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      Welker takes swipe at Samuel

      June 29, 2008 /

      Patriots’ wide receiver Wes Welker took a mild jab at cornerback Asante Samuel, who spurned New England to sign a $57 million contract with the Eagles in the offseason.

      “Asante’s a great player, so it hurts not to have a guy like that. But then again, it’s part of the business of the game,” Welker said. “He chose money over championships, and that’s the way it goes sometimes.”

      Whoa, whoa, whoa – slow down, Wes. Now that you guys can’t videotape other teams’ practices, defensive signals, film sessions and daily meetings, don’t just assume that you’re going to keep winning championships. Your team didn’t look to hot against the Jints without the use of cheating.

      NFL

      Whitlock: Blame the white media for Imus’ coverage

      June 28, 2008 /

      Jason Whitlock made some interesting points in his latest article for FOX SPORTS about how the “white media” jumped on Don Imus’s recent comments about Adam Jones not wanting to be referred to as “Pacman” from now on.

      The hosts are generally clueless about the topic and, worse, scared to death that they’ll say something that provokes Sharpton to call their boss. The other guests are generally just as clueless, afraid they’ll say something that provokes Sharpton to call them an Uncle Tom or a bigot and are primarily concerned with demonstrating they’re worthy of an invite back or their own TV show.

      Imus suggested Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones’ six arrests were rather predictable given his African-American heritage. A day later, Imus clarified his statement — and tried to avoid trouble — by stating that he was making a sarcastic point about America’s unequal criminal-justice system.

      Imus was right both times. But Imus being right doesn’t make for good television and certainly does not pay for the conk in Rev. Sharpton’s wig.

      No, sir. This was a full-blown racial controversy, a Nielsen-ratings-mover, a chance for white talk-show hosts to climb into the Octagon and let Kimbo Slice and Jimbo White Rice knuckle up until the viewers tapped out.

      I digress. My point is that what Imus said warrants discussion. We just don’t need to discuss Imus. He is not our problem. Pacman Jones, with his off-field antics and stupidity, has done more damage to the image of American black men than Don Imus could ever hope to do.

      I know this wasn’t Whitlock’s main point, but he hit the nail on the head when he wrote about media hosts and guests being scared when the topic of race in sports is approached. But they’re not only scared because of Sharpton – they’re scared because there are too many sensitive people in this country. It’s gotten to the point where you can’t even have a reasonable debate nowadays because some people just roll out of bed offended at something or somebody. It’s a shame we as a society can’t talk more openly about the topic of race without the discussion turning into one big defensive mechanism.

      General Sports, NFL

      Cowboys: Joe Horn’s washed up

      June 28, 2008 /

      Just one day after news broke that the Cowboys might pursue Atlanta’s Joe Horn, word is that Dallas has zero interest in the aging receiver.

      Forget the media speculation about the Cowboys’ showing interest in Falcons disgruntled wide receiver Joe Horn.

      It was never a consideration at the team’s Valley Ranch headquarters. Horn’s agent called to see if there was interest. The Cowboys took 30 seconds to say, hell no. They believe Horn is washed up as a player.

      They also believe Horn would be a bad fit in the lockerroom. So the Cowboys never had any interest in Horn.

      Horn probably won’t make it out of Atlanta this preseason and it’ll be interesting if any team takes a flyer on him.

      Fantasy Football, NFL

      That greedy thing called the NFL

      June 28, 2008 /

      THE BLEACHER REPORT recently took a swipe at the greedy NFL and how 15 teams are raping fans by charging them for a Personal Sect License. (For example, the Giants just announced that they would charge some fans upwards of $20,000 for the right to specific seats.)

      The NFL leads all other leagues by far. Greed is good. Greed will take you far. It is, after all, morally wrong to let a sucker keep his money.

      Bigger stadiums, bigger jets, bigger television contracts, and bigger payrolls.
      The only thing able to slay the NFL behemoth is itself. The potentially fatal weapon it wields against itself is greed.

      If regular fans, the building blocks of franchises for years, are priced out of the market, the NFL will begin to shrivel and shrink.

      Kill the fan, and you kill the goose that laid the golden egg. You kill the goose with greed.

      Fans will be disgusted. Children, future customers, will no longer be able to attend over-priced games, at least, certainly not see a season’s worth of games.

      In the short term, the NFL will reap millions, as fans still fill stadiums. But in the long run, in a depressing economic climate, how much can the league squeeze from the fans until they say no more?

      We just can’t afford it anymore. We just don’t enjoy it anymore.

      Outstanding points. The NFL is immensely popular – probably the most popular sport in the country. But they can’t continue to suck every last penny out of their fans without one day reaping what they sow. With the economy the way it is, fans are going to start turning their backs to going to stadiums and if the league answers by blacking out games, then fans might start turning their backs period.

      NFL

      Goodell on rookie contracts: “There’s something wrong with the system”

      June 27, 2008 /

      It looks like the NFL has finally wised up about rookie contracts. According to the Rocky Mountain News, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is apparently ready to take action to get a better system in place so teams aren’t spending ridiculous amounts of money to sign players who haven’t even taken one snap in an NFL game.

      “There’s something wrong about the system,” Goodell said Friday. “The money should go to people who perform.”

      Goodell referred to Michigan tackle Jake Long’s five-year, $57.75 million contract — with $30 million guaranteed. Long was the first overall draft pick by the Miami Dolphins in April.

      “He doesn’t have to play a down in the NFL and he already has his money,” Goodell said during a question-and-answer period at the end of a weeklong sports symposium at the Chautauqua Institution. “Now, with the economics where they are, the consequences if you don’t evaluate that player, you can lose a significant amount of money.

      “And that money is not going to players that are performing. It’s going to a player that never makes it in the NFL. And I think that’s ridiculous.”

      Goodell said he favors lowering salaries offered to rookies, but allowing a provision for those players to renegotiate their deals after proving themselves on the field.

      Amen! This has been a long time coming and Goodell deserves plenty of praise if/when he gets a new system in place. He hit the nail on the head: Why are these rookies being paid more than veterans making the Pro Bowl on a yearly basis? It’s a domino effect that has bad teams using large chunks of their cap space to sign rookies that haven’t proven themselves, therefore leaving those bad teams in worse shape because they can’t spend to improve other positions and all the while pissing off veterans who feel underpaid.

      Good work Mr. Goodell – fix the system.

      NFL

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