Today’s View From the Bull Pen
Priorities
We have them all wrong. From constant news coverage of Jodi Arias and OJ Simpson to athletes getting mega bucks for playing a game, our sense of what is important is completely and totally screwed up. You'd think that we might have learned something from the recent events in Boston. That heroes emerge from even the most difficult of circumstances, but, no, we return to the inane and inconsequential. Amanda Knox. Film at 11.I drew this cartoon after reading the recent story about Andrew Wiggins, supposedly the "next" LeBron James, signing a letter of intent with Kansas. While Wiggins did his best to keep his signing from becoming too much of a circus, it still carried huge weight in the 24/7 news cycle. It made me think of the number of brilliant kids who will walk across graduation stages all over our country in the next few weeks, whose names are only heard as they stride forward to get their diplomas. No newspaper columns are written or press conferences held for valedictorians or honor students, but, hey, dribble a basketball and we hear all about it. Priorities. Yeah. I'd say we have them pretty screwed up.
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Goodell works for the owners, the league and the players. probably in that order but it can change depending on the situation.
I tend to think that an impartial arbiter could/ should have been brought in to hear the appeals. goodell acted as judge jury and executioner in this matter. To have to go back to the person who sentenced you to the sidelines for a season doesn’t appear to be justice.
Vilma has a point. Goodell as spent 3 months ruining his “reputation” that he spent 8 years developing. The argument over semantics seems to have a ring to it but then again I have not seen the evidence, only through hearsay.
I am not going to say what is alleged to have happened is right, but in the interest of “fairplay” someone other than the commish should have heard the appeal, seen the evidence and the either affirmed the punishment or mediated the end result.
asking goodell to change his judgement is akin to asking me to stop being ugly. that die has been cast and it won’t be changed.
Strive for excellence, nothing but your best.
Gene
What Gene said. Oh, and Gene…you’re not ugly, and you are definitely not in the same class as Goodell. You’re a much better person. Just sayin’!
Something that Terry Bradshaw said in a recent appearance on the Tonight Show, caught my ear. He said that he didn’t think we would see professional, full-body contact sports like football and hockey (as they are played now), in ten years time. As a result of the league’s focus on concussions (purely a PR move, according to Bradshaw) and the deaths and retirements of players – we’ll see fewer parents allowing their kids to play Pop Warner youth, high school, and collegiate football.
Goodell was wrong to have heard the appeals on his own. I don’t know whom could have filled that role, though. There isn’t anything you or I can do about it now. It is an unfortunate situation (and outcome) for players, owners, and for fans. It will be interesting to see if Bradshaw’s predictions come true.
Peg