Browns fans are so desperate for a win they don't care how it comes.
I disagree. It may only be a more semi-recent thing, but it is most certainly happening. Call it "cancel culture" if you must, but illegal, immoral, and unethical behavior is starting to get called to the carpet in Hollywood and in the music industry. However, I'd say the ratio of people who actually follow through with, "I'll never watch another one of their movies again!", and, "I'll never watch another game again!", is probably about even money.
Nail. Hammer. Head.
I'm definitely not an authority, but from what I've heard, my understanding is it's in the CBA that Goodell can still overrule this and invoke whatever suspension he wants.
The NFL has the right to appeal because judge Robinson ruled that Watson violated policy, had she ruled that he did not violate policy, the NFL could not appeal. The NFL appeal process is governed by non other than King Roger himself, so if they appeal, they appeal to him. The CBA, in the last negotiation, took away Goodell's right to rule but not the NFL's right to appeal.
I've added a lot of actors, comedians, and musicians to my "piss off" list in the past 7 years. I won't watch or listen to anything with them in it.
I've seen this comparison thrown around a lot and it's apples to oranges. What Ridley did was not only proven, but it puts into question the integrity of the game.
I agree with proven versus alleged Tom but it doesn't take much of a leap of faith to go from alleged to beyond any doubt.
I believe it is systemic. There are outliers, sure, but look at where many of the most egregious offenders attended college. Most are from SEC schools where their entire existence is for football and making it to the NFL. These players aren't told "no", and are quite often spoon fed through academics. They are recruited with this promise straight out of high school. You don't see this behavior very much (again, there are exceptions) from players who attended schools where academics were an equal or greater priority to football.
That and the fact a really high percentage of them are raised in poverty and all that comes with that.
Exactly. It starts at the start.
Thats true Justin but it doean't excuse the fact that the NFL "uses" them to make money regardless of their charachter.
What do y’all suggest we do about it. We don’t have money to try and address poverty, we have rockets to launch. See what I did there
Not saying it's an excuse. It is absolutely a factor when you hand someone who has never had anything millions of dollars when they're 21 years old though. Yes there are people that have come from tough situations in all walks of life, but it's a much more disproportionate percentage in pro sports. Add to that the spotlight they have in them, and it's a recipe for disaster.
I agree with both aspects of your statement. What I'll add to the second, is that every single one of those who overcome a bad early life have encountered a positive mentor of some sort along the way that helped set them on the right track both in work ethic and in morality. No one does it on their own. No one. I don't deny that anyone who makes it to the top tier in sport lacks work ethic, but these individuals missed out on the mentorship and guidance for personal ethics and morality.
I bet we could expand the big brother program or similar programs, if we only had some extra funds.
