BOL Round Table

So pointless. Why pay Roman to try and kill people, when he'd do it in the ordinary course of business?

They need to come up with some sort of real evidence that those players actually got paid when they injured people. If they can prove that Roman Harper for example pocketed some cash when he hit Earl Bennett (which was a clean hit but I am not sure if that matters) then sure. However, if they are just guessing, I think the players union will fight back.

I agree that there are far too many penalties called in the NFL for what are perceived to be illegal hits. But Goodell has no other choice but to harshly discipline coaches and players when there is overwhelming evidence of a bounty system.

If you honestly don't think Goodell has a professional and moral obligation to protect to health players in the league that he presides over, I really don't know what to say to you.

And if you honestly think this move is at all related to the health of the players, then I'd like to show you my product line. I have a few things I feel like I could sell you.

the neck girth now makes sense

Tell me about your product line. I'm sure you're a fine business man.

If you don't want to put it on the safety of players, that's fine. But to put it another way, Goodell would be out of a job if he swept this whole thing under the rug.

It is about the concern for law suits and to protect the players.

Please close your overcoat and put your fake Rolexs away. Not interested in what you are selling.

So the commissioner of the NFL should turn a blind eye to the mounting evidence of the long term effects of injuries such as concussions, and risk the long term viability of the most popular sport in our country by continuing to expose it to lawsuits, because a guy like you sitting at home on his couch undertaking no risks likes the old rules better?

The people who try and defend the bounty system and attack Goodell are the same people who were mad at Fat Phil Fulmer when WE WERE doing wrong in the Albert Means' recruitment---just doesn't make sense. It's OK to dislike Fat Phil and Goodell for other reasons, but for being a disciplinarian in the league at the height of its popularity, trying to protect its players and keep the lawyers from taking away everything the NFL has worked for is not one of them.

That's exactly what's being discussed. You think Goodell is doing a bad job because you don't enjoy football with the new rules as much as you did with the old rules, regardless of what the consequences may be to the players.