2017 NFL Preseason Thread: Ki-Jana Carter edition

Also, this not a court of law, it's a balance of probabilities. Do you think your hero did nothing?

 

They'll still win 10 games, it's ok.

 

I thought the Cowboys were great regression candidates before this. Wouldn't surprise me if they end up 8-8.

 

My hero? Hardly.

And the balance of probabilities swings totally in Zeke's corner since the accuser was proven to be a liar already, in both text messages and verbal statements.

Also, I'm not worried about the team's record, what I am worried about is this coming off as guilty until proven innocent, which should never be the case.

You're also missing a very key point, if he did do these things, then yes, punish him, he deserves it. You trying to paint all Cowboys fans with that same bias coated brush is weak.

 

Poor choice of words on that. Totally my fault.

 

The NFL's business is selling competitive violence as entertainment. The fact they have an extrajudicial investigatory arm to investigate "domestic" violence is beyond absurd. The (unintended?) result is that the primarily black entertainers, many from unstable family backgrounds, are penalized draconically more than others in the entertainment industry. Also if you are a domestic partner of a NFL player there are now huge incentives for not speaking out given that your partner stands to lose millions of dollars in income. It is all PR bullshit with an unsubtle racial subtext, "we keep our blacks in their place".

 

Ok. Armstrong won 7 straight clean.

How bout dem Cowboys

 

So Brady and Roethlisberger were suspended just for show to prove King Roger I is not a racist. Alrighty then.

 

So you want the NFL to not do anything to curtail domestic violence. Gotcha.

The fact the NFL is doing anything is because they had to eat a giant shit sandwich because Ray Rice was caught on video punching his wife and the league effectively looked give other way. The NFL lives off of three major sources of revenue: Fans--merchandise and ticket sales--corporate sponsors and TV revenue. The fan third won't go down but the other two might. ESPN is owned by Disney which won't tolerate backing an organization that isn't wholesome. They could easily not renew the MNF football contract and less competition for that slot means Fox, CBS or NBC can offer less to obtain the rights. NFL loses money. Corporate sponsors not wanting to be associated with a brand that condones the beating of women pull their money. NFL loses money. Then rights groups begin going after the league for supporting domestic violence and begins to bring suits by victims claiming the league is not doing enough to stop its men from hurting them. Frivolous, maybe, but it's more bad PR and more money spent and more money lost. And if they happen to lose the lawsuit, they are where they are now but with tens of millions of dollars gone. These start popping up more, Congress starts to look at its monopoly exemption and begins to threaten that the league reign the guys in or they start investigating what else the league it's covering up *cough* concussions *ahem* and shit really hits the fan.

You can try to dismiss this however you want but the fact is this is about money and it's about violence against women regardless if you don't think so.

 

Ragu?

 

Ha! No, I just got carried away ... I swear ...

 

Well, there is a court system designed for this sort of thing.

I mean, I get it. The league doesn't want guys facing trial for domestic abuse as the face of their league. There are no good answers, and it's tough to blame the NFL for taking action on its own.

Still, the league is so fucking awful at it that it may well make more sense to just leave it in the courts.

The punishment system seems to be that black guys get six games (or get blackballed), white guys get one or two games, and the women who get the shit beat out of them are expected to hold a news conference to apologize for pissing off their boyfriend. If that's the best they can do, why bother?