NFL Fashion Police: Come along Mr. Urlacher.....

I agree with this. If you are involved in NFL media day, as a player, coach or whatever, you need to be solely endorsing the NFL to increase $$$.

 

I certainly hope there is a missing sarcasm font here.

 

Translation: Teams in flyover country actually won the last two Super Bowls, so something is very wrong.

 

I was being sarcastic about the $$$

 

During the home run chase of 1998, Mark McGwire attended a press conference (or two) wearing a cap from The Abbey, a Seal Beach restaurant and bar (good burgers) he frequents. I don't recall much of a fuss.

 

I don't give a crap who won the last two Super Bowls, OOP. I'd say the same thing if the 2 teams who play in New Jersey played each other in the Super Bowl 10 straight years.

The NFL is the most overhyped, overrated league in all of sports. And all of you who worship at the 100-yard altar every Sunday just swallow the mediocre bullshit and they call parity and bow down to the dictatorial power of Goodell et al.

This fine is totally absurd. For anyone to think Joe Thomas is "obligated" to be in New York for the draft in totally insane.

I repeat:
FUCK THE NFL.

 

The sponsorship issue is key here. The agreement with the official drink sponsor of the NFL has to give them certain exclusive rights at NFL events. If you pay the freight for that kind of sponsorship and are promised exclusive rights as part of the agreement, the NFL has to do something to enforce that. Not saying the size of the fine is fair, there must be some kind of reasoning for that, but they have to do something.

 

So who do you reccommend?

 

Step 1: post bait
Step 2: wait
Step 3: enjoy rant

I would dispute your first statement based on other arguments you have made, but that would be a leap of amateur psychology on my part with a guy I've never met, so I'll just leave that one alone.

I will say that I refuse to base my entertainment choices on politics the way you do. I watch the NFL because, get this, I enjoy watching football and it's the best game in town.

I like rules that provide a relatively level playing field regardless of the market a team calls home. Unlike some posters on this board, I freely admit that personal bias is a large part of that. I'm a Steelers fan. That approach is good for my team. I know if they suck it is because they made bad choices, had injuries or players didn't develop. They don't step to the plate with a strike against them the way low-revenue franchises do in some other sports.

I agree that the fine against Urlacher was excessive. I don't think it was completely unwarranted, but this was more of a wrist-slap-level violation. And the thing with Thomas was silly, too. Not tha I'm going to watch the draft (I have other plans that weekend and the only times the draft didn't bore me is when I covered them).

Still won't lessen my enjoyment of the games next season one iota.

 

The guy who opens the door? It's Todd Gack.

 

David Wells frequently wears PokerStars gear at the ballpark.

 

Courtesy of his preferred clothier, Omar the Tent Maker.