NFL Displays the Value of PR at the Expense of Hypocrisy

All 200 of our eyeballs followed Hardesty and we saw nothing

Yeah, and we didn’t hear that loud crashing sound complete with high pitched whine…..

But they’re not. Piles and piles of money have removed any sense of right and wrong from their being.

James Harrison tweeted that, “They should.” That sealed the deal.

Holmgren had the audacity to explain that after McCoy flipped the ball, “Your eyes followed the ball to Hardesty.”

Yes, I ignored the train wreck on the left side of the road, because I was looking at the nice foliage on the right side of the road.

The main reason they can’t really do anything to the Browns is because, strangely enough for the NFL, they have not yet regulated all of this into something they can govern. McCoy’s was the most notable, without a doubt, but I’m sure this happens multiple times a game, and the league can’t watch over all of it.

LaMarr Woodley left the game and it wasn’t until several plays later even the broadcasters said anything, and they have guys on the sidelines watching for that kind of thing. I know he didn’t get a concussion, my point is there is so much happening on the sideline, and everything happens so fast, they’re going to have to apply some significant on-field regulation to properly identify each possible concussion.

Very few of them are as noticeable as McCoy’s situation. How do you regulate it?

this season the media, ESPN especially, was lambasting the Steeler organization for saying Troy had concussion like symptoms. Troy sat out the game when he showed those symptoms and the test were given throughout the week to ensure he was okay. This didn’t stop them (ESPN, et al) from grumbling that Tomlin and the Steelers weren’t being forthright in their presser, yet a team claims to not have noticed and subsequently put the concussed player back in the game and no one bats an eye.

Hypocrisy is fun, no?

I heard podcasters talk of screwdrivers and shit to repair a, perhaps, broken facemask

is this accurate, doesn’t that negate everything that Herr Walrus belched?

There is an article about how the league said they were going to be using outside people to monitor concussions. I think I saw it on ESPN.com. But, it allows them to absolve the Browns while still looking like they care about player safety.

Really comes to mind here, in regards to things happening.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell this week ordered all NFL teams to have one medical person (emphasis added) in the press box to observe such hits and inform coaches on the sideline who may not have been aware of the impact

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11356/1198550-66.stm#ixzz1hHRoNf2x

The league, in its ongoing efforts to patchwork legislation in a reactionary manner, instead of studying the issues and coming up with workable solutions, is going to make teams pay for a medically trained observer, whenany joker can sit in the press box, and call down to the coach: “..uh, coach, your QB is laying flat on his ass…might want to have him checked out”.

If the league is going to start insisting teams add yet another member to the payroll (instead of the league enforcing its own rules), why not insist on a medical person on the sideline, in communication with aforementioned “joker” to observe and evaluate the concussed player in question?

the league is waiting to see if James Harrison gave Colt McCoy a staph infection first?

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/b9c96f821a52493bbb1a4452fcc0411c/FBN—Browns-Bentley/

Just goes to show that common sense is becoming more and more rare. The biggest insult is to every fan that watches the games. This whole thing insults the intelligence of the football watching world.

Are any of us really surprised?

They play in the city deemed by Forbes Magazine to be the most miserable city to live in America.

This is so true. My brother moved from Cleveland to Bonita Springs Florida. He is now off of all his antidepression meds and most of his blood pressure pills. No joke. There is alot of evidence related to lack of uv/sun light and depression, aka seasonal affective disorder. Additionally, NE Ohio has more cloudy days than just about anywhere in the U.S., including Seattle. So yeah, it’s miserable.

Now regarding Holmgren and his entire loser organization….I expect nothing less than this type of misdirection and sheisterness. He is a sore loser, as demonstrated by his words and actions after superbowl XL. Furthermore, I believe he has the football world fooled into thinking he is some all knowing football guru. My opinion is that he is an overpaid blowhard masqurading as competent and should be prosecuted for theft. He is stealing Lerner’s money. He just gives me more reasons to hate the Browns….where’s Mechem when I need him? Any idiot with eyes in his head could see that Mc Coy was knocked senseless. What a crock of crap….yet the National Forgetaboutfair League gently lifts the rug whilst King Roger sweeps their incompetence underneath. Brilliant.

similar to public intoxication from drinking water from cleveland tap water?

if one is unfamiliar with what i’m talking about, feel free to research the subject.

Why couldnt Harrison just use the excuse “I didnt know he had a head”. They might not have suspended him if he truly didnt know.

You need an independent official to make these calls on concussions. Teams have a huge conflict of interest and standards cannot be inconsistent on player safety.
Cleveland should be leading the way on this is the proper pr move.

Not a Quarterback among them,

Lewis, 32, is a former running back for the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns whose 10-year career ended in 2009. Levens, who is 41, also was a running back, playing 11 seasons until his career ended in 2003. Kuykendall, a former linebacker who is 58, played in the NFL between 1974 and 1985. And Stewart, 38, was a safety for the Detroit Lions for five seasons ending in 2000.

Now, how is the NFL going to justify the lack of H2H protection for players who play the positions the plaintiffs played, yet justify is rules for H2H against QBs and “defenseless” players?, and its limitations on players’ ability to use a helmet that rates higher in protection than the League approved (and licensed) helmet?

I completely agree. My dad and i were just talking about this tonight. He’s so fed up with Goodell’s inconsistencies and lies that he promised this will be his last year watching NFL. As much as he loves the Steelers he said he can’t and won’t support such a terrible commissioner. I might soon be following suit. CFL anyone?