Comments on: Cris Carter Says Goodell "Ain't Got No Rules, Man"

By: psimon

psimon — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:57:15 +0000

I never post blogs, but reading you idiots caused me to do so… This article should’ve been about the message Chris Carter was sending to these young athletes, not the way it was presented… But as is the case with most blog entries, people only use it to tear down others to feel better about themselves… WELL YOU IDIOTS should feel wonderful about yourselves… Oh and great job Florio, of making a mockery of Carter’s speech!!! WOW!!! Get a life people!!!

By: MasterShake

MasterShake — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:37:05 +0000

C.C. could run a great route and could catch like a mother——- but the stuff that comes out of his mouth both on TV and at speaking opportunities leaves something to be desired. For those that praise the “mentoring” of Reggie White, please remember…… Asians can turn a TV into a watch. Not exact quote I’m pretty sure.

By: Mark0226

Mark0226 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:24:39 +0000

steve2e says: “Now our comments are held for approval by the blog owner?? NBC ruined you. Time to start a new football website.”
Where have you been? The comments have always been held for approval. In fact, sometimes they are not approved and never see the light of day. Like it or not, this is not new and has nothing to do with the move to NBC.

By: Laidback

Laidback — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:45:57 +0000

To all of the “Rhodes Scholars” out there who would not doubt loose a game of scrabble to a six year old. I say go light on the grammer.
Those young men new exactly what Chris was conveying, the spirit and wisdom was behind the words.
Therefore Mr Carter is to be commended for being honest and forthright in his address.
Oh by the way, Mr Carters eloquence was enough to help the Vikings to have one of the most prolific scoring tandems in the history of the NFL. That history will be welcomed when He hits the broadcasters’ booth.

By: mrmagoo

mrmagoo — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:06:49 +0000

VoxVeritas says:
July 2, 2009 11:38 AM
“His point is valid though.”
No it’s not. Irvin did play in a league where punishment was not etched in stone. That’s why he served a 5 game suspension without ever having been convicted of the crime or testing positive on a drug test, even though the standard was 4 games. Tagliabue arbitrarily handed down the punishment, and he arbitrarily added an extra game over what he normally gave out.
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Actually when Irvin played the league was kind of ‘cutthroat’. At least when it came time to get a hair cut.

By: igglesfan74

igglesfan74 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:12:59 +0000

wow. I am relatively impressed with your level of ignorance.
It is about caring for the welfare of your players, protecting your investment, providing good role models, and maintaining the image of your program-and ticket/merchandise sales. You would want to spend your draft picks on guys that want to perform and take care of themselves. Why utilize a high draft pick and dish out millions and invest in someone who might fail to show up, get arrested, or overdose without proper guidance? The commish, the owners, the coaches, and teammates could see it all go down the tubes if a player gets out of control. As a fan, wouldn’t you be pissed if your star player was in jail instead of at a game or practice? Should there be no punishment for that? What if your kid was wearing that guy’s jersey?

By: VoxVeritas

VoxVeritas — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:11:12 +0000

“Your point being?”
That Reggie White was a hypocrite.

By: butterk2

butterk2 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:51:33 +0000

Seriously why does everyone “love” punishing players and “cleaning” up the league. Who cares, they are playing a game. I don’t see why everyone wants them to be saints. Say what you will about LT but the game would have been worse without him and his side issues. The real issue is there are 5 million reporters waiting around to catch these athletes doing something wrong. And they will always do something wrong, they are kids in there young 20′s with lots of money. Let them live their lives. Me, I just want to watch football on Sundays and could care less about so called “off the field issues”

By: longrodvanhungendong

longrodvanhungendong — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:39:50 +0000

The NFL can’t help the kids that need help. They can only help the ones that WANT help. Most of these guy have no clue they are not living right because it is how they were raised. If they are getting a free ride in college, drug test them every month. Don’t wait until the NFL where they are making 6 figures. God knows the colleges don’t give a damn about them getting educated. They should at least teach them responsability.

