And something the National Felon League slipped in during the later stages of the lockout...
Every scoring play, in every game, must now be reviewed by the review official.
Every touchdown, extra point, field goal, and safety...
Gee, you think that might open the door to a few things???
(And not just a few more commercials?)
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
Because I love soccer, I hope I'm wrong on this one...
But this is FIFA and Sepp Blatter we're talking about here.
The United States has won it's way into the Women's World Cup Final.
Their opponents are not favorites Germany or long-standing rivals Brazil. (The USA beat the latter in penalty kicks (after a goalazo two minutes into stoppage time of the last of the overtime!) in a stellar quarterfinal rife with controversy with the officiating.)
It's Japan, who stunned Germany in the quarterfinal with an overtime win of their own and then defeated Sweden, who defeated the USA in the group phase.
As I said, it's FIFA and Sepp. What's to say there might not be a little sympathy vote here? I have serious suspicions Japan is going to get the benefit of the doubt here.
Remember: In Final Fantasy X, as Wakka said: "At least we have blitz."
ON EDIT: Japan are World Champions, in penalties after a 2-2 draw. Anyone else think there was, at the very least, a lay-down here?
The United States has won it's way into the Women's World Cup Final.
Their opponents are not favorites Germany or long-standing rivals Brazil. (The USA beat the latter in penalty kicks (after a goalazo two minutes into stoppage time of the last of the overtime!) in a stellar quarterfinal rife with controversy with the officiating.)
It's Japan, who stunned Germany in the quarterfinal with an overtime win of their own and then defeated Sweden, who defeated the USA in the group phase.
As I said, it's FIFA and Sepp. What's to say there might not be a little sympathy vote here? I have serious suspicions Japan is going to get the benefit of the doubt here.
Remember: In Final Fantasy X, as Wakka said: "At least we have blitz."
ON EDIT: Japan are World Champions, in penalties after a 2-2 draw. Anyone else think there was, at the very least, a lay-down here?
I think we now have our answer on Super Bowl XLV...
(Image from Men's Journal Magazine website.)
There's the reason the Green Bay Packers won Super Bowl XLV.
That's James Harrison, of the Pittsburgh Steelers. If I were Commissioner, he'd be banned from the fucking game for life the moment there was a new CBA.
James Harrison has just crossed the line into serious territory. He has basically decided that he would rather be an inner city gangsta than a complicit NFL football player.
In the interview with Men's Journal Magazine, James Harrison: Confessions of an NFL Hitman, James Harrison basically goes off on everybody but James Harrison.
Here's how he termed how he had to handle a snake bare-handed to protect his son:
“My son was here visiting, so that bitch had to bounce out. ASAP.”
Real classy for the highest-fined player in the NFL last year.
He's apparently been this kind of a problem since high school (suspended a number of times), and, as a result, had to pay his own way through Kent State to play college football.
On his initial statement about Roger Goodell before he goes off on what was described as a three-day rant:
“But up until last year, there was no word of me being dirty — till Roger Goodell, who’s a crook and a puppet, said I was the dirtiest player in the league. If that man was on fire and I had to piss to put him out, I wouldn’t do it. I hate him and will never respect him.”
If the shoe fits, scum.
That simple. If the shoe fucking fits, then you have to wear it. You were the one who openly pronounced that you like to "hurt people" after a game in the NFL. You were the one who was fined $100,000 by the league for various offenses, and became the poster child for Goodell's idiotic pandering to the players by not repeatedly suspending your sorry ass.
You want to know why? The article shows a couple of nice facts:
- 468 players were put on injured reserve (the list which declares a player so injured that he is no longer able nor allowed to play that season. That is an average of over 25 players per NFL week (yes, some of them occurred in the preseason), but was also a full 22% increase over the prior year.
- Last year was also the Year of the Concussion. 261 documented concussions took place according to the Men's Journal article. That was a 30% increase from two years before.
- On one Sunday, 11 concussions occurred, including two on the same play and two others by Harrison (neither flagged, both appeared to be ejection fouls for intention to injure).
