(02-24-2014 06:38 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  This board needs that same rule. 15 day time out for every offensive post.

What would you consider offensive?

What about "your momma" language?

(02-24-2014 10:49 AM)Paul M Wrote:  Okie isn't here so I'll make his post for him.

"The NFL is part of the left" or something like that.

Well the shiit they come up with is falling more and more in line with the left... Everyone seems to forget Rush being turned down to buy a team just because he's too far right. That should have been a sign, blatant discrimination is ok as long as it's done to whitey.

(02-24-2014 11:08 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  What about "your momma" language?

Depends on who you say it to.

(02-24-2014 09:03 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  It seems superfluous to me. They already have rules for taunting and unsportsmanlike conduct.

That won't garner the attention that gets garnered for some honk calling a black dude black or African... The NFL now needs to start calling all these racist people out. Next will be the faggoty words because they'll need to stop these people from hurting Uncle Sam's sweet little innocent feelings. We can't have that.

(02-24-2014 11:12 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 09:03 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  It seems superfluous to me. They already have rules for taunting and unsportsmanlike conduct.

That won't garner the attention that gets garnered for some honk calling a black dude black or African... The NFL now needs to start calling all these racist people out. Next will be the faggoty words because they'll need to stop these people from hurting Uncle Sam's sweet little innocent feelings. We can't have that.

Like I mentioned above, blacks use the derogatory words towards each other a lot more than non blacks use those words. If this passes I am going to laugh my ass off when a black player is whistled for a 15 yard penalty based on this rule.

(02-24-2014 11:27 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 11:12 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 09:03 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  It seems superfluous to me. They already have rules for taunting and unsportsmanlike conduct.

That won't garner the attention that gets garnered for some honk calling a black dude black or African... The NFL now needs to start calling all these racist people out. Next will be the faggoty words because they'll need to stop these people from hurting Uncle Sam's sweet little innocent feelings. We can't have that.

Like I mentioned above, blacks use the derogatory words towards each other a lot more than non blacks use those words. If this passes I am going to laugh my ass off when a black player is whistled for a 15 yard penalty based on this rule.

Do you really think he'll get called for it? And who exactly hears this stuff anyways, I've never heard any of this during a game.

(02-24-2014 11:03 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(02-23-2014 10:05 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(02-23-2014 09:48 PM)EagleX Wrote:  

(02-23-2014 09:39 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(02-23-2014 09:36 PM)EagleX Wrote:  The nfl has become such a spectacle that I find myself watching professional football less and less. It's hardly a sport any more.

Yet ratings are up...

People watch American Idol. That doesn't mean it's not an intellectual wasteland.

but Duck Dynasty...THAT'S intellectual.

Duck Dynasty, not that it was even mentioned until you brought it up, is a family orienteted show, which isn't intellectual to liberals.

And, American Idol is an idiot oriented show, which also isn't intellectual to liberals...but if folks enjoy it...whatever.

(02-24-2014 11:10 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 10:49 AM)Paul M Wrote:  Okie isn't here so I'll make his post for him.

"The NFL is part of the left" or something like that.

Well the shiit they come up with is falling more and more in line with the left... Everyone seems to forget Rush being turned down to buy a team just because he's too far right. That should have been a sign, blatant discrimination is ok as long as it's done to whitey.

I wouldn't piss on Rush if he were on fire...same goes for Dan Savage and Don Imus.

(02-24-2014 11:53 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 11:27 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 11:12 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 09:03 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  It seems superfluous to me. They already have rules for taunting and unsportsmanlike conduct.

That won't garner the attention that gets garnered for some honk calling a black dude black or African... The NFL now needs to start calling all these racist people out. Next will be the faggoty words because they'll need to stop these people from hurting Uncle Sam's sweet little innocent feelings. We can't have that.

Like I mentioned above, blacks use the derogatory words towards each other a lot more than non blacks use those words. If this passes I am going to laugh my ass off when a black player is whistled for a 15 yard penalty based on this rule.

Do you really think he'll get called for it? And who exactly hears this stuff anyways, I've never heard any of this during a game.

That will be interesting to see. Calling a penalty on one race and not the other for the exact same infraction would seem to me as unfair. Of course fairness has no place in today's politically correct world.

(02-24-2014 12:05 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 11:10 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 10:49 AM)Paul M Wrote:  Okie isn't here so I'll make his post for him.

"The NFL is part of the left" or something like that.

Well the shiit they come up with is falling more and more in line with the left... Everyone seems to forget Rush being turned down to buy a team just because he's too far right. That should have been a sign, blatant discrimination is ok as long as it's done to whitey.

I wouldn't piss on Rush if he were on fire...same goes for Dan Savage and Don Imus.

That is because you don't value human life. That kind of lines you up with some of the worst people that ever existed. Think about it.

(02-24-2014 12:08 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 12:05 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 11:10 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 10:49 AM)Paul M Wrote:  Okie isn't here so I'll make his post for him.

