I’m a lawyer also and that’s a fair point. IMO even if they lose, it only confirms Goodell’s authority for the current CBA and any future CBA where the NFLPA is stupid enough to allow the same language to be included. The next contract will probably not have it though.

The NFLPA can (and should) appeal the decision on his behalf. The precedent is more important than whether Brady plays the four games.

This blog post really connected with me as an addict. I smoked my last cigarette a little over 10 years ago. I quit a few dozen times before the big one. It was somehow both the hardest and easiest thing I’ve ever done. All I did was get myself into the head space* where I could (1) smoke my last cigarette and (2) not…

Has anyone ever seen Lupica and Dan Snyder in the same room at the same time?

Can Tebow please be the VP nominee? Please? PLEASE?

Milk and sugar first, then coffee. Saves you the time that you would spend stirring.

The Title IX route fails because rather than doing the hard work of training police to not be assholes to rape victims, or ensuring that there is adequate funding for victim’s advocates in every jurisdiction, the Obama administration has punted the issue to the schools who are even less well equipped to deal with it.…

I agree with you a thousand percent. All of that is necessary. Until that happens though, I don’t think that its counterproductive to also teach women about protecting themselves and not putting themselves in vulnerable situations. Yeah, it sucks. But to not protect yourself because its unfair that you have to is like…

I said in my original post that the proximate cause of rape is the rapist’s act. To use your analogy, I’m saying, “before we get in the water, let’s make sure there aren’t any holes in the boat. And if there are, let’s patch them up.” I’m not standing on a sinking boat screaming “WHY DIDN’T YOU LOOK FOR HOLES?”

You’re just strawmanning my position now. I’m not talking about lecturing victims or blaming victims (though I agree with you that it both happens far too frequently and that it is unproductive and offensive). I’m talking about acknowledging that predators prey on the most vulnerable and a way to not be the most…

Would there have been any effect on the Cardinals this season?

I agree that asking a victim how much she had to drink is terrible and insulting and it shouldn’t happen. It’s reactive bullshit. What I am talking about is being pro-active about reducing one’s chances of being victimized. Those aren’t the same thing.

And I don’t think I am the one drawing distinctions between sexual assault and any other crime. I lock my windows and doors at night and it’s not because I’m not focusing on the perpetrators of burglary. I lock my windows and doors at night because I acknowledge that someone might try to burglarize my home and I’m…

I’m not saying you do, but some people do. And while we focus on the perpetrators and educate men so they don’t become perpetrators, I don’t see anything wrong with also focusing on protecting oneself at all times.

I don’t think there is one solution (drink less or smoke pot maybe?). But if you’re waiting for that miraculous day that you can get hammered and be 100% certain that nothing bad will happen to you, don’t hold your breath. I think that saying that women shouldn’t have to be constantly worried about rape - it’s the men…

Anyone got any guess how those same fans would react if Reyes had said that he supported Black Lives Matter?

In tort law, we often talk about two causes of injury: the “proximate cause” and the “but/for cause.” The but/for cause can be any number of events that lead up to the injury without which, the injury would not have occurred. The proximate cause is an event is sufficiently related to the injury to be held as the cause…

If this is true, there’ll be a lot of people in Boston remembering how much they love the fahkin’ C’.

Ironically, the only person who wouldn’t be able to testify to Pat Summit’s impact on the game was Pat Summit.

As a recent transplant to Boston, I can verify that this conversation happens in every bar in Boston no less than 25 times daily.