Professional Sports Leagues...Responsible for player behavior?

[edgeburner]

Here in the US, we have a ' huge ' (lol) problem with our professional (mainly the national football league) sports leagues letting the players run amok and beat their wives and their children into submission ....

Nah! There are a few isolated incidents of the above, and, the narrative in both cases have switched from the actions of a full grown man beating their wives/child into submission.... to the NFL commissioner (Robert Gudell) being guilty of negligence in both cases.

Somehow, Gudell has become the villain in all of this. How so?

Is he responsible for the actions of NFL players on their own time? In their private life?

Is the NFL a law enforcement organization ?

I'm a huge sports fan, but, I cannot stand the way the media switches the focus from the dirty, spoiled player to the management on every single issue that involves these coddled athletes .

When does the responsibility (media wise) switch to the actual guilty party......The hero worshiped player?

[HeyYou]

Nah, it's the whole "I am a celebrity, therefore I can do what I want." thing. Not only are they 'famous', but, they also have large piles of money...... Just look at some of the scandals of late, doping, PEDs, dog fighting, wife/child beating, etc. If that was ANYONE else, they would be sitting in a cell, not getting paid millions per yer to play a damn game.

 

Sarah Palin has even jumped on the "I'm a celebrity" bandwagon..... her latest drunken escaped found her screaming "Don't you know who I am?" Yep, and I still think they should throw your drunk ass into the jail cell.

[kvnchrist]

I don't know about this. It would seem to me that people need to be responsible for their own actions and should be given a chance to straighten up, if they screw up. I mean, what's the percentage of players that do this stuff anyway? Those that do this stuff should be suspended until an investigation could get to the truth and If they were found guilty they should be put on leave for a year so they can get help. If they don't or they act out again they are through.

 

As for the commissioner, I think he is doing what every other commissioner has done in the past. Listen to the prevailing winds and react according to what the owners want. They are the ones that are really in charge in the first place. The two things that drive them are money and winning. If you screw with either of those, you will get their attention and this is what you see happening now.

 

The media is nothing more than a reflection of those they are trying to appease. People want something to satiate their desire for drama and the media satisfies these needs by a healthy dose of demonetization and deviltry. If the media went after the responsible parties, the story would be cut and dry and be old and stale before the week was out. That doesn't sell papers or get ratings. I wonder if something like this happened to anyone within their organization, would they cover it in the same dogged manner as they do these celebrities.

 

As for Sarah Palin, I think the media buz about this Beverly Hillbillies reject has about ran it's course. Let granny and her moonshine still head off into the same oblivion she came from. The Texas Tea turned into anal seepage soon after the rest of the country rejected her and she's been living far too long on the hype of her hype.

[HeyYou]

Second chances shouldn't be based on your net worth. Which is how it stands now.

 

A young man, that was underage, without a drivers license, got drunk, drove a car, and killed four people. Did he get prison time for that? Nope, he got PROBATION.

 

Another young man, got drunk, wrecked his car, killed two people (in his car) and got ten years. He actually had a legal drivers license.

 

Guess which one was rich.

[kvnchrist]

Second chances shouldn't be based on your net worth. Which is how it stands now.

 

A young man, that was underage, without a drivers license, got drunk, drove a car, and killed four people. Did he get prison time for that? Nope, he got PROBATION.

 

Another young man, got drunk, wrecked his car, killed two people (in his car) and got ten years. He actually had a legal drivers license.

 

Guess which one was rich.

Shouldn't is a very big word when one is incapable of purchasing reality. I've used it many times in my frustration. Justice many times means just+us!

[Hyacathusarullistad]

HeyYou pretty much said it all. The media has turns the actions of people like Rice into "scandals" for the sake of sensationalism. But a man beating his wife is not a scandal. It's battery, and it's a crime. He should be in prison for it, but instead he's given time off work to enjoy the millions of dollars he's already "earned" and sent on his merry way.

 

But it's not just limited to America/Canada. This past summer during World Cup, a player BIT a guy on the pitch. And not for the first time - he's bitten people while playing before, because apparently he never quite moved past the oral fixation stages of infancy. If I walked into the grocery store and bit a guy, I'd be charged with assault and sent to prison. Probably with a bit of counselling to go with it. But this guy's charged a few thousand pounds and suspended for a half dozen games.

 

The idea of an organisation punishing its employees for crimes is ridiculous. My boss wouldn't garnish my wages and give me the weekend off if I slug my wife at the mall. He doesn't do s#*!. Because it's not his call. Sure, he can fire me because I now have a criminal record; but that's just it, I would now have a criminal record. Even if she admits she deserved it or some bullshit like that (a discussion for a whole new thread entirely), it doesn't change the fact that I broke the law.

[HeyYou]

HeyYou pretty much said it all. The media has turns the actions of people like Rice into "scandals" for the sake of sensationalism. But a man beating his wife is not a scandal. It's battery, and it's a crime. He should be in prison for it, but instead he's given time off work to enjoy the millions of dollars he's already "earned" and sent on his merry way.

