NFL Thread

[Darth Madden]

Lets get it going....

https://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4411130#post4411130

 

[p!tu]

woohoooo!!

 

[SixMillionDollarMan Guy]

"NFL suspends four players for Saints' bounty roles" -Espn

Linebacker Jonathan Vilma banned for the entire 2012 season

Defensive tackle Anthony Hargrove (now with the Green Bay Packers) suspended 8 games.

Defensive end Will Smith suspended 4 games.

Linebacker Scott Fujita (now with the Cleveland Browns) suspended 3 games.

https://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7881761/nfl-bans-four-players-new-orleans-saints-bounty-roles

 

[IronLungs31]

Damn the Commish' dropped the hammer on Vilma!!!

 

[sithjedi171]

^^^

OUCH

 

[sprig0701]

Well when the guy puts up 10 grand of his own money to take a player out, he's lucky he still has an opportunity to come back. Pro sports aside, that's criminal activity! If I offer someone said amount of money to beat someone up for me, I'd be looking at jail time!!

 

[Darth Cruel]

What I would like to know is: who actually got victimized by this "bounty system"?

Were there any players who were successfully injured to the point of inability to play due to this program?

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

^^^

OUCH

 

[Grenouille]

Reports coming out that former Charger/Dolphin/Patriot Junior Seau was found dead at his home. Apparently suicide.

 

[SixMillionDollarMan Guy]

Reports coming out that former Charger/Dolphin/Patriot Junior Seau was found dead at his home. Apparently suicide.

Just saw this on Yahoo sports.....sad news.

https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-...120394.html;_ylt=AnXhX9tb7jYQGaDpizRwFaA5nYcB

 

[sithjedi171]

^

Holy Crap ! R.I.P. Junior

 

[Grenouille]

What I would like to know is: who actually got victimized by this "bounty system"?

Were there any players who were successfully injured to the point of inability to play due to this program?

Maybe, maybe not. You need to remember the scrutiny the league is under for head injuries at the moment. You have retired players suffering from CTE committing suicide because of extensive head injuries that occurred during their playing careers. The league can't appear to take a bounty system that encouraged injuring opponents as nothing when preaching player safety.

 

[SixMillionDollarMan Guy]

Maybe, maybe not. You need to remember the scrutiny the league is under for head injuries at the moment. You have retired players suffering from CTE committing suicide because of extensive head injuries that occurred during their playing careers. The league can't appear to take a bounty system that encouraged injuring opponents as nothing when preaching player safety.

Not to mention the lawsuits that are piling up against the NFL from those retired players.

Medical awareness could become the downfall of the NFL.

 

[karamazov80]

Maybe, maybe not. You need to remember the scrutiny the league is under for head injuries at the moment. You have retired players suffering from CTE committing suicide because of extensive head injuries that occurred during their playing careers. The league can't appear to take a bounty system that encouraged injuring opponents as nothing when preaching player safety.

I think you are right about this, and that the injury angle is why the bounty program is treated so much more seriously than some other scandals. But there is also a level of hypocrisy here IMO. The NFL is a violent f'ing game. Players are trained to hurt each other. If the NFL is really so concerned with safety, then let's make it the National Flag Football League. Of course, officials aren't really concerned with those things. They are concerned with negative publicity associated with those things. So. . .this is what we get.

 

[wofford29]

No one is trained to injure anyone.

 

[wofford29]

What I would like to know is: who actually got victimized by this "bounty system"?

Were there any players who were successfully injured to the point of inability to play due to this program?

Brett Favre required surgery caused by a very dirty illegal hit that was not called.

 

[SixMillionDollarMan Guy]

No one is trained to injure anyone.

Brett Favre required surgery caused by a very dirty illegal hit that was not called.

 

[Grenouille]

The Patriots have signed Jabar Gaffney bringing the total WR on roster to about 23.

 

[BadMoon]

Brett Favre required surgery caused by a very dirty illegal hit that was not called.

Kurt Warner got carted off his game against the Saints as well. Also got the game today. Thanks for the fast shipping!

 

[EXOTICLEX]

Lol Kurtt Warner got knocked out because he threw an interception and then tried to make a tackle. Nothing illegal about it.