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Nope. We can discuss Harrison Butker the player all day long. A damn good kicker.Right now I'm looking at a headline on the News that reads: NFL Distances Itself From Chief' Harrison Butler.
Now this obviously is about news concerning these three, but it also involves "politics".
So I wonder if this can be discussed on the forum, since "politics" is banned.
None of this is by "accident."
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Jets have seven standalone games in 11 weeks and two Sunday-to-Thursday turnarounds
The NFL better hope that Rodgers has a good year.Jets 'owe us one': NFL explains prime-time slate
The Jets landed a record number of prime-time games over the first three months of the 2024 season because the appeal of four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers was too great to ignore, the NFL said Thursday.www.espn.com
How about God'ells woke NFL. It is what it is and if it wasn't for BS'ing with you guys and college football/draft I wouldn't be watching the NFL and their money grubbing woke ways. As it is now, I don't watch nearly as much NFL football as I used too.Nope. We can discuss Harrison Butker the player all day long. A damn good kicker.
Harrison Butker the social critic? Not getting involved in that.
Just another God'ell enabler.Jeff Pash’s Retirement From NFL Leaves a Big Void at Roger Goodell’s Side
The commissioner has succeeded in a role typically filled by lawyers because his general counsel has taken on so much.
Andrew Brandt | May 14, 2024
To say Jeff Pash, who is now retiring from the NFL, was “only” the league’s general counsel, would be a disservice to his prominence and importance to the league over decades. He was so much more than that.
In a world where—you know my phrase—there will be lawyers, Pash stood out among the many in the industry working for leagues, owners and teams. Pash was a guiding hand not only for Roger Goodell, but also for the “members,” as owners are sometimes called in meetings. Goodell would often charge Pash with the responsibility of talking to owners—a group that never likes hearing they can’t get their way—about subjects that the owners just wanted to go away. Pash handled those difficult conversations professionally and tactfully.
Speaking of Goodell, he is the only commissioner among the four major American sports leagues—NFL, NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball—who is not a lawyer. Of course, there is a reason the other leagues have chosen a lawyer to lead them, amid this changing legal landscape. And there is also a reason Goodell thrives as commissioner despite not having a legal background. Some of that is Goodell’s skill in building consensus among ownership, but it was also the presence of Pash at his side. In some ways, Pash has been the “legal” commissioner, doing many of the things that Adam Silver (NBA), Gary Bettman (NHL) and Rob Manfred (MLB) are doing, just without the title.
There have been too many uncomfortable issues in which Pash has steered the league to list, but a few stand out.
A decade ago, the league faced a potential existential threat as thousands of concussion lawsuits alleged post-career brain trauma. Pash led the global settlement with more than 20,000 retired players, staving off litigation that could have cost billions. While it continues to surface from time to time, the concussion issue is no longer a threat to the NFL’s continued prosperity and popularity.
In another uncomfortable litigation, Pash encouraged settlement of a troubling case brought by the city of St. Louis, alleging the league was fast and loose with its own relocation guidelines in moving the Rams to Los Angeles. Pash knew what the owners would not like to hear: The facts were not good. It cost them $790 million, but could have cost many multiples of that after a jury trial that was set to begin.
And, of course, Pash led the league through countless player litigations, some involving many of the biggest names in the sport: Tom Brady, Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson, Ezekiel Elliott and more. The upshot of all of those cases? The power of Goodell was strengthened.
Beyond his professional abilities, my lasting impression of Pash is that he treated everyone he met with the same respect and dignity as he treated owners. I remember times at NFL meetings when, as other senior NFL executives looked past me to find someone more important, Pash was happy to engage, to talk about our families and interests. He was so approachable that I remember thinking, That’s the NFL general counsel? That kindness is rare among leaders of a $20 billion a year business.
Pash’s retirement will not receive much attention in the everyday swirl of NFL news, but it leaves a big void at Goodell’s side. There will be lawyers, but there won’t be many like Jeff Pash.
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We all know the AFC North is a dog fight. It’s the league’s most competitive division, where any of the four teams could conceivably and convincingly win. That means balance is a razor’s edge, and an absolute sicko must have devised the final eight games of the Steelers’ schedule.
Week 11: Baltimore Ravens
Week 12: AT Cleveland Browns, on three day’s rest on Thursday Night Football
Week 13: AT Cincinnati Bengals, coming off TNF
Week 14: Cleveland Browns
Week 15: AT Philadelphia Eagles
Week 16: AT Baltimore Ravens
Week 17: Kansas City Chiefs, on four day’s rest on Christmas Day
Week 18: Cincinnati Bengals