Yes. Rape is not ok out of prison or in prison. It is not ok because they are criminals. Why do we let this continue?

Exactly! Since the judges know that rape is a systemic crime in jail, one would think that their first line of order might be to do something about it! Rather than use it as a normative description. This is just what happens, son.

Punishing Seaworld for abusing whales may lead to more abuse and neglect of captive whales. SeaWorld is to blame here, however I hope the “fix” does not lead to even worse care of the orcas.

Love watching people try and explain away deflategate like it's not a big deal. Are you actually trying to argue that illegally altering a football so that your team has a competitive advantage (and make no mistake, it is a competitive advantage) is on the same level as PI, an illegal celebration, or your shoes being…

Will they still penalize him if he does something like repeatedly pulls his butt cheeks apart and then slams them together? Constant evolution. This is what is known in behavioral ecology as an "arms race."

So the NFL is basically making up new fines and rules every week solely to target Lynch. Wouldn't expect anything less from this league.

I hope they win the super bowl so Lynch can grab his champion dick on the podium.

Because the NFL needs CONTROL

Blah, blah, "he gets paid to answer questions at press conferences!" Great, but I don't see why he should get fined for answering any way he wants. Now they're going to police the content? Is grammar next? If a guy wants to fulfill the bare minimum of his contract and look like a jackass that just makes him a jackass.…

Not to mention, his job is actually the playing football part. Requiring them to talk to to media is like doing whatever you do for your day job, then them requiring that you talk to someone about what you did that day at the end of every day.

I enjoy how you call him a "millionaire baby" while glossing over the billionaire babies (read: the NFL) being petulant babies about it. But yes, let's all blame the player, as always.

So what's the value in forcing him on stage to mumble "both teams played hard" for 15 minutes? How does that improve the fan experience?

I'm pretty sure he didn't read the article, he was just here to give you his hot take.

Amen - although he makes the news whether he talks or not, simply due to his history. I have to say I LOVE when he does talk to the media - "yeah" "no" and "I'm thankful" are just as interesting as "I wanna thank God" and "We gave 110%," and Lynch is more entertaining.

Then he should have to pay the league mandated fine. The fine should not be escalating, which is the author's point.

If I'm Paul Allen I pay whatever fine he incurs.

All the people that are like "it's part of his job and contract blah blah blah I'm a fucking shitstain" need to fuck right off. Who fucking cares? Do you really need to hear generic, canned responses to generic, canned questions from another player? Are the platitudes and cliches spouted off daily by NFL players…

Serious question: If the league allows players with (e.g.) ADHD to get exemptions to use drugs like Adderall that might otherwise be banned, why can't they have a process for allowing people like Lynch - who, if the armchair shrinks are right, may have a diagnosable social-anxiety-type disorder - to have an exemption…