23) "We are in a good place in knowing and learning and being more human."
No. You can't do that.
Not in a football nation where kids get the idea, from God knows where, to force sexual acts on lesser players toward senior players to dehumanize them and turn them into the monsters and machines we all glorify on Sundays.
Not in a football nation where entire communities are controlled by football to the extent that victims are run out of town (if not outright killed -- and I'm shocked we haven't heard one from, say, Happy Valley, Pedophilia or Stubenville, Ohio or Rapeis, Florida...) to protect the sanctity and control of the community by said football team.
You want to become more human? You have to rid football of football to get it done.
24) "We have done a great deal to bring more awareness to these issues of domestic violence and sexual assault."
Only if, by this, you mean that you've done a great deal to expose football players as many of the greatest perpetrators, yeah.
Otherwise, a complete lie.
Again, your hypocrisy will be shown on that subject, too, at the Draft. Just saying, bitch.
The only thing you have done is opened the door to places like Deadspin, Grantland, and Bill Simmons to show you are a lying sack of shit in that regard.
25) "We as the NFL want to make this an important issue where we can make a difference in society in general."
Start by shutting down the damn game, then.
The game, not only as a social construct, but as a function of the criminals involved and the injuries inflicted (even on men who would not otherwise be criminals), cannot exist where you actually would make such a difference.
Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and Child Abuse (in various forms): Together, THEY Make Football...
26) "I think we have people that have uncompromising integrity."
27) "Their integrity is impeccable."
You can't make this shit up.
You really can't.
The next thing you'll tell me is that Pete Rozelle was a man of uncompromising integrity by not allowing NFL players to pursue free agency (before he lost that one in the courts)...
And see #16...
28) "We have done an excellent job of bringing outside consultants in."
See #17!
29) "I communicate with our players on a regular basis."
And have almost-universally earned their disdain!
I'm not even sure we can call it "communication".
30) "No one has more respect for the players."
31) "Their well-being and future are important to me."
BULL FUCKING SHIT.
Dave Duerson. Junior Seau (whose family might have to wait for his enshrinement until the CTE hubbub dies down!). How about Jim McMahon, Richard Dent, and many of the 1985 Super Bowl Champion Bears -- who were profiled this month by Bryant Gumbel on HBO's Real Sports?
And there are HUNDREDS I'm not mentioning.
(The best I can give you is these two clips HBO provided. To see the entire 15 minutes, even on the Internet, requires an HBO subscription.)
32) "We want to make the game as safe as possible for them and make sure we do everything to make sure while they are here and when they transition out of football we are helping them be successful."
To do that, you can't have these brain-damaged criminals in the league in the first place!
And, on top of everything else I've discussed in these posts, Roger, you'd need to address a very important societal problem, you idiot:
The MOMENT these guys slip out of the uniform of "my team", in the opinion of most Americans, they literally become that cog that they "give him a watch, kick him in the butt, and tell him a computer took his place. That's hard times!!"
So you ... are... LYING.
You don't have enough money in your coffers to run a professional sports league and take even enough necessary care of those men still living and mangled because of this sport and this league!!
33) "We will work with the players association."
34) "We are not going to compromise the NFL."
You will lose, and BY DESIGN, to the NFLPA on a lot of these issues, and, hence, you will not compromise the NFL as the bastion for rapists, abusers, bullies, murderers, and God knows what else..
Oh, and they all have to be good, upstanding straight men too... That guy from Arizona State (Edward "Chip" Sarafin) is going to get blackballed even faster than Michael Sam, and I know it, you motherfucker.
35) "The character that comes from playing a team sport like football is extraordinary."
See #16, for at least the third time.
Skipping a couple mundane ones to wrap this up...
40) "I do understand the passion for the fans in Las Vegas."
Las Vegas actually has locals who are NFL fans?
41) "I love Ralph Wilson Stadium."
Geez.
42) "We want to make sure our fans are protected."
Stop allowing alcohol consumption. Tone down the presentation.
Oh, you won't do that? Fuck you.
43) "We want the truth, Mark."
44) "Enjoy the weekend."
Don't worry. I won't.
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