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pinkstapler
Footballguy
Meh to the bolded. From a holistic view, I think the opposite. Fans shouldn't spend any time caring or concerning themselves with the NFLPA and the mess it is. Two primary factors: 1. Knowing how the sausage is made isn't going to change the taste. I think history shows us the odds are actually very high that the more you know only increases the risk of lowering overall enjoyment. And 2. It's 100% outside your circle of control. There is nothing we can do to impact it. Literally 0 influence fans have over how anything there works.
So unless you love experiencing negative emotions like anger, frustration, sadness, etc. you have absolutely nothing to gain by inserting yourself into what's going on with the NFLPA other than feeding egotism and sanctimony. You are allowed to just enjoy things in life without first/simultaneously virtue signaling about every potentially problematic facet of said thing. Working on this myself.
I don't think that is always true. Knowing how sausage is made is pretty disgusting and may make you not want to eat it anymore.
pinkstapler
Footballguy
Lol very fair, that was more where I was going with the end of that sentence. Most of the time, the more you "learn" about something, the greater your chances of finding a disgust for it. Kind of like the "no one has ever been a hero" philosophy. Keep digging into anyone's history and eventually you'll find something distasteful. Especially when you mix in psychology; so if you're looking with the intention of trying to find something to be upset about, you most definitely will. Even if it's primarily because you distort your perception to fit that narrative; a la self fulfilling prophecy.
So circling back to the sausage; did it really change the taste? Or did it change your perception, which then influenced your taste to change by throwing out objectivity?
Your "taste" changed. Lots of things impact your taste. So why it didn't literally change the taste necessarily the perception for you changed which changed the way it "tastes" to you.
pinkstapler
Footballguy
Yup, which is why I think sometimes we need to just enjoy things and stop feeling some moral obligation to pick apart every single thing in life to decide whether or not we are "allowed" to. So avoiding stuff which is mostly lumped in with negativity, like this NFLPA or back when people were watching pregames to see who kneels and who doesn't.... what's the point? You just risk having one less thing in life you can enjoy. To each their own, and I'll gladly be labeled selfish by strangers for it; but I've been actively trying to just ngaf about this stuff anymore. At least things that I don't have any direct impact or influence over. In essence I'm circling back to my GenX roots of "eh, whatever" lol.
Exactly this. Stop reading into things and just be.
nittanylion
Footballguy
I know this place is a largely a sausage fest, but you guys are really taking it to the next level.
Reports: NFL, NFLPA covered up fake injury grievance ruling
The NFL and NFLPA concealed another grievance ruling, according to reports weeks after details behind a concealed collusion grievance ruling emerged.
www.usatoday.com
miqws
Footballguy
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
lol - so dude was going to strip clubs/whorehouses & writing it off on the NFLPA dime as “player development”?
wow, that’s some chutzpah.
wow, that’s some chutzpah.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Where better to develop players than "Tootsie's Cabaret"?
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
He took friends!
darksideofoz
Footballguy
Is that how people make friends?He took friends!
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
Apparently it’s how one takes friends out for a good time.Is that how people make friends?He took friends!
Apparently I don’t have good friends.
I was recruited by an out of town company in 2008 that a friend of mine worked for and when some of them were in my city they took me out to strip club were we rang up a bill over $15k. They did try and expense it, which I thought was bold considering it's a federal financial institution rooted in a small town, but it ended up being more of a hassle to them then they wanted to deal with and they just ate it.
Night was not a total loss for them though, that was the final push I needed to accept that job. I knew I had found my people.
Anyway, my point is this is not that uncommon, though considering the high profile position he has I think I'd have just ate the charge and for sure not listed so many details, like how many trips to the VIP room,etc.
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
It’s really a tawdry side story that buries the lede imo. This guy was a terrible union boss. He refused to resign from his main job at a large PE firm that was conflicted due to ties to the NFL, kept players in the dark about a serious issue that directly affects their comp and apparently wasn’t even going to appeal this arbitration ruling until a sports journalist made it all public. Good riddance to this clown.
BUT he had a real connection with her
rockaction
Footballguy
Guy is sketch but this reinforces my feeling the players are really disorganized and their player reps stink maybe because they have too much going on. They’re ripe to be taken advantage of. This Tony Clark group keeps getting uglier. Seems like tons of smoke around some big old corrupt systems.
This was awfully odd. Not one rep asked Howell for the decision? Stupid.
“Despite the CBA stating that members of the executive committee and player reps have the right to receive copies of all arbitration rulings, that did not happen in this case: Last March, at the NFLPA's annual meeting held in Hawai'i, copies of the ruling were not shared with the NFLPA's 32 player representatives, union sources told ESPN.“
This article implies they were hidden. They simply weren’t offered. Big difference. Huge difference. You need to advocate for yourself. Somebody should have caught this, even if it’s just an interested player and not a rep.
This was awfully odd. Not one rep asked Howell for the decision? Stupid.
“Despite the CBA stating that members of the executive committee and player reps have the right to receive copies of all arbitration rulings, that did not happen in this case: Last March, at the NFLPA's annual meeting held in Hawai'i, copies of the ruling were not shared with the NFLPA's 32 player representatives, union sources told ESPN.“
This article implies they were hidden. They simply weren’t offered. Big difference. Huge difference. You need to advocate for yourself. Somebody should have caught this, even if it’s just an interested player and not a rep.
KellysHeroes
Footballguy
The most useless Player Association in all of sports
rzrback77
Footballguy
Off-Seasons always have a few very nasty stories about players, coaches, owners, just people connected to the NFL. I get it statistically, there are lots of bad people and with the sheer volume of “NFL people”, there are going to be nasty stories.
Just so tired of it all. Exceedingly wealthy individuals abusing others, primarily doing what they want when they want, without consideration of others.
Sorry for the disruption to the story, just disgusted this morning.
Just so tired of it all. Exceedingly wealthy individuals abusing others, primarily doing what they want when they want, without consideration of others.
Sorry for the disruption to the story, just disgusted this morning.
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
RC94
Footballguy
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