." There will never be any hard-line rule adopted, because there's so much grey area, and it would take armies of lawyers to define and redefine what a "strike" means. Furthermore, teams would rather just put that money in their pockets than pay lawyers. The most they'll ever get to is: "If you kill someone, you can't play anymore." It would be a start.
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