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FuzzySkinner posted:Anyone else feel awkwardly ashamed of being a fan of football right now? The "watching healthy young black men kill themselves at the behest of rich old white people" didn't already do that?
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I was listening to local sports radio and they played a clip from Schefter who was told by one owner that Goddell has done nothing wrong and people are treating him like Ray Rice. To their credit the radio guys were incredulous and clearly disgusted at that gross statement Its Rinaldo fucked around with this message at 01:04 on Sep 12, 2014 |
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Sep 12, 2014 00:59
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Whenever their association with Baltimore began
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You can't keep a Schiano Man down.
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Sep 12, 2014 01:00
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Homestar Runner posted:what the
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Sep 12, 2014 01:01
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FuzzySkinner posted:https://twitter.com/search?q=%23support27&src=typd Roman @Boomhauer_1890 1h Let's go Ravens! Gonna kick Rapistburger's rear end tonight #Support27  edit: to clarify, nothing wrong with tying Rothlisberger to his sexual assault, but the cognitive dissonance with that statement...
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If I punched out my wife, got arrested, and my boss found out, I would be out on my rear end that same day. If I was incompetent at my job and my actions turned my organization into a laughingstock, I'd be out on my rear end that same day. It's amazing that people don't expect the same to happen to Ray Rice and that Goodell's employers don't expect the same out of him.
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Sep 12, 2014 01:03
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Kalli posted:I mean poo poo, we have a game about to start and CBS is running a news special about that and everyone else is focused on gawking at the shmucks in Rice jerseys. That led off in front of 9/11 coverage. This is actually fairly solid reasoning on why this might not run its course so quickly. As an aside, I got the Season Ticket agreement and I'm reading it over. I knew from the jump there is no wiggle room to get out of the contract but I did at least get a laugh out of reading it. It's pretty thorough in what it covers in the event a game can't be played.. quote:Club shall be excused for the period of any delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder when prevented from doing so by cause or causes beyond Club’s control, which shall include, without limitation, all strikes, lock-outs and other labor disputes, civil commotion, war, war-like operations, invasion, rebellion, hostilities, military or usurped power, terrorism, sabotage, governmental regulations or control, cancellation of games, weather, fire or other casualty, construction delays, inability to obtain any material, services, insurance proceeds, or financing, or through acts of God. Emphasis mine. Dr. Poz fucked around with this message at 01:15 on Sep 12, 2014 |
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Sep 12, 2014 01:09
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FuzzySkinner posted:Anyone else feel awkwardly ashamed of being a fan of football right now? Yo. 
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seiferguy posted:Roman @Boomhauer_1890 1h He's not taking a moral stance on Roethlisberger you goober, he's making a dumb pun because that's what lovely fans consider the height of wit
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Declan MacManus posted:He's not taking a moral stance on Roethlisberger you goober, he's making a dumb pun because that's what lovely fans consider the height of wit The point still stands, to mock Ben about the rape thing while simultaneously supporting Rice despite the punch thing shows an incredible lack of awareness.
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Sep 12, 2014 01:18
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I played the sport in HS. I feel pretty disgusted that any sort of culture would come from it to make these things okay.
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Chris James 2 posted:I'm a Ravens fan in Penn State. How do you feel about suicide bombing?
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Sep 12, 2014 01:20
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James Brown's pregame segment for a football game:
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Sep 12, 2014 01:23
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FuzzySkinner posted:Anyone else feel awkwardly ashamed of being a fan of football right now? No. That's loving stupid.
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BigBoss posted:No. That's loving stupid. No not really.
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Why does Michael Vick still get to play? If Ray Rice was gay and hit his boyfriend, would he still be banned indefinitely? I thought it was a gold digger's job to evoke a violent response from their spouse to collect that sweet legal/marriage money?  (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Kalli posted:James Brown's pregame segment for a football game: It's really awesome that someone said this on live primetime TV, that's amazing Also amazing is how bad that transcription is, poo poo
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MVP posted:Why does Michael Vick still get to play? Vick paid his considerable debt and seems to be genuinely remorseful and rehabilitated. If Rice follows the same path, I would not be opposed to him playing again, assuming some team signs him.
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Kalli posted:James Brown's pregame segment for a football game:
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MVP posted:Why does Michael Vick still get to play? Now do Donald Sterling. Increase take hotness to 600 degrees
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Sep 12, 2014 01:39
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FuzzySkinner posted:Anyone else feel awkwardly ashamed of being a fan of football right now? Nah. Football rules. Ray Rice and Roger Goodell are human garbage.
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Sep 12, 2014 01:39
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BigBoss posted:No. That's loving stupid. Agreed. Football is separate from the NFL which itself is made up of multiple entities from the player's union to the owners to the league office, etc., etc., etc.
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Sep 12, 2014 01:42
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FuzzySkinner posted:Anyone else feel awkwardly ashamed of being a fan of football right now? Absolutely
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Breaky posted:No not really. Yeah it is. I can name a list of horrible poo poo about football way worse than Ray Rice hitting his wife or Goodell's response that apparently wasn't enough to turn someone off, but this somehow was? That's just being melodramatic in an attempt to attain some sense of ethical superiority via selective morality. Normal, healthy adults are able to make the distinction between "guy associated with football did a bad thing" and the very large entity that makes up the whole of football.
