zulater
12-02-2010, 05:54 AM
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/s_711816.html
Next time James Harrison has a quarterback in his sights, he should forgo the idea of, you know, tackling him and consider three other options, all of which carry minimal consequences — or none at all — within the NFL's crack justice system:
• Sucker punch the quarterback in the jaw.
• Rip the dude's helmet off and pound his skull like a slab of beef.
• Wait 'til he drops to his knees, then leap on his back with full body weight and twist his limbs like light bulbs.
Why not? Such actions apparently do not merit any more of a punishment than what Harrison got for attempting to make a legal tackle — and perhaps doing so — the other day in Buffalo.
What a league. As an entertainment entity, it is a brilliant, raging success. As a de facto court of law, it is a laughable farce.
Miraculously, commissioner Roger Goodell & Co. have almost managed to make wacko Steelers conspiracy theorists seem sane. Those people believe the league is out to get their team, as if damaging one of the NFL's flagship franchises would be a productive move, as if Dan Rooney wasn't one of Goodell's most influential backers when the owners hired Goodell.
Nobody's out to get the Steelers.
It just looks that way
Next time James Harrison has a quarterback in his sights, he should forgo the idea of, you know, tackling him and consider three other options, all of which carry minimal consequences — or none at all — within the NFL's crack justice system:
• Sucker punch the quarterback in the jaw.
• Rip the dude's helmet off and pound his skull like a slab of beef.
• Wait 'til he drops to his knees, then leap on his back with full body weight and twist his limbs like light bulbs.
Why not? Such actions apparently do not merit any more of a punishment than what Harrison got for attempting to make a legal tackle — and perhaps doing so — the other day in Buffalo.
What a league. As an entertainment entity, it is a brilliant, raging success. As a de facto court of law, it is a laughable farce.
Miraculously, commissioner Roger Goodell & Co. have almost managed to make wacko Steelers conspiracy theorists seem sane. Those people believe the league is out to get their team, as if damaging one of the NFL's flagship franchises would be a productive move, as if Dan Rooney wasn't one of Goodell's most influential backers when the owners hired Goodell.
Nobody's out to get the Steelers.
It just looks that way