tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post5859633342448925408..comments2024-03-27T01:58:17.583+13:00Comments on Tongue Tied 3: jonjayrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13363092874281160320noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-10602610207892665342014-02-26T12:51:34.725+13:002014-02-26T12:51:34.725+13:00I suspect that two things spurred this now (other ...<br />I suspect that two things spurred this now (other than Goddell's PC nature, I mean):<br /><br />1. A white player was recently recorded using the word as casually as a black one would, thus indicating just how commonplace it was.<br /><br />2. The NFL wants to capture more of the game via "live sounds" by mic'ing the players, and this sort of language interferes with league marketing. Can't have that,<br /><br />Be interesting to see if it's even-handedly enforced. Prob will be, cuz the first team to lose a key game when their player was penalized and an opposing playter wasn't ... well, football fans are a lot more loyal to their team than to PC correctness.<br /><br />stinkynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-74838816300480857812014-02-26T03:04:01.566+13:002014-02-26T03:04:01.566+13:00Would love to see the players do an "I am Spa...Would love to see the players do an "I am Spartacus" response to this an every game on opening day. Not that I think the term is particularly appropriate, but boys will be boys and thugs will be thugs. And thugs, with a certain talent, is what you recruited into your league, so what exactly did you figure would happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-73769126384105657672014-02-25T19:17:26.143+13:002014-02-25T19:17:26.143+13:00How about banning the term cracker? And who decide...How about banning the term cracker? And who decides if the word was actually said or not? Does an umpire have to actually hear it said? If not, why not? It wold become a tactic to make false accusations on the opposing teamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-40591082881210810592014-02-25T19:07:01.690+13:002014-02-25T19:07:01.690+13:00How about honky, cracker, red-neck or hillbilly?How about honky, cracker, red-neck or hillbilly?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-26888836560613577192014-02-25T11:44:14.245+13:002014-02-25T11:44:14.245+13:00It will be interesting to see whether they ever ge...It will be interesting to see whether they ever get around to banning the F- word.Malcolm Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00672612354161787023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-49207215162292232632014-02-25T08:53:05.959+13:002014-02-25T08:53:05.959+13:00Awwww, the big tough football players are going t...Awwww, the big tough football players are going to cry if someone calls them a name. How much do you want to bet that only white players get the penalty? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-30160907777760554742014-02-25T05:47:21.963+13:002014-02-25T05:47:21.963+13:00How amusing, the blacks that police the use of &qu...How amusing, the blacks that police the use of "their" word are going to be policed by "the man". Slavery, redux.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-53406226196728569712014-02-25T04:48:59.766+13:002014-02-25T04:48:59.766+13:00a penalty for words. wow. okay. a penalty for words. wow. okay. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-33942205835979425022014-02-25T04:36:17.415+13:002014-02-25T04:36:17.415+13:00I watched a little bit of the NFL combine yesterda...I watched a little bit of the NFL combine yesterday and noticed that a player was wearing a Mohawk with the tips dyed yellow. Why is it OK for the NFL to ban the "N" word but to allow this player to mock Native America culture?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-25713479554693330322014-02-25T03:41:53.297+13:002014-02-25T03:41:53.297+13:00It would be very telling how even handed this woul...It would be very telling how even handed this would be applied by the NFL and the race baters. Recall the defence in the gangsta rap "music".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com