Does it bother you at all...Or do you find it disgusting that that ass-hat, Roger Goodell made nearly 30 million dollars last year?

Another year has passed us by, but before we get fully engrossed in what’s on tap for us in this New Year there’s some unfinished business that needs some tending to…we need to hand out the hardware for the “Tool of the Year”. Like death and taxes, another sure thing we can always count on in the world of sports is those individuals that stand out above the rest for all the wrong reasons. Before I hand out the Golden Plunger by Binford to the TOTY we’ve got some parting gifts for a few folks that fell short, but not by much for TOTY honors.

 “The Padlock Award” – Once again hockey fans find the ponds empty, the owner’s locked out the players and so far nothing offered by either side has come close to getting the season started. Meanwhile, a good portion of the players in the NHL are playing abroad and making bank while others are sitting around just waiting to see when the season will be bagged. I don’t think they’ll be waiting much longer, news should be handed down soon that won’t see them back until the 2013-14 season. Maybe in the New Year Gary Bettman will get hit by a car crossing 5^th Avenue and Donald Fehr will be the driver convicted for vehicular homicide…it’s win-win for everyone, Game On!

“Tool Bag of the Year” – Roger Goodell. The NFL commish who makes no bones about flaunting his power recently had the penalties handed down to Saints players for BountyGate overturned by the very man he replaced and his mentor, Paul Tagliabue. Goodell has governed with an iron fist while trying to implement higher safety standards due to concussions. But during this time he’s turned this contact sport into nothing more than the NBA on turf. Don’t touch him, don’t breathe on him…why not just wear flags and take the hitting out of the game altogether? I shouldn’t say that too loud, he might just jump on that next season. I could write a book about this douche, but since everyone already knows his story I won’t bore you with any recap.

“Dumb Ass of the Year” – Bobby Petrino. I can’t even type this guy’s name without laughing. That photo says it all doesn’t it?

“Knocked from the Pedestal Award” – Has there been a bigger fall from grace than Lance Armstrong? This guy literally woke up one day and everything he had was all gone. 7 Tour De France titles – stripped, sponsors dropped him like a bad habit and he was basically banished from his own charity, LIVESTRONG, that upon it’s inception took the country by storm and it seemed like overnight everyone was wearing the wristbands sporting the organizations label. His comeback story from cancer which became the catalyst for his increasing popularity left questions lurking from many that he was doping as he kept winning but there were many in the cycling world that just couldn’t accept that this guy had such a miraculous recovery and then was able to win cycling’s biggest event. In the end his masking techniques caught up with him and he has now gone and buried his head in the sand, yet to admit to cheating…at least Marion Jones had the berries to do so once she was busted. Oh wait, Lance only has one berry…but it still is one more than Jones has.

Now to the Tool of the Year… There are a lot of owner’s of sports franchises that are despised, if you’re from Boston, you went years hating the very existence of Jeremy Jacobs, owner of the Boston Bruins. Jacobs was notorious for putting a “decent” team on the ice but never was willing to go deep into his pocket to put together a Stanley Cup caliber team. Then he hired Bruins favorite Cam Neely and things changed overnight. But Jeffrey Loria has now become the new Harry Frazee of the sports world; in fact Frazee’s trade of Babe Ruth may be dwarfed in comparison to what Loria has done in recent months. Hated by Florida Marlin fans and anyone who enjoys baseball or common decency, Loria stooped to an all time low. After getting the taxpayers of Florida to ante up almost $2.5 billion for a new stadium and promising fans he’d field a winning team in exchange for the new digs, Loria ceremoniously began to dismantle the Marlins. It started with Hanley Ramirez going to the Dodgers and Anibal Sanchez and Omar infante sent off to the Tigers for prospects. Then came the curtain call at season’s end, Loria ordered up the U-Haul and loaded it with Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson, Mark Buehrle, John Buck and Emilio Bonifacio to the Jays, again for prospects. Can you imagine waking up and seeing this on the sports page? Frankly, if this happened in NY, Chicago or Boston there would be riots in the streets from pissed off fans and really pissed off tax payers!

How this guy is able to even look at himself in a mirror or step outside of his house without wearing a bulletproof suit is beyond me. Talk about having a pair of brass cojones. It’s this very type of behavior that gets you the nod for Tool of the Year and Loria has actually gone above and beyond the call of duty to get his Golden Plunger by Binford. And here I was thinking Miami already had more than enough bullshit just dealing with Wayne Huizenga and how he turns just about everything he touches to shit.  

In the last episode...

Of our continuing saga...

A particular quarterback...

Was separated from the love of his life...

And headed toward a new relationship...

And...

A particular head coach...

Was making plans...

To lead his team to the promised land...

In their home city...

On a Super Day...

Next February...

And...

Another particular head coach...

Was promising the world...

To everyone who would listen...

But laid an egg instead...

Yes, ladies and gentlemen...

Welcome to...

Peyton...

Payton...

and Peyton Place...

An NFL Production...

You see...

All the other sports have shut down this week...

No March Madness...

No NBA regular season...

No hockey...

No baseball spring training...

Because...

All have been pre-empted by America’s only sport...

Professional footboll...

A tear falls...

As Peyton Manning and the Colts part ways...

Many suitors come to the table...

Including a team...

That already has a Hall of Fame quarterback...

Tim Tebow...

What???

Shun The Chosen One for a mere mortal???

How can it be???

But, yes...

It did happen, didn’t it???

And just as the ink dries...

The Grand Poobah of the NFL....