"The NFL is part of the left" or something like that.

Well the shiit they come up with is falling more and more in line with the left... Everyone seems to forget Rush being turned down to buy a team just because he's too far right. That should have been a sign, blatant discrimination is ok as long as it's done to whitey.

I wouldn't piss on Rush if he were on fire...same goes for Dan Savage and Don Imus.

That is because you don't value human life. That kind of lines you up with some of the worst people that ever existed. Think about it.

the figurative is different from the literal.....unfortunately, this board represents the self absorbed sentiment to the latter to ad nauseum

(02-24-2014 12:08 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 12:05 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 11:10 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 10:49 AM)Paul M Wrote:  Okie isn't here so I'll make his post for him.

"The NFL is part of the left" or something like that.

Well the shiit they come up with is falling more and more in line with the left... Everyone seems to forget Rush being turned down to buy a team just because he's too far right. That should have been a sign, blatant discrimination is ok as long as it's done to whitey.

I wouldn't piss on Rush if he were on fire...same goes for Dan Savage and Don Imus.

That is because you don't value human life. That kind of lines you up with some of the worst people that ever existed. Think about it.

Nope, off to work at the abortion clinic...don't have the time.

Why are so many people so quick to give excuses to professional athletes (i.e. the supposedly sacrosanct locker room culture) for using language that would get you fired and slapped with a discrimination lawsuit in literally every single other workplace in America? So many people have it backwards - the fact that they are grown men means that they should act like professionals (as opposed to this dangerous strain of "They're grown men that can look past bad language"). Also, the old "I heard lots of F-bombs and N-words in my day when I played" arguments are irrelevant. It's a different time. The First Amendment isn't applicable here - this is a professional work environment and no one should be subjected to racist/sexist/homophobic language. We're arguing about a 15-yard penalty being too much for saying the N-word, yet that would literally end your career if you used it in your own workplace. On this front, pro athletes need to grow up - if they want to be treated and paid like professionals, then they ought to act like professionals. Having a very rudimentary base level use of language where you're not shouting out racial slurs isn't exactly a crazy thing to ask for in a professional work environment. Let's give these people more credit - they can (and should) be able to control themselves in the most basic manner.

(02-24-2014 12:28 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  Why are so many people so quick to give excuses to professional athletes (i.e. the supposedly sacrosanct locker room culture) for using language that would get you fired and slapped with a discrimination lawsuit in literally every single other workplace in America? So many people have it backwards - the fact that they are grown men means that they should act like professionals (as opposed to this dangerous strain of "They're grown men that can look past bad language"). Also, the old "I heard lots of F-bombs and N-words in my day when I played" arguments are irrelevant. It's a different time. The First Amendment isn't applicable here - this is a professional work environment and no one should be subjected to racist/sexist/homophobic language. We're arguing about a 15-yard penalty being too much for saying the N-word, yet that would literally end your career if you used it in your own workplace. On this front, pro athletes need to grow up - if they want to be treated and paid like professionals, then they ought to act like professionals. Having a very rudimentary base level use of language where you're not shouting out racial slurs isn't exactly a crazy thing to ask for in a professional work environment. Let's give these people more credit - they can (and should) be able to control themselves in the most basic manner.

Not really argueing that at all. Just saying the league already has a rule and a penalty to cover this type of thing. No need for another rule.

(02-24-2014 12:28 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 12:08 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 12:05 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 11:10 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 10:49 AM)Paul M Wrote:  Okie isn't here so I'll make his post for him.

"The NFL is part of the left" or something like that.

Well the shiit they come up with is falling more and more in line with the left... Everyone seems to forget Rush being turned down to buy a team just because he's too far right. That should have been a sign, blatant discrimination is ok as long as it's done to whitey.

I wouldn't piss on Rush if he were on fire...same goes for Dan Savage and Don Imus.

That is because you don't value human life. That kind of lines you up with some of the worst people that ever existed. Think about it.

Nope, off to work at the abortion clinic...don't have the time.

I was in b'ham the week before the bombing....the birth wasn't an option at that time....

(02-24-2014 12:28 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  Why are so many people so quick to give excuses to professional athletes (i.e. the supposedly sacrosanct locker room culture) for using language that would get you fired and slapped with a discrimination lawsuit in literally every single other workplace in America? So many people have it backwards - the fact that they are grown men means that they should act like professionals (as opposed to this dangerous strain of "They're grown men that can look past bad language"). Also, the old "I heard lots of F-bombs and N-words in my day when I played" arguments are irrelevant. It's a different time. The First Amendment isn't applicable here - this is a professional work environment and no one should be subjected to racist/sexist/homophobic language. We're arguing about a 15-yard penalty being too much for saying the N-word, yet that would literally end your career if you used it in your own workplace. On this front, pro athletes need to grow up - if they want to be treated and paid like professionals, then they ought to act like professionals. Having a very rudimentary base level use of language where you're not shouting out racial slurs isn't exactly a crazy thing to ask for in a professional work environment. Let's give these people more credit - they can (and should) be able to control themselves in the most basic manner.

