12-13-2004, 10:10 PM
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D* W*rk!
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Charlotte, NC
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Whose to blame....
[rant]As crazy as this sounds, I don't blame EA for this one.....actually I do but they shouldn't shoulder most of the blame. From the looks of things the NFL intended to sell it's license to the highest bidder. In effect, the NFL not only gets a larger percentage of sells, but a huge lump sum as well. Surprise, surprise....the NFL is out for money again.
The same league that is threatening major networks without any real room for leverage, the same league that cares so much if TO doesn't have his socks up but gets paid big bucks from organizations that advertise "male problems", the same league that ban's "Super Bowl Parties", the same league that will sell out some of it's most traditional franchises to get a market in LA, which would rather watch a Paris Hilton musical than a football game(it was a joke), the same league that screws former players who were mentally disabled before or even while playing football, the same league that *publicly* detests gambling but loves fantasy leagues where they can make a profit.
Tagliabue is a putz. I've long suspected that the big brass of the NFL were nothing more than money grabbing snakes and this event does nothing but reaffirm this. Sure they care about you, the fan, but for the sake of a buck...they will sell you out in a minute. MLB is not different and is full of problems, but there are enough traditionalists and hardcore baseball people to counteract any of this. The NBA is full of image problems and lacks the quality of play it once did, but it does have a competent commissioner who places the fans first. The NFL is an efficient league that happens to have a GREAT TV sport, but it is so greedy and so anal that I would say that if CFB's heads wasn't just as vile, I would love it much more than the NFL. I love football, I love the Carolina Panthers, and sometimes I love the NFL but it goes too far. This is one of those cases.
And this is not an isolated incident but a series of bull that has went down over the years. The NFL is at fault here. [/rant]
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