Goodell, Upshaw Meet with Players About Off-Field Behavior Issues
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Players Association chief Gene Upshaw met with players this week in Indianapolis at the scouting combine to discuss the off-field misbehavior of players this past season, as they'd promised at the Super Bowl they would do.
Goodell said at the Super Bowl it was possible the league would toughen its discipline for off-field misconduct, perhaps even by punishing teams as well as offending players. At this week's meeting, some players said they would favor a "three strikes and you're out" policy in which a third-time offender might be banished from the league.
By Mark Maske |
February 23, 2007; 3:10 PM ET
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Posted by: RobGreg | February 23, 2007 3:41 PM
Part of the draw of the NFL is its level of professionalism compared to other team sports. The NBA has decreased its fan base in part due to the lapse in player morality. Today's NBA is little more than glitzy streetball. MLB's steroid policy is a joke and the MLB Hall of Fame risks being fill with cheaters and dopers. The NFL must take greater steps to insure it does not fall into such a trap. To its credit, the NFL Steroid policy has been ahead of its time for years. However, the latest news of PacMan Jones coupled with similar past incidents is detrimental to the entire NFL. I hope the League and the NFLPA reach an accord that makes those players repeatedly found guilty of crimes and serious off-the-field misconduct not welcome in Professional football. Reputation is essential to the NFL's endeavors of expanding viewership internationally and to maintaining its current level of domestic viewership.
Posted by: pasifikawv | February 24, 2007 3:47 PM
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Other than Cincy where the cops obviously stake out and tail the football team, you cannot blame the guy that got shot! I know football players are supposed to be dumb, but Cincy takes the cake. A 24 year old WR drinking with 15 years old is sad. At 24 I felt too old for a 20 year old. couple that with a 6-figure income, that's sorry. In SD, the guy was followed by an off duty, out of uniform cop [i.e. an average person], that pulls a gun on him in his own driveway. At 250lbs, I would plan to whip a 180lbs guy a-s too. The Chicago guy was a time bomb waitng to happen. No excuse for him. All the DUIs and domestic stuff is inexcusable, but our society is full of that too. Is it fair to look at pro-athletes any different than the rest of society?