Roger the Codger...

Wields his hammer...

And captures his own bounty...

Striking many blows...

Including a one year knockout...

To New Orleans coach...

Sean Payton...

With others left strewn...

All over the place...

Including a dream of playing in the Super Bowl...

This coming year...

On home turf...

NOT!!! 

Leaving one to question...

Who’s gonna be the Interim Head Coach???

Dog???

And also...

Nearly simultaneously...

The Broncos send The Chosen One to the Big Apple...

To The Zoo York Jets...

A soap opera in its own right...

To film the latest version of...

The Odd Couple...

Rex Ryan and Tim Tebow...

Lord knows...

Who-da thunk that???

And so...

The soap opera continues...

Next week...

When...

To the chagrin of many...

An old friend returns...

Passing footballs in his Wrangler jeans...

Upstaging this week’s principals...

While hogging air time...

On the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network...

And proclaiming...

That he may indeed return...

For the umpteenth time...

And just when you think it won’t happen...

It probably will...

Because this is the NFL...

America’s Reality TV Landlord...

In reality...

We are just its tenants...

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I love good, hard-nosed football. I love players that wear their hearts on their sleeves and play with a passion that equals or surpasses their skills on the football field.  As a fan, I live for watching a player leave it all out on the field, making sure that they deliver the kind of performance that both their team and the fans deserve.

What I cannot stand is when a player allows that fire and that passion to overwhelm common sense, pushing them from the ranks of the hard-nosed to the bull-headed.

Before today’s action, I was willing to give Ndamukong Suh of the Detroit Lions the benefit of the doubt. I was ready to believe that Suh, like Pittsburgh’s James Harrison, was just a player who played the game all-out, in the old-school manor where hitting was meant to deliver a message. I was even willing to believe that Suh was being vilified by Commissioner Goodell’s mission to sugar coat the NFL with lollipops and roses.

After watching his antics on Thanksgiving versus the Packers, I am no longer help captive under that delusion.

As you likely also saw, Suh flipped a lid during the 3^rd Quarter against Green Bay. If you didn’t the video is linked above. After tussling Packer’s lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith, Suh not only forced Smith’s head to the ground three times, but then stomped on the lineman’s arm once he got to his feet, earning himself an immediate ejection and turning what would have resulted in a field goal opportunity into a touchdown two plays later. Ultimately, it was the turning point in the game, allowing the Packers to turn a 7-0 halftime lead into a 21-0 advantage before Detroit could get their head on straight again.

Suh’s decision to put his own maturity issues ahead of the success of the team was blatantly stupid. Goaded into the action or not, Suh needs to understand his place as a leader on a young team on the rise. The defense revolves around his ability to plug the line and put constant pressure on the opposing quarterback. None of that means a thing if he’s in the locker room stripping off his gear because his hot head got the best of him and earned him an early shower while he team was fighting in one of the most important games of their season. Now, as his team is entering the playoff push and looking to capture its first berth since 1999, the possibility of a Suh’s suspension looms over them and they have to hope that the Bears, Giants, or Falcons fall on their faces.

Furthermore, Suh’s actions come just weeks after meeting with Goodell about playing within the confines of the rules. Goodell is not going to look at Thursday’s actions as a sign that he’s learned anything. He’s going to see a player who has no respect for the safety of the other players on the field and thus deserves to sit a few games in order to figure it out some more. Goodell is not going to want to hear that Smith dragged him into it, or even that he is sorry and it won’t happen again. Goodell is going to want to teach Suh a lesson and from where I am sitting, it looks like it needs to be a harsh one.

This needs to be the turning point in Suh’s career. He needs to sit back and review what happened today and find a way to still carry that fire, without letting it smoke out his common sense.

Or if he prefers, he can continue to sit on the bench with an open wallet. It’s his choice.

 
That should work!

-So the NFL is trying to flex it's nuts again...Apparently they have sent out a memo to all 32 teams stating that if players continue to fake injuries, there's gonna be hell to pay...Talk of suspensions, fines, and possible loss of draft picks...

Who cares that this is something that has gone on forever...But if I was a NFL player, and the league tried to call me out for a fake injury, I'd get my lawyer on the phone, and I'd see their stupid ass in court...Listen Roger Goodell, prove I was faking it, you cock sucking douchebag!

Let me ask you this...What is the most common injury in the NFL???????

Cramps! How the fuck is the NFL going to prove that a player's leg didn't cramp up...Seriously, Goodell, eat a dick!

-People are salty that DeAngelo Hall has made it clear, that he is gunning for Tony Romo's fucked up ribs/lung...He also said he won't go low on Felix Jones, but instead he'll be going high, at Jones' injured shoulder...

Why is this shocking to anyone...Injury reports go out, and now targets are put on those injured players...Football is a violent game, and two teams are trying to win that game..."You play to win the game!" And that includes knocking the other teams top players out, if you can...

-Dunta Robinson has earned a rep for hard hits...Some hits to the head...He just got popped for $40,000 for this hit on Jeremy Macklin...


Maybe, it's high...Maybe there's some collision between the helmets...But football is played on high speed...It's not played in super-slow-motion...HIGH SPEED...Sometimes shit is gonna get rough...

Here's a couple hits from lower level college football...No penalties...No fines...Just good ole hard nosed football...




Did you see dudes mouth piece fly out...Nice!

How about this one..



OOOOOoooooooooooooooowwww!

That's Football kids...Like I said earlier...Goodell, eat a dick!

Later, The Beeze.