old dog child posted:

Ah, I was looking for a post like this. My exact thoughts, brother...

Mind_Taker posted:

The defense is currently ranked #1 in yards allowed,

Rooster Brooster posted:

I wish I could believe. But since it's in Seattle, I'm not hopeful. Speaking of... where is the match-ups week 3 thread?

Lazerbeam posted:

I'll make one if all you have to do is use the image from this thread's OP

Kalli posted:

The Bengals are averaging almost 10 yards per pass attempt.

Spoeank posted:

Apparently he said it to a Bear who patted him on the chest, so it could be either. I'm guessing, "don't touch me, ______."


Cussgate 2014

Harlock posted:

Maybe getting rid of Gruden was a good thing.

No Butt Stuff posted:

Couple things.

1) JJ Watt for commissioner in 2024.

2) Evan and Phillips this morning had an interesting take: If Peyton Manning and Tom Brady actually got together, called a press conference, and called the league the players out on the domestic violence stuff, they could even implore sponsors to pull dollars until it was fixed. And no one could touch them. They are the two men who could get Goodell out of office faster than anyone.

Chris James 2 posted:

Also
@NathanZegura
I can confirm that there will BE NO LOGOS on the @Browns helmets in conjunction with the uniform change that is coming in 2015

NC-17 posted:

Brady and Manning are like the two most vanilla corporate sports brands imaginable. They would never touch these issues with a ten foot pole. Also they really like money.

quote:

Lawmaker to introduce bill to end NFL’s tax-exempt status because of Redskins name

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) announced Tuesday that she will introduce legislation to eliminate the NFL’s tax-exempt status because of its refusal to address the name of the Washington Redskins.

Flanked by several tribal chiefs, Cantwell, who chairs the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, condemned the team’s name as a slur against Native Americans.

“The NFL needs to join the rest of Americans in the 21st century,” she said. “It is about right and wrong.”

Cantwell made her remarks at a press conference called by a coalition of Native American and social justice groups leading the campaign against the Washington Redskins’ name.

The group is calling on the owners of the 31 other NFL teams to force fellow owner Dan Snyder to change the team’s moniker.

The group, Change the Mascot, which includes the National Congress of American Indians and the Oneida Indian Nation, is sending the NFL owners a letter arguing that league bylaws enable them to punish any owner or part-owner who is “guilty of conduct detrimental” to the sport.

“Clearly, Washington team owner Dan Snyder’s continued promotion of this racial slur represents such conduct,” reads the letter, signed by Ray Halbritter, the representative of the Oneida Indian Nation, and Brian Cladoosby, the president of NCAI. “Put simply, Mr. Snyder is jeopardizing the welfare of the league by promoting an epithet against people of color.”

The letter comes at a time when the league and its commissioner, Roger Goodell, are under intense fire for the way domestic violence cases against players Ray Rice and Greg Hardy were handled, along with child abuse charges against Adrian Peterson. But it is unclear whether it will have much effect.

Snyder has been insistent that he will not change the team’s name, arguing that the word “Redskins” is not a slur and that it’s meant to honor Native Americans. Goodell has voiced support for Snyder’s efforts to help Native Americans through a new foundation and noted that public polls show overwhelming support for the team’s name.

The letter is one of a series of new initiatives scheduled to be announced Tuesday afternoon at a news conference that will feature Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), and senior officials from the NAACP. In June, McCollum wrote one NFL owner herself — Zygi Wilf, the owner of the Minnesota Vikings. She argued that since all the NFL owners split sales of team merchandise, he is obligated to condemn Washington’s team name and pressure Snyder to change it.

In its letter, the Change the Mascot campaign argues that because the NFL enjoys tax-exempt status and antitrust exemptions, team owners have a duty to ensure that “taxpayer resources are no longer being expended to promote this slur.”

“The NFL’s continued promotion of this racial slur is not just about one particular team. The league is promoting this racial slur with the resources of every team, including yours, which makes it a league-wide crisis,” the letter reads.

In May, 50 members of the U.S. Senate, all Democrats, wrote letters to Goodell asking him to advocate for the Redskins to change the team’s name.

None of the public pressure has had an impact on Snyder, including a recent decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to strip the team of its Redskins trademarks because it found the name offensive to a sizable proportion of Native Americans. Snyder currently is appealing that ruling in federal court.

No Butt Stuff posted:

Manning would probably see a sales bump in Papa John's immediately after doing so.

Can you imagine Peyton and Tom in front of a Papa John's backdrop, announcing their disdain for the current situation.

Two days later, Peyton announces that a dollar for every pizza sold at any Papa Johns will be donated to victims of domestic abuse.

Ozu posted:

Josh Gordon plead guilty to a DUI today, which Mike Garafolo says likely means an additional 2 games tacked onto his suspension. So he might play the final month?

gohuskies posted:

Sen. Maria Cantwell introduces legislation to remove the NFL's non-profit status:

No Butt Stuff posted:

Manning would probably see a sales bump in Papa John's immediately after doing so.

Can you imagine Peyton and Tom in front of a Papa John's backdrop, announcing their disdain for the current situation.

Two days later, Peyton announces that a dollar for every pizza sold at any Papa Johns will be donated to victims of domestic abuse.

Chichevache posted:

Wow. If this actually gets off the ground (don't know enough about the Senate to say whether or not it will) then this could be it. Maybe we need a new thread.

Alouicious posted:

hahahaha you think john schatter thinks abused children deserve handouts

haljordan posted:

Yeah it won't.

gohuskies posted:

Sen. Maria Cantwell introduces legislation to remove the NFL's non-profit status:

Chichevache posted:

What makes you say that? Will it not get enough votes or is there something else?

Chichevache posted:

What makes you say that? Will it not get enough votes or is there something else?

Chris James 2 posted:

Giants beat-writer Conor Orr saying Dan Fox is getting promoted from PS. Looks like Beason's going to be out a while.

quote:

NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reports the league is discussing whether to intervene in the domestic violence case of Carolina Panthers defensive end Greg Hardy.

In July, a North Carolina judge found Hardy guilty of assaulting his girlfriend, but that case will be tried again -- this time before a jury -- in mid-November.

The Panthers deactivated Hardy for last Sunday's game against the Lions, and coach Ron Rivera said Monday he would decide later this week if Hardy will play Sunday night against the Steelers.

Atticus Finch posted:

Madcosby posted:

wow a trial before a jury what a change of pace

CaptainYesterday posted:

Rihanna dropped from Thursday Night Football. Priyanka Chopra is still available, CBS.