Originally posted by Oakland-Niner:
Does it bother anyone else that McDaniel only got a 50K fine? It reminds me of the difference in sentencing between white collar crimes and blue collar crimes. League tries to play all "Holier than Thou" by slapping big penalties on players for little things, but one of their coaches is caught cheating and he gets a wimpy 50k fine. It's almost worth it to try and cheat when you consider what is at stake.
In my opinion, cheating on that level should be at least a one year ban from the NFL. In a 16 game season, one loss could have a huge impact. This isn't baseball or basketball.
I dont believe the disparity is based in racism, but I do think there is an element of master vs. slave feel in the NFL. Or at the very least, do as I say and not as I do.
All this BS talk about caring for the players and injury, yet all the owners and execs can think about is adding two more games to an already taxing season. It doesn't even make sense.
Definitely. And it even started the before the whole concussion thing. It started when the NFL started changing (or creating) rules based on something that happened to ONE player (their breadwinners).
Tom Brady gets a broken ankle (or whatever it was), now if a D-lineman gets driven to the ground he has to (fully) get up before attempting to make a tackle. And if pass rusher is in mid-tackle, and makes contact even so much as a split second after the ball's released it's roughing the passer. Physics be damned.
I remember when T.O. broke his ankle and then you couldn't make horse collar tackles anymore. Because Roy Williams should have just asked him to slow down so he can use proper form. And that doesn't even take into account all the numerous other ways they're attempting to handicap defenses.
It's becoming laughable.
It's football man....I'm all for enforcing penalties on those that intentionally try to hurt others....but injuries are a part of the game. People need to deal with it.