Comments on: League, Titans not talking about possible lockout contact violation

By: tom35mt

tom35mt — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:17:11 +0000

nobody cares about that stuff

By: sickpuppyz

sickpuppyz — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:22:49 +0000

@ clintonportisheadd
you and those rating you up are clueless legalese amateurs. The Bucs are 1/32 of the NFL entity and not a diff one.

hint: labor negotiations

By: S

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:10:52 +0000

I’m sure that almost every single team in the league was contacting players during the lockout… just like almost every team in the league was video taping opposing team signals.

However it appears that only the Bucs have been proven to be cheaters so far.

By: realitypolice

realitypolice — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:55:26 +0000

I would bet my house that every single team has at least one instance of player contact during the lockout.

If they punish these two teams because one individual from each was too stupid to keep his mouth shut, they’d better look at the phone records of every team and coach in the league.

Or, they could do the logical thing and forget about it, because the idea that brief phone calls between coaches and players could lead to some sort of competitive advantage is ridiculous.

Although it is clear from the week 1 results that the Bucs and Titans were far and away better prepared than the teams they played.

*eyes rolling*

By: pixelito

pixelito — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:40:08 +0000

No, the Patriots got caught cheating.

By: hystoracle

hystoracle — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:22:04 +0000

I have a feeling if they dig hard enough they will find every team in the league broke the “no contact” rule during the lockout. Doesn’t appear any of it has made much of a difference. Both Bucs and Titans lost and neither looked very good doing it.

By: dasboat

dasboat — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:19:52 +0000

I was listening to the Morris interview when he busted himself. Moron. Even Steve Duemig made a “whoops!” joke about it at the time.

By: thephantomstranger

thephantomstranger — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:16:33 +0000

To be fair, Ragone is also Britt’s parole officer.

By: 6the6ringedsteelerslolatyouremptylittletrophycase7

6the6ringedsteelerslolatyouremptylittletrophycase7 — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:56:20 +0000

Okay.

By: knowerofallthings

knowerofallthings — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:53:39 +0000

Whatever they were saying, the players must not have been listening

By: clintonportisheadd

clintonportisheadd — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:51:42 +0000

Must be interesting working for a business (the Bucs) that so willingly turned over business records to another legal entity (the NFL) without so much as a subpoena….

This thing sort of makes it a mockery when the NFL claims in anti trust fights that there are “32 teams each operating as individual entities”. Total BS.

By: ajknox88

ajknox88 — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:50:34 +0000

If they don’t get suspended it’ll be rediculous considering they broke NFL rules where as Jim Tressell broke NCAA rules and is suspended by the Colts I know but the league would have come down on him the same way they did with Pryor. The league is becoming ridiculous with their policies and incosistencies. There needs to be a 3rd party that decides whether or not the judgements are fair that Goodell & Co. decide on.

By: kspl1

kspl1 — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:48:29 +0000

Stupid rule, who cares?

By: ijahru

ijahru — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:42:29 +0000

Contacting players when you weren’t supposed to is an unfair advantage. If a team did then they should lose draft picks and get fined.

By: ijahru

ijahru — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:41:30 +0000

Yet the Patriots got slammed for taping something 60 thousand fans and a national TV audience could see