Comments on: Sellers: only "snitches" report concussion symptoms

By: Setobakura

Setobakura — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:45:16 +0000

Didnt Portis want Sellers benched a couple weeks ago? Portis snitched on him

By: slipkid

slipkid — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:08:30 +0000

sellers is a jackass.
he needs to be snitched on. repeatedly.

By: Laxer37

Laxer37 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:30:46 +0000

I think Housh is writting Seller’s stuff.

By: boleyn9

boleyn9 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:14:00 +0000

Sellers says this because he doesn’t worry about getting concussions. He doesn’t hit anyone. See goal line plays @ Detroit and @ Carolina for evidence.
F Mike Sellers!

By: VoxVagina

VoxVagina — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:58:38 +0000

What an idiot.

By: JoeSixPack

JoeSixPack — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:57:41 +0000

Insert Eric Mangini snitch comment in 3…. 2…. 1…

By: Stainless Steel

Stainless Steel — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:36:17 +0000

It’s not about caring or not caring about your teammate. It’s about the game of football and realizing that football players and especially NFL players are willing to risk not only their bodies but ultimately their lives for the sport and for a living. Does this question arise in boxing or MMA? I don’t think so. Why should football be any different?

By: leatherneck

leatherneck — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:08:33 +0000

Anyone who is condemning “snitches” is sympathetic to criminals.

By: HappyBunny

HappyBunny — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:04:20 +0000

Yeah, a teammate may be exhibiting signs of a brain hemmorage, but good, ole’ Mike Sellers would rather let him collapse and die instead of getting him help.

By: Canyonero

Canyonero — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:59:04 +0000

Sellers is definitely an idiot. Looking out for your team mates is not “snitchin,” dumbass.
I bet the NFL is glad he said it, though. Now they can claim, “We’re doing all we can but the players won’t meet us halfway.”

By: VoxVeritas

VoxVeritas — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:53:52 +0000

Sounds like he’s been hanging around Bro Sweets too long.

By: VonClausewitz

VonClausewitz — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:31:22 +0000

CaptainFantastik, I couldn’t agree more.

By: SFrancis1680

SFrancis1680 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:21:51 +0000

who would you rather have for a teammate, Kapmann OR Sellers? one guy who talks about looking out for your teammate, OR the guy who talks about being a “snitch”? Sellers, your teammates must be so proud of you

By: Gautam

Gautam — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:08:23 +0000

so caring about a fellow human being’s health is considered snitching … way to go NFL players

By: MDstar08

MDstar08 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:54:59 +0000

Stainless Steel, I completely agree!

By: MDstar08

MDstar08 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:52:42 +0000

Drugs have nothing to do w/this. Stop calling Sellers an idiot.

By: Snowman2008

Snowman2008 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:52:34 +0000

Without a doubt Mike Sellers is an idiot. But I think Good(but not fun)ell should have approached this differently.
He should have asked the players to convince the player in question to seek the medical staff’s help personally. Don’t report him. Just ask him to report himself for his own good.
Good(for fining people)ell may be opening up a can of worms if players do take his request seriously. There will be conflicts between the player in question and the player(s) who report him. And there may also be sneaky players who want to move up the depth chart by reporting the player ahead of him.
Bottom line is that Good(for getting his name in the news)ell thinks this league is all about him. He sticks his nose in places it doesn’t belong. This league prospered under the leadership of Pete Rozelle, a man who stood behind the scene and let the product sell itself. But the new commish is a real ego driven tool.

By: BDiddy

BDiddy — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:48:39 +0000

To paraphrase Chris Rock, Mike Sellers is keepin’ it real…. real dumb. The “Stop Snitchin’” culture is one more factor contributing to the demise of African American society and here is a professional athlete and role model encouraging this foolishness. He should be suspended for that. Moreover, he clearly doesn’t understand the difference between playing on a twisted ankle and playing with a brain injury. What an imbecile.

