Comments on: Marshall stabbing highlights ambiguity of lockout contact rules

By: dspyank2k11

dspyank2k11 — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:21:12 +0000

The longer the lockout continues, the more of this we will see on PFT.

By: eagleswin

eagleswin — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:56:18 +0000

I wonder if Marshall’s health insurance is up to date. I know it’s just a drop in the bucket with him making $10mill/yr but did he actually take the time to fill out the paperwork?

By: FinFan68

FinFan68 — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 02:33:58 +0000

Blame the lawyers. I see nothing wrong with a congratulatory phone call for a family/personal milestone achieved or a quick “we’re thinking of you” type call to Marshall in the hospital. Anything beyond that would be pushing it and asking for trouble. Trying to game the system for a competitive advantage lacks integrity which is, or at least should be, the cornerstone of the personal conduct policy. If Goodell starts calling guys like Talib that have gotten into legal trouble, then I would say he is crossing a line. As for the wives/family members crap, that is ridiculous and it shouldn’t be that way. Lawyers will use anything to gain advantage and even innocent comments can be twisted. It’s a shame that people act stupidly in situations like this for fear of any unintended consequences. Hopefully no real damage will be done to friendly relationships because a business deal can’t be done. When each side shows they can be trustworthy then a deal has a chance, until then we will have to wait for one side to freak out after an unfavorable court ruling.

By: CKL

CKL — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 23:49:25 +0000

thefactor51 says: Apr 24, 2011 2:09 PM

I had to put this out here. I am a player and I understand that I cannot have contact with coaches and staff. But my wife is friends with the coaches wives and my kids are friends with their kids. My organization has put the fear of God into their employees and now they have blackballed my wife due to all this nonsense. I mean our kids go to the same school. We live in the same neighborhood and they run away from my wife. With neither of our spouses being employees of the NFL why is this an issue? I was told by our head of security that this wouldn’t be an issue. My wife got a text from one of these ladies and it was from an anonymous phone number. My wife wrote a message on her friends facebook commenting on a picture and they wrote her and asked her not to post comments on her page. Are you serious?
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I hope Goodell reads this but I doubt it. It IS insanity.
I am guessing your wife’s friends who are coaches’ wives are scared their husbands will get fired because according to what I heard Mayock saying recently the NFL has the authority to and will FIRE any coach who they feel is violating the contact policy. I have zero understanding of how the NFL can fire anyone they don’t employ…but there it is. While I HOPE the NFL would not fire a coach whose wife talks to a player’s wife I am guessing those coaches wives are simply being overly cautious just in case. I wouldn’t put it past the league office to have eyes out there watching.

By: barklikeadog

barklikeadog — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 23:04:04 +0000

WTF was that all about? Did anyone understand this article?

By: Deb

Deb — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 22:02:23 +0000

The issue isn’t that Goodell is commissioner and is bound by different rules than the team. The issue is that Goodell doesn’t care what kind of problems he causes for the teams because he is Goodell and he’s special.

He’s an unscrupulous man who should not hold that position. And if Ochocinco worked for your company, the nicest thing you’d have to say about him after he tweeted about the “cool as fudge” CEO is brown-noser.

@Mike …

You’re scrounging for material, so follow up on theFactor51′s post and write an article on some of the idiotic ways the lockout is affecting player wives and kids.

By: Kave Krew

Kave Krew — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:53:46 +0000

There’s a time when the rules have to be bended a bit, and this kid needs some guidance……who would hold it against the NFL or the Dolphins to get this kid the help he needs…

By: freedomispopular

freedomispopular — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:31:16 +0000

So let me see if I can clear this up…there’s supposed to be a bright-line preventing contact between management and labor during the lockout?

By: MMJDO

MMJDO — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:30:41 +0000

Well at least he didn’t jump off a pickup truck.

By: ezra954

ezra954 — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:44:31 +0000

I wonder if his jail time will be longer than the lockout

By: hobartbaker

hobartbaker — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:42:58 +0000

At the rookie symposium, Marshall raised his shirt to display the scar on his abdomen and advised the noobs, “Remember, her butt NEVER looks fat in those pants. Never.”.

By: iamtalkingsolistenandlearn

iamtalkingsolistenandlearn — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:14:35 +0000

Lord Goodell can do what he wants. He is the Commish, the CEO, the head honcho, the big cheese, the top dog.

By: smacklayer

smacklayer — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:12:06 +0000

You’re making a big deal over nothing. This is a non-story

By: thefactor51

thefactor51 — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:09:15 +0000

By: kevsright

kevsright — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:05:10 +0000

Rule # 1
Avoid contact with wife’s knife.

By: fooath

fooath — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:03:29 +0000

Bottom line? The league office can, and the teams can’t.
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What is the issue anyway? The rules are like this for a reason, and it’s not to prevent the Commissioner from…what, convincing OchoCinco to sign with the Jets? Talk to him about the Bengals offense? I’m not sure why this is being compared to team officials speaking with players, other than what were some poorly chosen words when the league tried to explain it.

By: hoobsher

hoobsher — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:19:27 +0000

i would rather talk to a stab victim than talk an hour on the phone with ochocinco

By: prmpft

prmpft — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 16:52:43 +0000

“Marshall stabbing highlights ambiguity of lockout contact rules”
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marshall stabbing highlights the rampant existance of IDIOCY among NFL players…

By: puregreed

puregreed — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 16:48:09 +0000

Who cares if the commish talks to the players?
That would have to be the longest article about nothing I have ever seen, sorry did not read. I come for the comments the articles on this site suck.

By: kissbillsrings

kissbillsrings — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 16:47:47 +0000

Again, this is the commisioner talking to a random player not a coach talking to a random player or one of his own….I don’t see how this is even an issue in comparrison of the two….