stillers4me
09-21-2014, 01:00 PM
OK, saving Roger Goodell wasn't the Steelers' intention, but had the other 31 teams followed their lead and voted against the CBA, which became official on July 25th, 2011, the current scrutiny upon the NFL and its commissioner likely would have been avoided.
When asked about the Ray Rice (http://pit.scout.com/a.z?s=68&p=8&c=1&nid=7897956) case following the release by TMZ of the second surveillance video, Troy Polamalu (http://pit.scout.com/a.z?s=68&p=8&c=1&nid=7827730) reminded the media why the Steelers were the lone team to vote against the CBA.
"I know one of our main contentions," said Polamalu, "was that the commissioner had sole power in being the judge and jury in these cases."
Understanding negotiation politics a little bit, I'm not surprised that in the three years the CBA has been in place, the Steelers have been on the road for all three of their Thursday night games, including two straight years against the Baltimore Ravens (http://bal.scout.com/). Last season, the Steelers became the first team since 2009 to have a road Thursday game following a road game the previous week. In each of the three years since the CBA was passed, they've had a short week going into a contest against their biggest rival. The Steelers are 0-3 in those games.
I guess you're not supposed to shake the giant bear.
To first understand why Goodell remained staunch during negotiations in maintaining judge, jury, and executioner power, one must first understand the primary goal of a corporation. I have a friend who has two business degrees. As he explained to me a long time ago, the rule in business is to increase profit margin every year. Whatever gains were made in a year, the profits should be more than what they were in the previous year.
Taking that corporate philosophy into account, it's not difficult to connect the dots to every one of the decisions Goodell and/or the NFL make. Goodell's supposed tough stance on drugs and conduct off the field, when he first became commissioner, had been done to make the NFL look better in the public eye, and therefore hopefully increase revenue.
The league's supposed concern over head injuries is why they'll penalize hard, clean hits. Yet if the league was so concerned about player safety, would they be trying to push for an 18-game season?
The head injury legislation in the game is another classic case of the league trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the public. John and Joan Q. Fan watch the game and see the big hit in the open field. Hopefully, those flags will prevent Joan from pulling her son out of little league football. Yet, what John and Joan don't see is the constant, smaller, less visible head-to-head collisions in the mass of humanity at the line of scrimmage.
Defensive end John Abraham (http://pit.scout.com/a.z?s=68&p=8&c=1&nid=6745205) of the Arizona Cardinals (http://ari.scout.com/) recently contemplated retirement after his latest concussion. At age 36, he's already experiencing memory loss. Yet I can't remember the last time I've seen a flag thrown for too big of a collision when a running back picks up a blitzing linebacker..............
read more @ http://pit.scout.com/story/1453703-steelers-paid-price-for-cba-vote-so-has-nfl?s=68
When asked about the Ray Rice (http://pit.scout.com/a.z?s=68&p=8&c=1&nid=7897956) case following the release by TMZ of the second surveillance video, Troy Polamalu (http://pit.scout.com/a.z?s=68&p=8&c=1&nid=7827730) reminded the media why the Steelers were the lone team to vote against the CBA.
"I know one of our main contentions," said Polamalu, "was that the commissioner had sole power in being the judge and jury in these cases."
Understanding negotiation politics a little bit, I'm not surprised that in the three years the CBA has been in place, the Steelers have been on the road for all three of their Thursday night games, including two straight years against the Baltimore Ravens (http://bal.scout.com/). Last season, the Steelers became the first team since 2009 to have a road Thursday game following a road game the previous week. In each of the three years since the CBA was passed, they've had a short week going into a contest against their biggest rival. The Steelers are 0-3 in those games.
I guess you're not supposed to shake the giant bear.
To first understand why Goodell remained staunch during negotiations in maintaining judge, jury, and executioner power, one must first understand the primary goal of a corporation. I have a friend who has two business degrees. As he explained to me a long time ago, the rule in business is to increase profit margin every year. Whatever gains were made in a year, the profits should be more than what they were in the previous year.
Taking that corporate philosophy into account, it's not difficult to connect the dots to every one of the decisions Goodell and/or the NFL make. Goodell's supposed tough stance on drugs and conduct off the field, when he first became commissioner, had been done to make the NFL look better in the public eye, and therefore hopefully increase revenue.
The league's supposed concern over head injuries is why they'll penalize hard, clean hits. Yet if the league was so concerned about player safety, would they be trying to push for an 18-game season?
The head injury legislation in the game is another classic case of the league trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the public. John and Joan Q. Fan watch the game and see the big hit in the open field. Hopefully, those flags will prevent Joan from pulling her son out of little league football. Yet, what John and Joan don't see is the constant, smaller, less visible head-to-head collisions in the mass of humanity at the line of scrimmage.
Defensive end John Abraham (http://pit.scout.com/a.z?s=68&p=8&c=1&nid=6745205) of the Arizona Cardinals (http://ari.scout.com/) recently contemplated retirement after his latest concussion. At age 36, he's already experiencing memory loss. Yet I can't remember the last time I've seen a flag thrown for too big of a collision when a running back picks up a blitzing linebacker..............
read more @ http://pit.scout.com/story/1453703-steelers-paid-price-for-cba-vote-so-has-nfl?s=68