By: 69ers

69ers — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:42:23 +0000

What was he teaching? Hopefully not English

By: Nard100

Nard100 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:24:11 +0000

I love how guy like Carter try to cast what Roger Goodell in a bad light by casting aspersions on his judgements. Let’s take look back to the Paul Tagliabue era shall we? When the Bengals seemed to be competing with one another to see who could grow their rap sheet faster? remember all the hand-wringing wondering if anyone was going to do anything about it? To Cris Carter I say, you are part of the reason that Roger does what he does. It had to be done! Cris does bring up an interesting point, what would the NFL have been like without people like LT. As a Giants fan, if he had been in today’s NFL, perhaps he might have had a much shorter career, bu perhaps he would have been a better man for it. The fact that he did drugs and hookers and lord-knows-what-else has unquestionably tarnished his legacy. Think that sounds crazy? If he stayed straight would there be another guy calling himself “LT” in this league? I think not! As far as the argument that simply allowing rule/lawbreakers to continue to play football so they won’t get into more trouble is disingenuous to say the least. I enter Daryl Strawberry as exhibit A. The man was given chance after chance, but finally it took prison to get it into his very thick skull!

By: SteelerHoo

SteelerHoo — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:44:17 +0000

“EskinSux says:
Voice of experience…. But, think about it……if i talked to my kids in their style of talk to relate, they’d probably have my ass committed and i know my boys would still be laughing…….”
that’s because you’re just a dad (nothing wrong there) and didn’t play a professional sport. athletes, especially those new to the league, still have a decent amount of respect for those who have gone before them and put up numbers. much more respect than they would have in a similarly aged adult who didn’t play and tried to speak in their style.

By: favres_right_tendon

favres_right_tendon — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:14:16 +0000

It’s obvious Mr. Carter still has an addiction problem going by his limited 3rd grade grammer. You suck on ESPN and you suck as a so called ‘speaker’ so do us a favor and shut your pie hole.

By: RedskinPete

RedskinPete — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:10:48 +0000

Carter is self promoting bum. I don’t like him & he don’t like us (Skins). HAIL

By: ronmexico

ronmexico — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:58:59 +0000

By: Mangy66

Mangy66 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:39:56 +0000

“So why did Buddy Ryan end up cutting him? I’m sure it wasn’t because he caught 11 TD passes in his last year with the Eagirls.”
White baptized Carter in the pool at his home when they were Eagles. Buddy Ryan cut him shortly thereafter because they apparently agreed that it was time for Carter to get a change of scenery.
“I remember Reverend Reggie shouting “GET THAT GODDAMN CAMERA OFFA ME!” when the camera focused on him after another Packers butt-whipping at the hands of the Cowboys.”
Your point being? Oh wait…you’re a Cowboys fan…pointless statements are expected.

By: EskinSux

EskinSux — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:32:27 +0000

When you are 21, the last thing you want to hear is some old dude trying to relate. Half of em probably weren’t listening anyway…Now, i agree with Carter as a mentor, almost blew it, and straightned his shit out and had a productive career. Voice of experience…. But, think about it……if i talked to my kids in their style of talk to relate, they’d probably have my ass committed and i know my boys would still be laughing…….

By: empty13

empty13 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:17:49 +0000

if roger is “killing the nfl”… then what you think “makes the nfl” deserves to die.

By: Tiki's Barber

Tiki's Barber — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:04:41 +0000

“Giant Midget says:
July 2, 2009 12:21 PM
For all of you talking smack about Carters choice of speech, he is speaking to his audience. He’s not speaking to the board of trustees for GM or Ford. He is talking to a group of young men and using similar language as they use to get his point across. Who as we all know, didn’t get into the college they played for for academic reasons. So cut him some slack. He’s just trying to help these young kids out.”
I agree with Giant Midget. Carter doesn’t sound like this on TV. He was trying to relate to a group of 21 year olds and hold their attention. He is 1000x better than Emmitt Smith. But not as good as Tiki. Pontificate on that!

By: blitzburgh58

blitzburgh58 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:57:58 +0000

rog has to put the smack down on these guys. it does seem to be a trend. things are out of control, are bad for the nfl brand. all about protecting that brand. but lets see how well they do with the uncapped year/lockout. that would not be good for the brand or the rowdies.

