Nevertooold - 2014-09-14 8:24 PM What does it mean when they say the NFL deactivated a player? 

CurlyQ - 2014-09-14 9:08 PM  They can only keep so many on their active squad that suit up for games, I think, 50. So, they're deactivated and can only practice. I'm thinking too, that they can be picked up by another team. ( I may be wrong, lol

lets face it, athletes get by with a lot, even in the high school level. They can't spell or read some times, but come Friday night, they're magically electable. Been happening since the day one.... Nowadays, it's a multi million dollar 'job'. I'm not putting sports down by any means, my dad was the first 4 sport letterman here in our town, now it's a 6a school. We've all played, 4 generations now and have had our college paid for, but if it weren't for good judgement and butt bushings, lol..... Sports teaches a lot of life lessons but it's only as good as you make it. Anything in excess is bad for a soul.

ACEINTHEHOLE - 2014-09-15 9:29 AM And here is my two cents (as stated above, it is free and you get what you pay for LOL!  love it!)



What the NFL has done to RR is utter BULL!  I don't condone what he did and am not saying he didn't need punishment, BUT!   RR admitted to what he did, said he was sorry and it would not happen again, the NFL had already punished RR accordingly.  RR thought he was through all of this, he had his punishment handed down, the season was about to start and he was on track to be back in the game.  AFTER they punished him, they decided they needed to review the policies.  Okay, fine, but RR should not have been affected by that, he should have been "grandfathered in" so to speak, becuase his incident was BEFORE this policy review/change, and he had already been punished.  The new policy is 1st offense: 6 games, 2nd offense:  suspension, possibly for life.  Then AFTER the video surfaced .. all of a sudden the powers that be have a meeting (6 months after the fact!), and decided to suspend RR indefinately!  WTH!!!  So not only have they already punished him ONCE, but now they have suspeneded him.. THEY DIDN'T EVEN FOLLOW THE POLICES THEY JUST SET IN PLACE!!!  At the very most RR should have only been suspended for 6 games (this was his 1st offense).. I don't even agree with that, they should never have come back to him at all.  The only reason they came back to him was simply because he was convicted in the court of public opinion off the video!  So now is the policy subjective to is there evidence/video/witness or not.. well if no evidence can surface you get 6 games, but if there is a possibility of video, we will let you know when it comes to light?  BS!!!  It would be like a teen getting caught stealing smokes from the store, getting caught and the parents grounding him for 2 weeks, taking his car away and giving him a spanking for it.  Then 6 months later, the store owner shows dad a video surveilance of the actual crime.. then the kid gets grounded for life, his license revoked for life and being banished from the town... seriously, it is not right and wouldn't happen.. same thing for RR!  He had already been punished, it should have been left alone!

 

HotbearLVR - 2014-09-15 10:08 AM I agree with this.  The media is way too powerful, and these examples illustrate that fact.  We already knew that RR hit the woman (after she hit him), but it was the visual of this powerful man hitting the woman that sparked the change in the punishment.  Basically the media controls the strings to the puppets like Roger Godell.  Also, media is behind the outcry that Godell must go.  Why?  Because "he lied to the American people!"  In the grand scheme of things, the NFL is insignificant in our daily lives, compared to the President and Congress.  So why is it that they get a pass when they "lie to the American people"?  

I have another question.  Is it OK for a woman to hit a man?  What does she expect if she hits a man programmed to have a killer instinct for the NFL?  Ice cream?  Personally, I don't think a man should ever hit a woman, but how do you argue with people who say if you hit a man, then all bets are off?   

jbhoot - 2014-09-14 10:24 AM I agree but in this case it went way beyond a spanking it IMO it was assault. Look at the pictures of the kid it was way beyond what any four year old deserved.

NJJ - 2014-09-15 10:53 AM Why shouldn’t these “bullies” feel the repercussions of their actions? The NFL is an EMPLOYER who can do whatever they want to or for their “employees”. As an EMPLOYER they can fire their a$$ for felony battery to a woman or child or for whatever reason. These men have a responsibility to their EMPLOYER to behave themselves in ways that do not damage their teams, the sport or the willingness of fans to shell out a lot of money that contributes to outrageous salaries that these players could earn nowhere else.



 

docschic - 2014-09-15 4:38 PM I'm curious to see how much the mother of the Peterson child is leading him on some of what he is saying to the authorities.  Some of what is being reported I can't see a 4 year old saying it.