Every week, it seems like there's another story which indicates the full criminality of the National Religion (and especially the National Football League) is on display.
This week's story comes to us from Deadspin -- what a shock.
PBS' Frontline is doing a study on the epidemic of concussions (and their effects) in the Neanderthug Felon League.
ESPN was involved in assisting with the product through Outside the Lines.
There's a key word in that last sentence: was....
According to Deadspin, the National Football League told ESPN to get the Hell out of the project.
James Andrew Miller said that no less than Goodell himself convened a meeting in a Manhattan restaurant with himself, the President of ESPN, the vice president for production at ESPN, and the President of the NFL Network.
Does anyone not think another Playmakers play was being made here? Effectively, that Roger Goodell made it clear that, unless ESPN pulled out, that the NFL was prepared to start putting the Monday Night Football games on their network?
Both ESPN and the NFL deny this, obviously.
Of course, when you look at the reality of American sport (especially in light of Brian Tuohy's recent interview with JT The Brick in advance of the release of Larceny Games), the sports media and the leagues are part of the problem and not part of the solution.
So when it gets this combative with the one entity that can force ESPN to stand down (such is the power of the NFL, just ask Dan Moldea's father).
The two-part Frontline documentary is slated to air in October.
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