By: JSpicoli

JSpicoli — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:29:46 +0000

You can say that about a thousand things/people that existed in the old NFL.
The sadest testimony to the state of today’s media and NFL is that a dumb dooooosh like Carter is on TV as a commentator. Smarmy and stupid loser.

By: Giant Midget

Giant Midget — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:21:30 +0000

For all of you talking smack about Carters choice of speech, he is speaking to his audience. He’s not speaking to the board of trustees for GM or Ford. He is talking to a group of young men and using similar language as they use to get his point across. Who as we all know, didn’t get into the college they played for for academic reasons. So cut him some slack. He’s just trying to help these young kids out.

By: clintdogg

clintdogg — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:16:49 +0000

Please fire this guy. Goodell is killing the NFL.

By: almar

almar — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:05:00 +0000

Truth is when you say NO!! long enough the players will catch up with Goodell soon enough. The one certainty that has been clearly established is that wrongs and misdeeds that come to public attention will be swiftly dealt with. I personally believe these suspensions have already worked as a deterrent. Carter sounds like so many people who struggle to except responsibility for their action. My guess is if he was playing today and with the passion he manifested while playing, after a few NO’s he would have made the adjustments. If not few us would be lamenting the quality of play we saw during his era. Go Goodell!!!

By: rayg

rayg — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:56:32 +0000

Playing in the NFL is not a right. Just about every employer in the country has a code of conduct policy to maintain employment. And it has nothing to do with being convicted of a crime.
Goodell is doing the right thing.

By: Rasputin

Rasputin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:55:32 +0000

When Roger casts the same stern eye on the owners (Cowboys practice facility, Browns Staph infections, Matt Millen) I’ll see him as something other than a tool of his billionaire buddies.
It’s one thing to come down on performance-enhancing drugs which can affect what he calls the “product.” But, frankly, hard drugs are the job of law enforcement. All he needs to do is put in a binding clause to all player contracts stating that, if convicted of a felony (any felony), they formally request from the judge at least the standard minimum sentence – even if it means jail time – or they waive their rights to play in the NFL. They’ll get the minimum, of course, but they will serve time like everyone else does.
Solves everything – do the crime, do the time – but your career is waiting for you afterwards – unless you’re too old when you get out. No more drama.

By: VoxVeritas

VoxVeritas — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:44:51 +0000

“Hope these rooks pay attention. Carter’s words come straight from the source. He was a bad seed, and got straightened out with the help of Reggie White when they were both Eagles.”
So why did Buddy Ryan end up cutting him? I’m sure it wasn’t because he caught 11 TD passes in his last year with the Eagirls.
“RIP Reggie…you were a man among men who acted like boys.”
I remember Reverend Reggie shouting “GET THAT GODDAMN CAMERA OFFA ME!” when the camera focused on him after another Packers butt-whipping at the hands of the Cowboys.

By: AWestcave

AWestcave — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:42:09 +0000

“I don’t think Michael Irvin and I could have played in the league we have now, ’cause Roger Goodell, man. Rog ain’t got no rules, man. . . . Rog — ain’t no rules, man. If you screw up, like it ain’t etched in stone like you might get two, three games, four games. Rog gonna sit you down, though. And we’re seeing guys get suspended for the first time in stuff that like we never seen before. So if you think the league is the same as it was then and here and no, it’s not, man. They ain’t messin’ around, bro.”
Christ, who saw this guy and thought, “He has a future in broadcasting.”?

By: VoxVeritas

VoxVeritas — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:38:44 +0000

“His point is valid though.”
No it’s not. Irvin did play in a league where punishment was not etched in stone. That’s why he served a 5 game suspension without ever having been convicted of the crime or testing positive on a drug test, even though the standard was 4 games. Tagliabue arbitrarily handed down the punishment, and he arbitrarily added an extra game over what he normally gave out.

By: TheVillain112

TheVillain112 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:18:54 +0000

Goodell might not have any rules but the English language does.