NFL Hall Of Shame

 

1. Tired of the NFL. Unaffected by the pre, mid and post season hype. Could care less about the bad officiating, the steroid laden fat jerks stepping on each other heads, the loud mouth attention seekers and the shirtless cheeseheads.

   I had been a life long NY Jets fan and some people pitied me for it, but what they didn’t understand is that three weeks into the season, it is over for me and I was able to get on with my life. I am completely cured and have those three weeks back.

   The only way I’d start watching again is if everytime a player goes down on the field, they are put down on the spot and the carcass is dragged of the field by a team of mules.

   Same goes for the NHL and NBA.

   Posted by Kuso JiJi       10/02/2006  at  05:08 PM  



2. It is a culture of excess and permissiveness towards the ‘jocks’ that the high schools, college and pro teams foster which lead to this ‘disease’. I’m not sure if I can do this, but here is an amazon link to an interesting read entitled ‘Pros and Cons: The Criminals Who Play in the NFL.

   It is sweeping look at the horrible end of this ‘let ‘em slide’ mentality. An excert:

   That these guys get into trouble is nothing new, but when their offenses are collected in one place--with mug shots, court records, police reports, and interviews with arresting officers--the effect is as surreal as the statistics: 21 percent of the NFL’s players have been charged with a serious crime.

   How serious? The docket begins with assault, rape, and domestic violence and keeps spiraling out of control. These are not just blind allegations; the authors name names and match felonies to players.

   Yet, as disturbing as the names and numbers are, Benedict and Yaeger’s contention, backed by exhaustive research, is even worse: the league pretty much looks away, tacitly condoning the havoc caused by these overpaid, coddled men-children, whose very propensity for unchecked mayhem fills stadiums on Sunday.

   I guess ol’ Albert Haynesworth is just a piker havin’ a lil fun.

   Posted by Locomotive Breath 1901       10/02/2006  at  05:16 PM  



3. Update: A glimmer of common sense -
   Tennessee’s Haynesworth suspended 5 games for stomping on lineman’s head

   Posted by Locomotive Breath 1901       10/02/2006  at  05:22 PM  



4. There are some who are trying to bring some semblance of responsibility back to football.  I say back because it didn’t use to be this bad.  But I don’t blame the football itself, although it probably doesn’t help.  The root cause though is the worship these guys receive (undeservedly) that goes straight to their head.  No thanks to hollyweird et al for helping cause such a screwed up culture.

   RH

   Posted by RobertHuntingdon       10/02/2006  at  07:59 PM  



5. Suspended for five games?  He ought to be jailed for 5 months for assault & battery, but that won’t happen.  I hope at the least his pay is docked for missing 5 games for thuggish behavior.

   I’m with Kuso Jiji - I won’t waste my time watching NFL, NBA, or NHL, all of whom are mostly a bunch of spoiled brutes acting badly, a bunch of thugs who are about two steps from jail.

   Posted by dick       10/02/2006  at  09:49 PM  



6. I neither know nor care much about so-called “professional” sports, but I am certain that face-kicking isn’t an accepted part of any game, at least in the civilized world. Maybe in Turdistan or North Krapistan, where almost any form of violence can be considered as a “sport”, but not here in the good old U. S. of A.

   Posted by Rat Patrol       10/03/2006  at  12:22 PM  



7. Crash helmets, in a contact sport? you cry baby yanks, its not football, most of the stuff is done with there hands right and where is the skill? what is the most popular sport in the US? i keep hearing different things, baseball i heard,

   Posted by bulldog       10/03/2006  at  01:48 PM  

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