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Is NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell even alive?
We've got players threatening to end careers by deliberately going after surgically repaired ankles and knees in the Vikings-Saints opener. We've got players offering to bet their paychecks on what happens in the game!
Why is this being tolerated? This is like a hard-throwing pitcher threatening to hit somebody in the head. Would that be OK, too? And if that pitcher made his intentions public, wouldn't Major League Baseball be upset?
But for some reason, the NFL doesn't seem to care about what's going on here.
My guess is that the league is looking the other way on purpose, tacitly approving this nonsense in an effort to hype the nationally televised opener. It doesn't get any lower than that. And I guarantee that on opening night in New Orleans, the great Twitter feud between Darren Sharper and several Vikings will be mentioned before the TV broadcast is 30 seconds old.
Apparently, the NFL has not had enough bad publicity as a result of Ben Roethlisberger's disgusting actions. Or retired icon Lawrence Taylor's high-profile liaison with an alleged underage prostitute. Or Shaun Rogers' stroll through an airport with a loaded gun. Or any of the half-dozen or so domestic violence cases since Super Bowl XLIV. Or any of the half-dozen or so DUIs since then.