his nonsense that the league caved is not accurate.

Are the real officials back at work before the owners wanted them to be? Yes? Then they caved.

‘Rush’ Episode aired in 1999.

X-Files was really a documentary smuggled to us by patriots from the future.

/ Conspiracy theory’d

Lol. I don’t know whether to be flattered, or creeped out, by “jthussler” not only following but apparently bookmarking a tweet of mine from 4 weeks ago, considering I don’t really have any idea who he is (at least not by his current name).

RT’d into my feed this week. Take it however you want it I couldn’t care less.

Again, comparing it to smoking, nobody has sympathy for a person my age who gets lung cancer, we knew the risks.

From a litigation stand point (way out my depth) as an employer required to provide work place safety standards using best practices you cannot employ people in a smoking environment. Argue that the NFL was ignoring head trauma for years* and is performing a ‘make-up call’ with rule changes presently after years of unsafe workplace standards. From a legal standpoint it’s on the NFL but of course from a personal standpoint the onus is on the individual ultimately.

* X-files last night when the teenagers become super fast for standing in a cave Scully made a comment on unbelievable head trauma seen in tests that could only be associated with someone elderly or a 15 year pro-football career. ‘Rush’ Episode aired in 1999.

[T]he small distance between winning and lose (and job security) can understandably push people to test the limits and is part of the reason we love football so much.

Bolded is key for players. Because of the salary structure (non-guaranteed contracts) players are encouraged to hide injuries, including concussions, because they won’t get paid. Maybe they make it through that year, but the team threaten to cut the player, leading to a re-negotiation or the player is cut.

So there’s a tension between player safety and player job security. In other words, why would I report an injury when I know doing so may cost me money?

It’s really not that hard to scroll down a couple pages.

Lol. I don’t know whether to be flattered, or creeped out, by “jthussler” not only following but apparently bookmarking a tweet of mine from 4 weeks ago, considering I don’t really have any idea who he is (at least not by his current name).

It appears he had that one in the holster all week, waiting to fire.

I don’t totally buy this point of the argument, but the idea is that competent officials are able to maintain order in a game and prevent the physicality from going from “hard-nosed football” to “dirty and cheap.” There is no doubt the replacement failed miserably at this.

Of course, the blame lies in many and players and coaches, who perpetuated it. However, the small distance between winning and lose (and job security) can understandably push people to test the limits and is part of the reason we love football so much. So I can understand why it happens.

Guess that’s fair. Can see where’s there’s blame with the league, but we should keep this in mind when this crop of players doesn’t live past fifty. Again, comparing it to smoking, nobody has sympathy for a person my age who gets lung cancer, we knew the risks.

BUT, they handled this stretch of hell like their PR staff was headed by Snooki and a box of edible thongs.

Lotta people saying this, but I bet the NFL suffers ZERO fallout from this. For every fan they lose, I bet another one starts following. I doubt anyone but the owners lose a dime in revenue other than what they lost in paying the regular refs. This does nothing to change the inelastic demand of the NFL. The machine wont be stopped, and it certainly wont lose money or fans from this.

Exact same argument was used to say that the owners and Goodell wouldn’t budge one inch in negotiations. It was wrong then, and it’s wrong now. Labor unrest always has a negative impact, even if it’s not reflected immediately on the P&L.