"Both parties are assholes" is the chickenshit's threadbare attempt to sound like the voice of measured reason.

Simmons devoted an entire mailbag post to Goodell's failings on September 11, three days after TMZ released the tape:

Who else in the media was willing to say Goodell knew exactly what was on the tapes? The closest we got was Rachel Nichols' grilling Roger but even she wasn't willing to outright accuse him.

Read his columns, he's not late to the party.

he's had multiple articles about how Goodell should step down, and his Twitter feed was all over how terrible the press conference was while it was happening. He just didn't have a podcast to record until the next week and did it then.

For all its talk of being big tough manly men from Mantown, the NFL is WAY more thin-skinned than the NBA. The NBA laughs that shit off. There's a reason Adam Silver is now far and away the most competent sports commissioner in the US.

I loved:

Is Bill Simmons that guy you thought was a pussy, but when someone is about to nail you in a bar fight, Simmons hits him over the head with a pool cue?

Simmons gave a minor critique of his employer, and maybe went slightly beyond the bounds of what can be reported with 100% certainty in line with "journalistic standards", and he gets suspended for 3 weeks.

Naw, dick.

I'm a lawyer. Goodell is a public figure which means the burden goes way up on proving libel/slander. He would essentially have to prove that Simmons called Goodell a liar for malicious purposes, while knowing that Goodell was, in fact, telling the truth. I understand what you're saying re: ESPN covering its ass, but…

Ray Rice gets two weeks (initially).

Interesting that you only honed in on a few things and blatantly ignored all of the stats proving that he's really not that good.

And at the same time none of that is nefarious... Sounds like you are a grump.

Now that is some revisionist history. You should get a job with DC Comics.

It's not like it's a different franchise though (i.e. the Browns (yes, yes, I know they have rights to all team history, etc., but it's really not the same FRANCHISE)). Paul Allen didn't have anything to do with it, the NFL realigned. Plus, now you get the 9ers instead of the Raiders (not like the Raiders are any…

Why is original abbreviated?

Jameis was dumb for doing this, but how do you go through getting to the stadium, putting on your full pads, and warming up for at least a few minutes without another coach/a player/an administrator/a fan/a university employee/a water or towel boy saying "oh hey Jameis you can't do that"?

+ a googolplex. I've had waitresses forget to put in my order. I've had one leave in the middle of a shift and not tell anyone. We've all been left parched or waiting 40 minutes for the check by Sally, and her cousin Susie McSmokingOutBackAnd ThenServingUsWithStinkyNicotineFingers. And I'm supposed to give them…

Do trolls work for tips? If so, +$1 for you.