 

But it's not just limited to America/Canada. This past summer during World Cup, a player BIT a guy on the pitch. And not for the first time - he's bitten people while playing before, because apparently he never quite moved past the oral fixation stages of infancy. If I walked into the grocery store and bit a guy, I'd be charged with assault and sent to prison. Probably with a bit of counselling to go with it. But this guy's charged a few thousand pounds and suspended for a half dozen games.

 

The idea of an organisation punishing its employees for crimes is ridiculous. My boss wouldn't garnish my wages and give me the weekend off if I slug my wife at the mall. He doesn't do s***. Because it's not his call. Sure, he can fire me because I now have a criminal record; but that's just it, I would now have a criminal record. Even if she admits she deserved it or some bulls*** like that (a discussion for a whole new thread entirely), it doesn't change the fact that I broke the law.

Your username is a friggin' mouthful. :)

 

Your last paragraph there hits the nail squarely on the head. If I commit a crime, it is up to the justice system to deal with it, not my employer.

 

If anyone still suffers under the illusion that 'we are all equal under the law', this right here is a major wakeup call, that no one seems to be paying any attention to.

[Hyacathusarullistad]

 

HeyYou pretty much said it all. The media has turns the actions of people like Rice into "scandals" for the sake of sensationalism. But a man beating his wife is not a scandal. It's battery, and it's a crime. He should be in prison for it, but instead he's given time off work to enjoy the millions of dollars he's already "earned" and sent on his merry way.

 

But it's not just limited to America/Canada. This past summer during World Cup, a player BIT a guy on the pitch. And not for the first time - he's bitten people while playing before, because apparently he never quite moved past the oral fixation stages of infancy. If I walked into the grocery store and bit a guy, I'd be charged with assault and sent to prison. Probably with a bit of counselling to go with it. But this guy's charged a few thousand pounds and suspended for a half dozen games.

 

The idea of an organisation punishing its employees for crimes is ridiculous. My boss wouldn't garnish my wages and give me the weekend off if I slug my wife at the mall. He doesn't do s***. Because it's not his call. Sure, he can fire me because I now have a criminal record; but that's just it, I would now have a criminal record. Even if she admits she deserved it or some bulls*** like that (a discussion for a whole new thread entirely), it doesn't change the fact that I broke the law.

Your username is a friggin' mouthful. :smile:

 

Your last paragraph there hits the nail squarely on the head. If I commit a crime, it is up to the justice system to deal with it, not my employer.

 

If anyone still suffers under the illusion that 'we are all equal under the law', this right here is a major wakeup call, that no one seems to be paying any attention to.

 

 

Hy-ACK-a-THUSS-a-RILL-is-STAD. Or just Hyac, if you prefer. :P

[edgeburner]

 

Sarah Palin has even jumped on the "I'm a celebrity" bandwagon..... her latest drunken escaped found her screaming "Don't you know who I am?" Yep, and I still think they should throw your drunk ass into the jail cell.

Aha!!!

 

A Palin hater......I knew it! :smile:

 

Personally, I am not a Palin fan....let her go home, I say, or maybe let her spend a weekend with Wiener, Clinton and that mayor of San Diego clown....that'll teach her to be a strong conservative woman...Dad gum anti woman, anti gay, anti everyhting racist goil !

 

But, I must say that I respect her.......After the way she was bombarded with liberal media hate and lies, yet, withstood the false assaults and accusations and still kept her head up...CBS sending 700+ reporters into Alaska to dig up dope on her, which resulted in 15 charges against her that the media harped on for months....Yet, when she was acquitted on all counts...not one the the MSM big three had the integrity to report it.

 

Misquotes about "being to see Russia from her front porch'.....she stood tall.

 

Misquotes about the "Paul Revere" thing....do the research, you'll find that she was right.

 

But, most of all, i love the way she get the libby's panties all in a bunch!

 

Y'now...the more I think about it the more I like Sarah.......she is a "true' strong woman....not one propped up by the media.

Edited October 1, 2014 by edgeburner

[edgeburner]

 

The media is nothing more than a reflection of those they are trying to appease.

Aye....no doubt. And the NFL has bucks....big bucks. The media respects the color green, other then the Eagles and the Jets

 

It still amazes me how the narrative switched from a coddled athlete (and I'm and NFL fan) who hard-punched his wife in the head, to the commissioner of the NFL being negligent. Not that Gudell has nothing to answer for, but, he didn't punch his wife (to be) in the head and drag her out of an elevator in a gambling casino.

 

I have since stopped watching the four letter network because of the way they coddle the coddled athletes. It's never the players fault with them, or, at least, someone else has to share in the blame.

 

I simply cannot watch that nonsense anymore.

 

ut it's not just limited to America/Canada. This past summer during World Cup, a player BIT a guy on the pitch. And not for the first time - he's bitten people while playing before, because apparently he never quite moved past the oral fixation stages of infancy. If I walked into the grocery store and bit a guy, I'd be charged with assault and sent to prison. Probably with a bit of counselling to go with it. But this guy's charged a few thousand pounds and suspended for a half dozen games.

 

 

 

I remember hearing about that biter. Strange how grown men bite. Remember Mike Tyson?

 

Just imagine if you had a previous conviction for biting and got caught biting again? They'd probably chuck the key.

 

Nonsense the way these celebrities are basically 'above' the law simply because of their celeb status.

Edited October 1, 2014 by edgeburner