TOM TERRIBLE IS SUSPENDED!

Eat up, sailor boy. You may as well stuff your gob since you've got nothing to say to refute anything I wrote. Thanks for paying though.

I've never played for the Patriots. What clever, new point are you trying to make?

Olive Oil wrote:

I've never played for the Patriots. What clever, new point are you trying to make?

Oh, I see. So, in other words you have zero Super Bowl rings and zero Super Bowl trophies. I'm sorry, I thought in your earlier post you were implying that you had more than zero of these.

Oh, but you did get to watch a parade! Oooh, what fun!

Cereally? wrote:

Olive Oil wrote:

I've never played for the Patriots. What clever, new point are you trying to make?

Oh, I see. So, in other words you have zero Super Bowl rings and zero Super Bowl trophies. I'm sorry, I thought in your earlier post you were implying that you had more than zero of these.

Oh, but you did get to watch a parade! Oooh, what fun!

I'm not a Pats fan either, but yours is a pretty sad and salty argument.

Dial it up wrote:

Cereally? wrote:

Oh, I see. So, in other words you have zero Super Bowl rings and zero Super Bowl trophies. I'm sorry, I thought in your earlier post you were implying that you had more than zero of these.

Oh, but you did get to watch a parade! Oooh, what fun!

I'm not a Pats fan either, but yours is a pretty sad and salty argument.

Who you are is not relevant. That you felt compelled to weigh in with your vacuous opinion is both sad and pathetic.

What an unexpected remark! You shouldn't make such mental leaps though. I didn't say I had either of those - rings or trophies. I was referring collectively to the whole of the Patriots brand, to include its fan base which I am part of. The usage of "we" in that context is common and appropriate.

I do enjoy the success of MY team (meaning, 'my favorite team' in case that's also unclear) and the parades are extremely fun to celebrate. Based on your jealous tone and pointless comment...Jets fan? Bills??

Who you are is not relevant. That you felt compelled to weigh in with your vacuous opinion is both sad and pathetic.

Funny you would say that about anyone else...

Olive Oil wrote:

What an unexpected remark! You shouldn't make such mental leaps though. I didn't say I had either of those - rings or trophies. I was referring collectively to the whole of the Patriots brand, to include its fan base which I am part of. The usage of "we" in that context is common and appropriate.

I do enjoy the success of MY team (meaning, 'my favorite team' in case that's also unclear) and the parades are extremely fun to celebrate. Based on your jealous tone and pointless comment...Jets fan? Bills??

As has been (correctly) said by others: Fan? Are you f'ing kidding me? I am a player. Fans are, well, basically nothings - vacuous beings of no substance, import or even self.

Don't ever imply that I am a fan again, fan-boy.

It's cool, bro, I play Madden too.

Fans are actually quite necessary for teams and players to exist as they do. Without a market (aka fan base) for anything, there is no financial gain to be had and therefore no business (aka pro sport) at all.

Fan or not, you are certainly an idiot.

Freedom Trail wrote:

Well, my apologies then. But that is certainly Flagpole's position. He essentially said the NFL has no business investigating any conduct that doesn't directly affect what goes on between the lines on the field.

That is ridiculous.

And BTW, Ray Rice was investigated by law enforcement.

Not ridiculous at all. For matters that rise to the level of legal action, we have a system in place for that. Not the job of the NFL to be anyone's moral compass. If a team doesn't want to employ a person (a player, a coach, a locker room attendant) due to their behavior off the field, then that's fair and just desserts for someone who punches their girlfriend in the face, but the NFL should not have the authority to fine and suspend due to legal issues that don't affect the game.

Just an example of The Man putting his thumb on you.

Olive Oil wrote:

It's cool, bro, I play Madden too.

Fans are actually quite necessary for teams and players to exist as they do. Without a market (aka fan base) for anything, there is no financial gain to be had and therefore no business (aka pro sport) at all.

Fan or not, you are certainly an idiot.

You play Madden? Seriously? How old are you?

You play Madden? Seriously? How old are you?

30. Love Madden and will play until I'm dead. Since, it's obviously not Madden I'm really curious what it is you do play. High school JV football?

Your logic is hard to follow. If I hear you right, it's perfectly ok for a company to fire someone for behavior outside of work (off field in the case of the NFL), but the company has no right to do anything short of that like fine and/or suspend. Is that right?

If so, I stand by my comment that that is ridiculous.

Cereally? wrote:

Olive Oil wrote:

What an unexpected remark! You shouldn't make such mental leaps though. I didn't say I had either of those - rings or trophies. I was referring collectively to the whole of the Patriots brand, to include its fan base which I am part of. The usage of "we" in that context is common and appropriate.

I do enjoy the success of MY team (meaning, 'my favorite team' in case that's also unclear) and the parades are extremely fun to celebrate. Based on your jealous tone and pointless comment...Jets fan? Bills??

As has been (correctly) said by others: Fan? Are you f'ing kidding me? I am a player. Fans are, well, basically nothings - vacuous beings of no substance, import or even self.

Don't ever imply that I am a fan again, fan-boy.

Hahaha. It's tough being a Jets fan, but I'm sure delusional fantasies on message boards help.

No...it's not firing them. NFL players sign a contract for a length of time...when that contract is up, then that team or any other team can decide to hire them again...that is up to those TEAMS. I would even be ok with it if the NFL strongly suggested to a team that they not re-hire a certain player due to their off-field actions, but suspending and fining for something we have a legal system for is too much.

If a player kills someone, then the legal system takes care of that. If found guilty, they are put in prison and obviously can not play football. If the player is found not guilty (Ray Lewis), then he gets to continue to play.

Not the NFL's job to be anyone's moral compass, and it's a good thing because there are a lot of bad guys in the NFL.

NFL players gave an ethics clause in their contracts. So do many other businesses. If the prospective employee doesn't like it, they don't have to sign the contract.

TB12 is gearing up for the appeal with support from some heavy hitters. The NFL won't know what hit them. No way he sits 4 games.

...Think Wells' reputation is on the line as much as Goodell's now. His investigating skills sure look shoddy and extremely biased once you get the other side of the story.

I predict Brady will serve no suspension, Pats lose zero draft picks, and Pats are fined $0. NFL is about to look really stupid.

If Brady/Kraft doesn't sue for defamation I will be extremely disappointed.

Olive Oil wrote:

http://www.wellsreportcontext.com

...Think Wells' reputation is on the line as much as Goodell's now. His investigating skills sure look shoddy and extremely biased once you get the other side of the story.

I predict Brady will serve no suspension, Pats lose zero draft picks, and Pats are fined $0. NFL is about to look really stupid.

If Brady/Kraft doesn't sue for defamation I will be extremely disappointed.

I agree. So many have been quick to lynch Brady and the Pats, yet this report makes Wells and NFL look incompetent and agenda-driven. It looks like a number of people will owe Brady an apology.