That’s not the same thing at all. Did the gesture affect the outcome of anything? Are people really going to say this series should have gone completely different if only that racist guy wasn’t allowed to play? No, nobody will say that.

THANK YOU. That comment was less about this situation and more about how strongly they feel about sexual assault. Rather than showing actual empathy and working towards a system in which we understand why/how something like this happens and we can work to prevent it from happening, some people prefer the narrative of…

Used to be Washington state college

Wow. Head injuries didn’t do it. Publicly financed stadiums didn’t do it. Quality of play didn’t do it. What drove me away from the NFL was compulsory patriotism. Huh.

I would watch Dez, Dak, and Zeke kneeling on pay-per-view. Well, I’d pay to watch jerry jones’ face blow up in that scenario, but I’m not watching the game for free.

Did you mean, “we’re just here so he doesn’t get find”?

That’s what kills me in all this. “Oh you disobeyed an order from a police officer during a chaotic situation in which you thought you were running for your life? Well you get what’s coming to you, just obey and all will be fine. Oh they violated department policy by turning off their lapel cams? Well, we can’t…

I honestly don’t see the “real” problem with this. If you take away the gateway of prescriptions, then you’re going to see people turning to the street, that’s a problem. But the next generation of abusers won’t get hooked through prescriptions, and we’ll probably see a drop off of street overdoses eventually too. I’m…

An example that comes to mind is the Yale professor who wrote a memo, email, whatever, saying they shouldn’t clamp down on young people’s freedom of speech was attacked as a white supremacist, even though he had a long history of standing up for minorities.

They had two separate streaks: one of 17, then about a month later they went 26-0-1. It’s an interesting story that they still lost the pennant, but it’s not like DiMaggio hitting in 72 of 73 games. Lionelmhutz worded their comment terribly.

It was a fluke performance.

Considering how little money NFL owners put into stadia, I don’t think they’re all that worried about their stadia sitting empty. It’s also worth considering the long-term nature of pro-franchise ownership. Even the short term owners are more concerned with the sale price than they are with year-over-year profits.…

The NFLPA is certified with the NLRB and is affiliated with the AFL-CIO. What are you talking about?

While I’m aware false accusations represent a vanishingly small percentage of rape cases, they’re still out there and wealthy/famous people attract them. Think duke lacrosse, Brian banks, UVA, etc. Unless you really followed through on those cases, you’d only remember the headlines that assumed guilt immediately.

Where did I defend him? I’m pretty sure I called what Strickland did bullshit. I can see why you’d be confused though, I didn’t compare Strickland to Hitler, and it wasn’t obvious in my comment that I thought Harper didn’t deserve a suspension even though he tried (and failed) to throw his helmet at a guy from close…

He’s not a starting pitcher, and he didn’t aim at Harpers head. He’s a scrub relief pitcher with almost 18 innings pitched in 21 games, and he hit Harper in the leg.

You have no idea what happened. Is it possible that Bennett called Wixey and apologized profusely (for unknowingly comparing a football game to a cancer fight, do you really think he wouldn’t apologize for that?), at which point Wixey, a journalist mind you, decided it was good enough and no longer wanted to be a part…

It’s interesting to me that you say Wixey had to ASK for an apology. Where did you read that?

Had a haircut you could set your watch to.

Are you ignoring that this occurred on the basketball and baseball teams too and choosing to focus your anger on football?