ringless":3oahympm said:
"This is what I try and tell all the haters. Like, what if this was happening to your team? How would you feel then?
like us, you'd be outraged by Goodell's abuse of power."
As a Steelers fan I have no love for the Pats** and Goodell both. The Steelers were the only team who voted unanimously against the current CBA because of their experience with Goodell wielding too much power as investigator, judge, jury, executioner, and appeals court. The players had a chance to negotiate a better deal, but hey (at the time) Goodell is only going after Ben Roethlisberger (4 game suspension in the face of exactly zero criminal evidence) and James Harrison (for tackling too hard and being a big meany) and not me and my team so let's not strike and gimmee the money. It was only a matter of time until the shoe was on the other foot. Charlie Batch tried to warn all yaz.
Don't get me wrong, I think that Brady, Belicheat, and the assistants are guilty as hell but also that Goodell's disciplinary process is arbitrary, inconsistent, and grossly unfair. But YOU PLAYERS voted for the system that's in place. YOUR UNION approved it (and Tommy Boy probably voted for it). So sit down and STFU until you negotiate your next contract. If you don't like the system, it's your own damn fault because you didn't try to change it when you had the chance.