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BigBoss posted:Yeah it is. I can name a list of horrible poo poo about football way worse than Ray Rice hitting his wife or Goodell's response that apparently wasn't enough to turn someone off, but this somehow was? That's just being melodramatic in an attempt to attain some sense of ethical superiority via selective morality. Normal, healthy adults are able to make the distinction between "guy associated with football did a bad thing" and the very large entity that makes up the whole of football. Yes and there's a lot of reasons to be ashamed of football apart from and in addition to this.
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FuzzySkinner posted:Anyone else feel awkwardly ashamed of being a fan of football right now? Very much so, yes.
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Breaky posted:Yes and there's a lot of reasons to be ashamed of football apart from and in addition to this. A receiver gets a concussion by catching a hospital ball and all everyone can think about is what it means for their fantasy team.
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Sep 12, 2014 01:58
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Reminder that Ray Rice is one of many NFL players that have abused women. The NFL tried to cover this up and that's pretty loving disgusting.
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FuzzySkinner posted:What's sad is a women was supporting him. There were women flocking to twitter to post about how much they wanted to gently caress Chris Brown, well after he pummeled the poo poo out of Rihanna and went to jail. Dumb knows no boundaries of gender, age, fan affiliation, etc.
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FuzzySkinner posted:Anyone else feel awkwardly ashamed of being a fan of football right now? About this? Not at all. I operate under the assumption that from the owners to the fans most people with some sort of financial or emotional investment in football are garbage, including myself. We cheer for terrible injuries to our rivals. We rationalize horrible behavior because TOUCHDOWNS. We tacitly approve through our continued support of an industry that makes gobs and gobs of money by turning people into physically shattered husks at best, and at worst souls so mentally broken the only escape they see is through the flashy end of a firearm. So again, your question, no. I have been ashamed of being a football fan long before this. This is just a little icing on the shitcake that is professional sports.
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So, something that has been bothering me this evening. The tone and focus CBS and the NFL Network pre-game crew had, were this were the worst incident in NFL history. While I am not saying it is not-bad. It is. I just don't get how the focus on Ray Rice makes him worse than Jovan Belcher. I don't remember the Belcher situation getting the amount of attention as this. While the NFL coverup adds another layer, I think their focus against Rice is misguided.
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Hockles posted:So, something that has been bothering me this evening. The tone and focus CBS and the NFL Network pre-game crew had, were this were the worst incident in NFL history. While I am not saying it is not-bad. It is. I just don't get how the focus on Ray Rice makes him worse than Jovan Belcher. I don't remember the Belcher situation getting the amount of attention as this. While the NFL coverup adds another layer, I think their focus against Rice is misguided. I mean, part of it is almost certainly because the player in question is still alive and thus able to be punished (suspended) for his actions.
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Hockles posted:So, something that has been bothering me this evening. The tone and focus CBS and the NFL Network pre-game crew had, were this were the worst incident in NFL history. While I am not saying it is not-bad. It is. I just don't get how the focus on Ray Rice makes him worse than Jovan Belcher. I don't remember the Belcher situation getting the amount of attention as this. While the NFL coverup adds another layer, I think their focus against Rice is misguided. As far as I can tell this is a bigger deal because it's not really about Ray Rice anymore. Not really. Everyone (who is of sane mind anyway) has now agreed that he is a shithead, and he no longer has a team and is banned from signing with a new one. What more can be said or done? The story now is that the NFL is appallingly incompetent at best, and morally and ethically abhorrent at worst. There wasn't really anything that could be done from the NFL's standpoint about Belcher. Edit: man, that compelled me to look up Jovan Belcher's wiki page, and today is actually his daughter's birthday. What a bummer 
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Sep 12, 2014 02:53
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FuzzySkinner posted:Anyone else feel awkwardly ashamed of being a fan of football right now? nope apparently i'm in the minority of people who don't think the NFL should double as our court system
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Sep 12, 2014 02:57
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Hockles posted:So, something that has been bothering me this evening. The tone and focus CBS and the NFL Network pre-game crew had, were this were the worst incident in NFL history. While I am not saying it is not-bad. It is. I just don't get how the focus on Ray Rice makes him worse than Jovan Belcher. I don't remember the Belcher situation getting the amount of attention as this. While the NFL coverup adds another layer, I think their focus against Rice is misguided. It's also on tape. No one filmed Rae carruth.
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ironlung posted:nope apparently i'm in the minority of people who don't think the NFL should double as our court system It is a good thing they aren't! They also can't, without opening company towns.
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if ray rice got suspended half the season this wouldn't even be a story
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ironlung posted:if ray rice got suspended half the season this wouldn't even be a story No, it probably wouldn't. But he didn't and Goodell almost certainly lied about ever seeing the tape, which are now the two biggest parts of the story
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Breaky posted:No not really. TheModernAmerican posted:The "watching healthy young black men kill themselves at the behest of rich old white people" didn't already do that? Breaky posted:Yes and there's a lot of reasons to be ashamed of football apart from and in addition to this. Crazy Ted fucked around with this message at 03:11 on Sep 12, 2014 |
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