NFL Discipline Analysis

According to the report on NFL.com, "It is more probable than not that Jim McNally (the Officials Locker Room attendant for the Patriots) and John Jastremski (an equipment assistant for the Patriots) participated in a deliberate effort to release air from Patriots game balls after the balls were examined by the referee. " The report also stated, “It is more probable than not that Tom Brady was at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities of McNally and Jastremski involving the release of air from Patriots game balls. " This investigation conducted by Ted Wells clearly lacked thorough evidence since Wells made vague claims throughout his report. These terms included “more probable than not” and “generally aware” when he made accusations. Although he is a well-respected and qualified lawyer, he accused Jim McNally, John Jastremski, and Tom Brady of wrongdoing based on a possibility of them being involved in deflating footballs without strong and clear evidence.

In the article titled, “Arrogance, Deceit, Oversaturation At Root of NFL’s Ratings Decline”, CBS Boston writer Michael Hurley provides a long list of reasons as to why he believes the usually strong viewership and high ratings of the NFL on TV have gone down dramatically this year. Hurley touches upon a myriad of varying potential causes for the decline of the NFL’s ratings in order to provide his audience, likely sports fans, with an idea as to what exactly is going on to create such a problem. Although Hurley notifies the audience of various factors that may be causing the ratings to go down, his argument lacks depth and credibility due to an evident lack of ethos. Furthermore, Hurley seems to undermine the problem’s complex nature by hastily

This article addresses the Baltimore Ravens’ former running back Ray Rice and the ban that was placed on him as the result of a domestic violence incident he committed upon his then fiancé. At the time of the incident, the two were in a hotel elevator in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Video surveillance showed Rice punching his wife twice, knocking her out on the second punch. The commissioner of the NFL, Roger Goodell, responded by fining Rice and issuing him a two-game suspension. He was not prosecuted and his felony charge of committing third-degree aggravated assault was to be removed from his record after one year.

Over the past summer many sports fans have either watched, talked, or listened about the major NFL conflict known as “Deflategate”. In many ways Deflategate has either turned people away from being fans of the NFL or brought them in, but first the question must be asked: What is “Deflategate”? Deflategate all started when text messages between the New England Patriots starting Quarterback, Tom Brady, and Patriots equipment staff leaked to the media. These text messages occurred before a division final playoff game verses the Indianapolis Colts and they showed that Tom Brady had asked members of the equipment staff to deflate the football used for the game. To the average football fan the deflating of a football by two psi wouldn’t make a big

Introduction The article “Is C.T.E. a Defense for Murder,” published in The New York Times, Amy Dillard, an associate professor at Baltimore School of Law, and Lisa A. Tucker, an associate professor at Dexter University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law, give their views about Aaron Hernandez being convicted of murder. They believe that instead of sending him to prison he should have been sent to a therapeutic hospital to help with his brain disease. I chose this article because C.T.E. is a big issue right now with the NFL. This has been affecting many of the players and the sport itself.

Today, we live in a world where media professional athletes receive an incredible amount of attention from the media; much more attention than these athletes would like. No matter where they are, on the field or off the field, every action an athlete makes is being recorded. Most athletes can’t deal with the pressure. There are daily reports of athletes involved in murder, stealing, drug use, rape, domestic violence and many others. These types of reports seem to dominate the news.

The NFL should research more on CTE and discover ways to prevent it. One way could be providing safety gear that could protect the players from concussions, which is a major cause of CTE. The NFL should also accept that there is a connection between playing football and getting CTE. Our brains are not genetically engineered to sustain an impact on our cranium, so players who suffer a concussion in a game should not be let back into the game until proper treatment is provided. Until this happens we cannot trust the NFL on anything

Ever since I was a little boy I have been fascinated with the National Football League. Although many people believe that the New England Patriots deliberately deflated NFL game footballs, undistorted, scientific analysis of the evidence shows otherwise. The NFL launched an investigation of Deflategate shortly after the allegations were made regarding the footballs used by the Patriots in the AFC Championship game. On January 23, 2015 the NFL stated that the investigation would be performed by the NFL executive vice president Jeff Pash, and Ted Wells, an attorney from the Paul Weiss law firm.

The NFL’s reaction was absurd and all they did was place many people in danger. Their decision to withhold the truth led to parents

Generally people think that the NFL should adjust the game, and its rules to increase player safety, statistics clearly show that too much adjusting has been done and the NFL is suffering because of it. Too many rules have been changed for player safety and the current changes being discussed, like getting rid of the kickoff, are going to far and the game is not like it was. Players sign contracts and are aware of the risks they put themselves at when playing the game of football at a professional level. Referees are throwing more flags and the NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, is handing out a record high of fines. These adjustments by the National Football League are going too far and some rule changes need to be reverted back to their previous rules.

Michael Vick (QB for Atlanta Falcons) was convicted on the terms of animal cruelty and was sentenced to 22 months in Prison. Ben Roethlisberger (QB for Pittsburgh Steelers) was found guilty for sexual harassment and was suspended for 6 games (later brought down to 4). Looking at the article “Race and Crime in Media Sports” we can see the clear cut definition of

One author argued that football was a manifestation of humanity’s primal bloodlust; another stressed that brutish play preserved the Machismo ideal. All the books, however, seemed to draw a common conclusion: football’s tolerance for ferocity was systemic.   I had a hunch that this culture of violence was far-reaching, but I needed specific evidence to prove it. To explore society’s role, I returned to JumboSearch and tracked down sources beyond the Tisch Stacks. I read into the bounty scandal that rocked the NFL, and tracked down initial reports and policy statements issued in response by League officials.

Unnecessary If it isn’t broken why fix it, which is a phrase the NFL needs to live by. The NFL has changed many long standing rules and traditions. The people that make the changes are turning the NFL into a ‘’soft league’’. The NFL needs to repeal the head slap, pass interference and offensive holding rules.

The main issue from this case was to determine whether the NFL’s eligibility rule was exempt from the antitrust law. During this case, the NFL players union and the

Even worse, NFL players train to be aggressive, and a study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania concluded that they are four times more likely to be arrested for domestic abuse than the average man. Consequently, numerous celebrities, including Jennifer Lawrence, Grey Damon, and Elijah Wood, disapprove of football. Altogether, American football damages player’s lives, endangers children, and promotes appalling crimes. How can someone endorse football knowing what it could cause?