Of course, this doesn't stop Harrison from using the same gay slur which got Kobe Bryant and Joachim Noah in trouble against the Commissioner of the league.
Now, let's juxtapose two things for a second: That slur and the picture. Someone please tell me that I'm crazy that there's an implied threat on the life of the Commissioner of the National Football League somewhere in this equation. I have no fucking use for Goodell either, but I've seen far less made actionable as a threat.
He believes the league targetted the Steelers because:
- they use too much force
- have too much "swag"
- and are predominantly black.
Oh, and you can kiss Hines Ward goodbye for a couple weeks too. Jim Rome had advice for you DUI idiots a long time ago.
Do you honestly believe that Roger Goodell is going to allow your sorry ass to act like you have and get a Super Bowl ring for it?
Not if ESPN doesn't like you. Maybe if your name is Michael Vick!!
I mean, this guy basically puts the knees as about the only out-of-bounds area to hit. In fact, one comment appears to imply that if the player has a choice on where to hit Harrison (high in the head or low in the knee), not only would he take the helmet-to-helmet, he'd pay the guy's fine for doing it!!
We want this kind of player in the National Football League? No wonder friends of mine are openly calling this the Neanderthal Felon League!
The guy is simply driven as a completely pissed-off out-of-control punk. The only other thing he might answer to is his $51,000,000 contract!
James Harrison is a perfect reason why I will not miss the locked-out NFL this fall.
ON EDIT: SportsNation has a poll on what should be done with Harrison.
About 40% of 46,000 votes (as of when I posted this and voted) want no punishment. 35% believe he should be suspended, with most of that adding a fine into the equation.
A revealing sense of what the Neanderthal Felon League follows: Only 21% of about 16,000 votes believe it is more troubling that Harrison used a gay slur to continue to slam Roger Goodell than stating that Ben Rothlesberger was no Peyton Manning (and he knows it). (Three times that number reverse the situation.)
And do you have a problem with the above photo: Out of about 15,500 votes, only about 43% do.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
So let me get this straight: The following BCS situations have now been vacated...
USC: Participation in 2005 and 2006 BCS National Championship Games, 2005 BCS National Championship (NCAA sanctions, BCS)
Ohio State: Victory in 2011 Sugar Bowl (self-imposed).
And today, you can pretty much tack on Georgia Tech's participation in the 2010 Orange Bowl! They just got four years probation and their ACC title win yanked.
When are we going to come to the conclusion that the BCS itself brings a lot of this on?
Ohio State: Victory in 2011 Sugar Bowl (self-imposed).
And today, you can pretty much tack on Georgia Tech's participation in the 2010 Orange Bowl! They just got four years probation and their ACC title win yanked.
When are we going to come to the conclusion that the BCS itself brings a lot of this on?
Oh... My.... Lord.....
Roger Clemens has just won a MISTRIAL in his perjury case.
Why?
Because the goddamned Federal government couldn't go TWO DAYS into it's case without bringing to the jury evidence which was already ruled inadmissable.
If I'm the judge, the case is OVER -- they can't retry it.
Why? The commentators said it better than I could.
The Feds are in so far over their heads, it's not funny.
The Steroid Era in baseball, which clearly saved the game for anyone paying attention, has several decades of chicanery behind it, and probably has the protection of $elig, Fehr, and most of the sponsors of the game.
The Federal government has about as much of a prayer of figuring this out as they do blowing up baseball itself, since doing the former would do the latter in short order.
Why?
Because the goddamned Federal government couldn't go TWO DAYS into it's case without bringing to the jury evidence which was already ruled inadmissable.
If I'm the judge, the case is OVER -- they can't retry it.
Why? The commentators said it better than I could.
The Feds are in so far over their heads, it's not funny.
The Steroid Era in baseball, which clearly saved the game for anyone paying attention, has several decades of chicanery behind it, and probably has the protection of $elig, Fehr, and most of the sponsors of the game.
The Federal government has about as much of a prayer of figuring this out as they do blowing up baseball itself, since doing the former would do the latter in short order.
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