By: jsrider

jsrider — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:48:30 +0000

I have to agree with Florio that this is a lawyer/legal maneuver.
If any player sues the NFL for concussion related injuries/compensation, then going forward, they won’t be able to bring in other players to testify that they also saw that this player was significantly impaired due to a concussion.
If that player was to testify as such, then they would be implicate themselves as being negligent also in not reporting what they observed to the team doctor per this NFL directive.

By: kayC

kayC — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:41:09 +0000

Way to go, Sellers. You’re so thug. *rolls eyes*

By: BuckFigBen

BuckFigBen — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:37:40 +0000

I hope he gets multiple concussions and no one shows concern. Then when the nurse is trying to change his diaper and stop him from eating play-doh she shouldn’t ask for help or tell the doctor, because she’s not a snitch…right?

By: Stainless Steel

Stainless Steel — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:29:59 +0000

Concussions are and will continue to be a problem in not only the NFL but in football as a whole. The game is physical and brutal in nature, and given this fact one cannot expect head injuries to subsist. It’s an unrealistic utopia where football can be played without concussions or any other injury for that matter. By stepping on that field, players understand and accept the risk associated with with the nature of the sport. For anyone who has ever played football must have at least felt their bell being rung, or having a headache or blacking out after a hit. Football players willingly put their bodies on the line and that is why what Sellers said is NOT as unintelligent as some may think. He is merely echoing the sentiment of his peers who want to play even when they may not be 100%. It’s that willingness and desire to play the game that separates the men from the boys so to speak. I am by no means saying players should be allowed to play if injured, but throughout the history of physical competition those who overcome injuries have gone on to play and be some of the most successful and respected players. Are lives in jeopardy? Yes, but that is part of the thrill, that is what separates football from tennis.

By: Bird Man

Bird Man — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:25:39 +0000

Sellers is just saying what everyone else thinks/knows.

By: SmackMyVickUp

SmackMyVickUp — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:18:50 +0000

Kampman – Guys look out for each other.
Sellers – Only snitches would do that.
I know who grew up where.

By: CanadianVikingFan

CanadianVikingFan — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:12:42 +0000

Well we now know this guy is uneducated and only expects to get by in life with football.

By: bearsrule

bearsrule — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:04:23 +0000

Football is a sport to the fans, but it’s a business to players. Getting involved in another players business is huge trouble for any player who would do it. They woulds be ostracized and shunned by teammates. It’s the law of the NFL jungle-mind your own business.

By: RichieBugs83

RichieBugs83 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:03:25 +0000

I can’t imagine any situation where what Mike Sellers thinks matters in any way, shape or form. What a clown.

By: Cujo

Cujo — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:58:36 +0000

The only way to have players play without symptoms is to have the league have rotating independent, non-NFL doctors instead of the players’ team doctors issuing a baseline concussion test and passing the player if they indeed pass the test. This would be much like the officiating teams they have already that are supposed to be “unbiased”. Team doctors serve the TEAM and Coach–not the player. This extends beyond the concussion issue as well. Also, this takes out any potential snitches and benefits any player with concussion like or other injury symptoms. Who knows, we might actually get a real injury report, too.

By: jeremyb91

jeremyb91 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:53:37 +0000

If a player is going to reach a contract milestone that veteran may care less about his long-term health and worry more about the short-term funds he’d be losing out on if a player “snitched” him out.
There’s a reason these players get beat up every day and for most it’s not for the “love of the game” but rather for the Benjamins.
You have to remember these warriors are already hurting their bodies every week. For some it’s a risk they’re willing to take and for some if they want to seriously put their health at risk it’s their decision.
Remember the movie Any Given Sunday? LT played the perfect part of the player wanting to get paid and putting his health on the side burner.

By: smokesome

smokesome — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:52:48 +0000

wow, what an intelligent comment, Mike Sellers. I bet you feel extra tough now