New Orleans Saints/Washington Redskins: Bounty Hunters

[mooby]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

I though GW went a little overboard with the ACL comments. But it is legal to hit someone on the knee. The stuff about Gore was just talk. I highly doubt any of the Saints players went head hunting cause the fines are way too severe. If a player is hurt and decides to go out on the field then it IS FAIR GAME. Romo had rib issues and D. Hall said he was going to hit him in the ribs. Sorry but that's football.

Goodell is just the owners bitch. He doesn't give a damn about the players. His loyalty is with the owners and that's why he's so obsessed about all the head injuries....cause of all the lawsuits. Which in turn is why we see so many BS calls every week. It's not the refs, it's the league going overboard trying to make it flag football. GW is going to be the scapegoat but I hope he does get a chance to coach in the NFL again. Everyone deserves a 2nd chance.

By my count it would be his 4th chance. The Rog gave him multiple opportunities to shut it down and he didn't.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by mooby

By my count it would be his 4th chance. The Rog gave him multiple opportunities to shut it down and he didn't.

Exactly.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by mooby

By my count it would be his 4th chance. The Rog gave him multiple opportunities to shut it down and he didn't.

I think he should be allowed to coach again once he serves his time away. Vick lied to Goodell and what he did was far worse IMO.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

I think he should be allowed to coach again once he serves his time away. Vick lied to Goodell and what he did was far worse IMO.

Pete Rose gambled on baseball and he was banned for life. Just sayin'.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

I think he should be allowed to coach again once he serves his time away. Vick lied to Goodell and what he did was far worse IMO.

I think what G.Will and Vick did are both heinous acts, but non-PETA loving people will never value dog's lives the same way they value people's, and for good reason. That's not to say G.Will was out trying to murder people, so don't take it that way, but the majority of people will saying intentionally trying to injure people > killing dogs. Besides, Goodell knew Vick was likely to serve time in prison, which is plenty of punishment in its' own right, and you know G.Will probably won't be spending time in any prison anytime soon.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by mooby

I think what G.Will and Vick did are both heinous acts, but non-PETA loving people will never value dog's lives the same way they value people's, and for good reason. That's not to say G.Will was out trying to murder people, so don't take it that way, but the majority of people will saying intentionally trying to injure people > killing dogs. Besides, Goodell knew Vick was likely to serve time in prison, which is plenty of punishment in its' own right, and you know G.Will probably won't be spending time in any prison anytime soon.

The other aspect is that this whole situation affected the game. GW wasn't off perpetrating crimes against humanity outside the game of football...he was breaking rules and inciting violence in direct contradiction to a key mission in the modern game (safety). From societal standpoint whether inciting violence against humans is worse than killing dogs is an unanswerable question, simply a value judgement really, but the fact that he was introducing the clearly questionable (to put it lightly) practices within the game makes it contextually far more heinous.