Of course, everyone uproariously agreed:
The audacity!
(I’ll admit, Dexter Lawrence’s dance moves were semi-impressive)
Catching passes with your abs D.K.
Retrofitting your legs with wheels Justin Fields?
Catching a ball with no hands Ja’Marr Chase?
But the rest of this stuff stunk.
Who were these fools who wrote this shit anyway?
It sure wasn’t the Nate Dawg I’ll tell you that much.
As well as ours at home watching.
He wasn’t going after low hanging fruit like Portnoy does either.
He was going after the biggest big shots in the company.
Right from the jump.
To which Zah replied, “No, Nate is just a savage.
I’ve been trying to tell everybody for years.”
It was unbelievable to witness.
He gets to get on stage and destroy everybody he wants for 2 hours.
Get it all out in front of everybody.
And get his main targets up there on stage if possible.
Sitting at a dais.
Like a reverse-roast of sorts.
Will be great times.)
But back to the NFL and them mocking us with this shit.
And He’s Dead On.
Pro Football Talk- As explained in Playmakers, the NFL initially was alarmed by the NBAs Tim Donaghy scandal.
Ive generally believed that, too.
Mainly, the judgment calls provide the opening.
So the hashtag #NFLRigged was flying around everywhere on twitter on Sunday.
And for good reason.
That flag was fucking outrageous.
Especially given the circumstances.
It’s fucking bullshit).
And for good reason.
The players want to be properly lined up.
This flag took the game-tying TD off the board.
Florio didn’t harp on the egregious no-call PI on the final play, but I will.
It only exacerbates the belief that there was no way Washington was winning this game.
And this shit happens EVERY.
But do they get some serious ridiculous calls?
And it’s not just against them.
It’s week in and week out.
That it started and stopped with him.
Probably the same people who believe Oswald acted alone.
Theres obviously the greater propensity for whistles in basketball vs every other sport.
Having them off the floor dramatically influenced the game.
Racking up a 4th and 5th, spaced out, foul later in the game didnt seem so extreme.
To think this was an isolated incident is banana land.
Im not necessarily saying that refs or the NFL fixes games, but Im not saying they dont.
Turned out theyd been doing it for 10 years.
But why did he lose?
OK, but why not?
(emphasis added)
If the Patriots cheated to win that game, well, tough.
Legally extrapolate that and it means: If any NFL outcome is fixed, well, tough.
College football, for example, is legally classified as a collegiate sport.
The only other sports entertainment businesses are professional wrestling and roller derby.
They run into the tunnel and hide behind the shield.
If a player or coach calls them out on it they’re fined tens of thousands of dollars.
Either way, it’s fucking lunacy.
“And we all know, now that were grown men, that wrestlings fake.
Well, football is not played like it was when I played.”
Now it’s such an entertainment business.
It’s turning into the WWE really.
It’s like the Vince McMahon stuff.
Basically, [Roger] Goodell is like Vince McMahon."
You’re complicit in that: You put on the uniform.
And it’s a trivial thing at its core.
It’s make-believe, really.
That’s the truth about it."
– former 49ers linebacker Chris Borland
p.s.
- Florio mentioning that show “Playmakers” was a major blast from the past.
And how fast the NFL freaked out about it and squashed it?
They might have more power than the Feds.
Shout out Omar Gooding and Wild And Crazy Kids.
I see you player.
Damn that felt good to get out.
Also Playmakers was an awesome show, way ahead of its time.
Here’s the full NFL commercial again.
The lesson to be learned from all of this, is Goodell always wins.
