This is just the typical argument of the misogynist/racist/homophobe who doesn’t like owning up to his prejudice and thus projects it onto someone else, then claims that the prejudice of “those people over there” creates a lamentable reality that the target of the prejudice must tolerate.

Easter eggs are meant to be found, and they turn rotten if they aren’t found quickly.

I’m generally fine with Deadspin’s coverage of the Patricia situation, but this passage is not good:

Yes, a fully armed and equipped Marine division could stop Winnipeg.

I agree that that is important. I’m glad that we see eye to eye on the topic.

I can’t speak to Deadspin’s agenda, if you’re right then I would agree that that’s inappropriate. I guess I can understand how the number of stories could make you see it that way.

You put a lot of thought into responding to a comment that probably took 3.7 seconds to write and post. Offhand, poorly thought out snark is what we do around here, bub.

This whole decline phase of the NFL in the past 5 years is almost entirely self-inflicted. They became convinced they were invincible and everlasting and stopped doing due diligence on a lot of things. There’s always been an arrogance to the league but they’ve really taken it to whole new levels.

Simply possessing the knowledge is a degree of due diligence in and of itself, and they failed to clear that bar. What they should have then done with the knowledge is of course a topic that will draw diverse opinions. Kobe Bryant is proof that it’s possible to have a thriving career despite such allegations, so I…

I will add that the fact that the indictment was a matter of public record plays a part here. If the indictment had been sealed and his record wiped clean, then I would say that expecting the NFL or the Lions to know anything would be unreasonable. And those are steps that truly innocent people will often seek out, to…

The NFL is in the public relations business as much as anything else. Everyone who joins the NFL in any capacity is well aware of this. Allegations of rape are bad PR. Ergo, by taking employment from an NFL franchise you are willingly giving up some degree of privacy that everyone else enjoys. The courts have…

I agree that being an NFL coach doesn’t rise to the level of scrutiny of a public official, but privacy is already a contorted concept when it comes to the NFL. You might be able to convince me that it applies here, I do think privacy is important, but I don’t know if the NFL thinks it’s important.

So he was a law-abiding citizen until Belichick got his hands on him, interesting ...

Is there a point where you’re going to say something that contradicts or agrees with my post?

Exactly. If Detroit had been aware of the indictment, asked him about it, and was satisfied with his explanation and hired him anyway, I think this would not be the story that it is. The big problem here is that the NFL, despite its vast wealth and resources, apparently doesn’t know if its most high-profile leaders…

And?

I think whether Patricia did anything is almost moot because we’ll likely never know. What we do know is that the NFL for years has had a coach in its ranks who had such an allegation in his history and no one had any idea. For a giant enterprise with massive resources, it’s hard to excuse. Maybe Patricia is innocent…

The Super Bowl, unless you count the Pro Bowl, which some people don’t.

If you’re careful and phrase it in a way that says, “I see and respect the pain you’re in because I’ve been in a similar circumstance” then it can be OK. But make sure you hit that hardest and don’t linger on the details or your emotions from your loss, it can tip into self-centeredness very easily.

The truth is there is no good way to give condolences, because if you care about the person, you want to ease their pain, but you can’t. So everything you say will be futile. The only thing that makes it all tolerable is that everyone at one time or another is both a giver and receiver of condolences, and so long as…