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[slickdtc]

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And to listen to some Ravens fans (not here) tell it that still wouldn't be justice.

I don't think that would be fair even if Tomlin laid out Jones.

Likely would be fined for it... Headset to helmet contact...

9:30AM kickoff? I like it! It separates it from just another NFL game that weekend. Oftentimes I'm like, "Oh, this is the London game?" Could open the floodgates for other regions to get the game with big time differences. I'm typically on the more (meaningful) games train, minus extending the regular season. This probably opens up another game to be televised locally in the typical time slot. It'll be fun to wake up to football, like the WC'ers.

[kingkilla56]

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If Tomlin laid Jones out he'd deserve a year suspension IMO. That's too far lol.

[TracerBullet]

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Can finally experience watching sports as a west coaster.

Must be nice not having to stay up past midnight to watch prime time games.

I still think Mountain Time is the best one for sports.

[55]

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If Tomlin laid Jones out he'd deserve a year suspension IMO. That's too far lol.

Only if there was a bounty on Jones' head. Wait...

[mestevo]

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Haven't read it all and it's not all available yet, but this looks to be a pretty cool feature covering a ref crew week 17 last year on MMQB.

http://mmqb.si.com/2013/12/04/peter-king-spends-week-with-nfl-refs/

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[l3ulvl]

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Anyone see the video of Cowher in '97 taking a step onto the field and cocking his arm back like he was going to punch a Jaguar player that was returning a blocked FG for a TD? Could you imagine the media storm if that happened today? He didn't get any fine, no discipline at all.

I wish I could link the video but I can't find it online.

I'll use this link because the memes are kinda funny

[mestevo]

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Anyone see the video of Cowher in '97 taking a step onto the field and cocking his arm back like he was going to punch a Jaguar player that was returning a blocked FG for a TD? Could you imagine the media storm if that happened today? He didn't get any fine, no discipline at all.

I wish I could link the video but I can't find it online.

I'll use this link because the memes are kinda funny

The video has him on the field? Your link says "As Hudson ran by the Steelers' bench, an angry Cowher clenched his hands as if he were about to step onto the field, but held himself back."

Edit:
Different picture painted by this story from 2001: http://old.post-gazette.com/Steelers...eele1003p2.asp

Any number of players and most of the special teams coaches were at the receiving end of Cowher's sideline wrath. Punter Josh Miller was often a target of Cowher's outbursts in games. His most entertaining sideline antics were in a Monday night game in Jacksonville in 1997, and the cameras caught many of them. At the end, he stepped onto the field, raised his forearm and later admitted he wanted to tackle Jacksonville's Chris Hudson as he sailed past the Steelers' bench on his way to a touchdown with a blocked field-goal attempt.

Cowher once stuffed an instant photo into a referee's pocket in protest of a call in 1995 as the first half ended. He kissed quarterback Kordell Stewart on the field in '96 in Baltimore. A Denver columnist called him a big, dumb golden retriever in '98, when former Broncos end Alfred Williams criticized Cowher for roaming onto the field all the time.

Clearly as media has gotten bigger and viewership has explosively grown, times have changed.

[Aggies7]

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The video has him on the field? Your link says "As Hudson ran by the Steelers' bench, an angry Cowher clenched his hands as if he were about to step onto the field, but held himself back."

Edit:
Different picture painted by this story from 2001: http://old.post-gazette.com/Steelers...eele1003p2.asp



Clearly as media has gotten bigger and viewership has explosively grown, times have changed.

I understand times have changed but why does the game have to change as well. Do you blame the media or league executives? Or both?

[mestevo]

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Literally everything. Players, coaches, execs, the audience, media and the culture of all of the above.

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[bigbob]

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The two primary reasons, IMO, are the media and the former players who are unable to properly save their money.

[Aggies7]

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Literally everything. Players, coaches, execs, the audience, media and the culture of all of the above.

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I don't know about the audience being different. Maybe it is just me, but most who watch football begin watching football at a young age.

I don't believe the NFL brings in new fans that never watched growing up. Unless you mean the younger generation because they will never know the NFL I (and most of us) grew up watching

[Aggies7]

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The two primary reasons, IMO, are the media and the former players who are unable to properly save their money.

Good comment but may be taken the wrong way. Some of those players who use to play in the NFL were making nothing near what the deserved nor the equivalent of what players make today. But I 100% agree about some of them having the inability to save when it comes to the players who played in 90s and 2000s.

[mestevo]

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Myspace, Facebook and Twitter. Founded in 2003, 2004, 2006. The audience is no longer a passive observer and as a result has changed a lot since 1997. Arguably the biggest change imo.

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[bigbob]

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Good comment but may be taken the wrong way. Some of those players who use to play in the NFL were making nothing near what the deserved nor the equivalent of what players make today. But I 100% agree about some of them having the inability to save when it comes to the players who played in 90s and 2000s.

I should have added what seems to be a terrible pension plan (as told by the former players) is also a factor.

There's honestly too many factors, no matter how big or small, effect the game today.

[l3ulvl]

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The video has him on the field? Your link says "As Hudson ran by the Steelers' bench, an angry Cowher clenched his hands as if he were about to step onto the field, but held himself back."

Edit:
Different picture painted by this story from 2001: http://old.post-gazette.com/Steelers...eele1003p2.asp



Clearly as media has gotten bigger and viewership has explosively grown, times have changed.

They showed the clip on ATH today and Cowher reminded me of someone throwing a "psych out punch", like kids in school just to see if the other kid ducks/flinches, Hudson didn't react at all, not even sure if he saw Cowher.