People will overlook a lot of things when money is involved.

(02-24-2014 12:42 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 12:28 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  Why are so many people so quick to give excuses to professional athletes (i.e. the supposedly sacrosanct locker room culture) for using language that would get you fired and slapped with a discrimination lawsuit in literally every single other workplace in America? So many people have it backwards - the fact that they are grown men means that they should act like professionals (as opposed to this dangerous strain of "They're grown men that can look past bad language"). Also, the old "I heard lots of F-bombs and N-words in my day when I played" arguments are irrelevant. It's a different time. The First Amendment isn't applicable here - this is a professional work environment and no one should be subjected to racist/sexist/homophobic language. We're arguing about a 15-yard penalty being too much for saying the N-word, yet that would literally end your career if you used it in your own workplace. On this front, pro athletes need to grow up - if they want to be treated and paid like professionals, then they ought to act like professionals. Having a very rudimentary base level use of language where you're not shouting out racial slurs isn't exactly a crazy thing to ask for in a professional work environment. Let's give these people more credit - they can (and should) be able to control themselves in the most basic manner.

People will overlook a lot of things when money is involved.

that is a true statement....but they have to have the poll results first....see where I'm going with that?

...a demographic shift that creates the problem......it's wtfe moment

(02-24-2014 12:42 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 12:28 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  Why are so many people so quick to give excuses to professional athletes (i.e. the supposedly sacrosanct locker room culture) for using language that would get you fired and slapped with a discrimination lawsuit in literally every single other workplace in America? So many people have it backwards - the fact that they are grown men means that they should act like professionals (as opposed to this dangerous strain of "They're grown men that can look past bad language"). Also, the old "I heard lots of F-bombs and N-words in my day when I played" arguments are irrelevant. It's a different time. The First Amendment isn't applicable here - this is a professional work environment and no one should be subjected to racist/sexist/homophobic language. We're arguing about a 15-yard penalty being too much for saying the N-word, yet that would literally end your career if you used it in your own workplace. On this front, pro athletes need to grow up - if they want to be treated and paid like professionals, then they ought to act like professionals. Having a very rudimentary base level use of language where you're not shouting out racial slurs isn't exactly a crazy thing to ask for in a professional work environment. Let's give these people more credit - they can (and should) be able to control themselves in the most basic manner.

People will overlook a lot of things when money is involved.

Sure, just like NFL teams look the other way when a superstar running back has criminal transgressions compared to someone on the practice squad. I'm not naive on that front. However, it just boggles my mind that we give athletes such a pass on the most basic levels of decorum, civility and ethics that wouldn't be accepted in any other work environment or place in society. This isn't asking for some crazy out-of-this world P.C. police request - anyone that has enough brain cells to understand a football playbook ought to know that there are certain handful of words that should *never* be said. Frankly, it's disrespectful to the athletes themselves that we almost think of them as untrained animals that don't have any self-control over what they say in the heat of a game or battle. Like I've said, let's give them a little more credit here.

(02-24-2014 12:50 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 12:42 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 12:28 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  Why are so many people so quick to give excuses to professional athletes (i.e. the supposedly sacrosanct locker room culture) for using language that would get you fired and slapped with a discrimination lawsuit in literally every single other workplace in America? So many people have it backwards - the fact that they are grown men means that they should act like professionals (as opposed to this dangerous strain of "They're grown men that can look past bad language"). Also, the old "I heard lots of F-bombs and N-words in my day when I played" arguments are irrelevant. It's a different time. The First Amendment isn't applicable here - this is a professional work environment and no one should be subjected to racist/sexist/homophobic language. We're arguing about a 15-yard penalty being too much for saying the N-word, yet that would literally end your career if you used it in your own workplace. On this front, pro athletes need to grow up - if they want to be treated and paid like professionals, then they ought to act like professionals. Having a very rudimentary base level use of language where you're not shouting out racial slurs isn't exactly a crazy thing to ask for in a professional work environment. Let's give these people more credit - they can (and should) be able to control themselves in the most basic manner.

People will overlook a lot of things when money is involved.

Sure, just like NFL teams look the other way when a superstar running back has criminal transgressions compared to someone on the practice squad. I'm not naive on that front. However, it just boggles my mind that we give athletes such a pass on the most basic levels of decorum, civility and ethics that wouldn't be accepted in any other work environment or place in society. This isn't asking for some crazy out-of-this world P.C. police request - anyone that has enough brain cells to understand a football playbook ought to know that there are certain handful of words that should *never* be said. Frankly, it's disrespectful to the athletes themselves that we almost think of them as untrained animals that don't have any self-control over what they say in the heat of a game or battle. Like I've said, let's give them a little more credit here.

b/c that is what social media has created....it's not that complicated...

out of all the problems in the macro land, to isolate the micro is pretty damn pathetic...goodell made 40M last year....go figure why he is placating the media....