Nice Randy Moss mix...Set to a beat..

Could you imagine if he really did this though? lol

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Fines handed out....Harrison gets the most due to repeat offender status...

So we are not fining on 'intent'? Bassackwards. Of course the LEAGUE doesn't give a shit what we think honestly. It said as much today with its little shot about 'Not backing away from the statement...'

Here are the fines...
James Harrison (Pittsburgh): $75k
Brandon Merriweather (New England): $50k
Dunta Robinson (Atlanta): $50k

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Great article on SI about agents and money..Confessions of a former NFL agent.. Josh Luchs

Only gonna put a PIECE OF IT. Go to SI to read the rest. The person who wrote this DESERVES to be heard in his/her original forum...


Confirms a lot of what I have seen and some of what I have 'heard' in regards to college athletes. It should also ease some of that hate you guys have towards Reggie. 'Cause quite honestly, it was NEVER ABOUT HIM or players of his caliber. Tons of guys have taken money. Some haven't too but a lot of them have. There is a 'response' part of this story that will help you if 'he lied' or not to save himself. 


Best part of the story? Luchs using a line that the players who didn't sign with him used as a 'get outta jail free card' in regards to spilling the information. 


"I gotta do what's best for my family"...This sounds FAMILIAR on so many levels when it comes to the whole 'snitch' thing but I digress. I will let those that live that life with those 'funny rules' continue to do as they do....

THE WHALE

The maximum commission an agent gets for negotiating an NFL player's contract is 3%. As recently as the mid-1990s it was 5%, but the NFLPA cut it down over the years, and now it is the lowest in any major sport. This makes the competition for the highest draft choices even more ruthless. Doc and I had signed some good players, but to earn real money, I had to land the kind of player every agent covets: a franchise quarterback.
I had spent several years working to get inside the program at Washington State. The school often signed players from Southern California, and I got close to them. Eventually, I was paying several players on the team, including three starting defensive backs from the early 1990s -- Torey Hunter, Singor Mobley and John Rushing -- and also defensive lineman Leon Bender. Word spread in the locker room that if you needed money, you called me.
One guy who needed money was Ryan Leaf, which was why in 1996 I met with the Cougars' quarterback at a hotel near campus. This was before his junior season, and Ryan was on the cusp of stardom. He was a whale. I knew that if I could sign him, it would change my life.
At the hotel, Ryan made it clear that he had significant credit card debt, something like $5,000, and needed help. I knew that if I just paid off his debt, he would forget about me and have no reason to develop a relationship. "But I want to help," I said. "How much do you think you would need each month to make your life easier?" He said he needed around $500 a month, which wasn't much to pay for a player with Ryan's potential earnings. In the bathroom of that hotel, he signed an undated representation contract and a loan agreement for the money. Soon afterward, Doc and I began paying him monthly with money orders, ranging from $300 to $700.
I got close with Ryan in a hurry. We talked two to three times a week. I was 26, and he was 20, so I was like an older brother he could party with. I got as close with him as I had with Sean LaChapelle. I had bought a town house in Studio City, and Ryan and a lot of players knew they could crash at my place when they were in Southern California. I kept the fridge full of beer, soda and steaks, and I had every video game. Ryan stayed there a few nights, and I always showed him a good time. He was from Great Falls, Mont., and he would come out here and party with these amazing L.A. girls, and he loved it.
For all of 1997, Ryan was the main focus of my recruiting. At the time I was losing my parents. My mother died in October 1996, and then two months later my father learned he had an inoperable brain tumor.
Ryan knew what I was going through. One day, he came with me to my dad's house, and while he was there my dad got very upset, talking about how he hated that his illness prevented me from doing my job. Ryan told him, "Don't worry. Josh doesn't need to recruit any other players. He's got me."
My dad died in May 1997, and I was a mess. But a few weeks later I still went on a trip with Ryan to Las Vegas because I knew he was looking forward to it and I wanted to maintain our bond. It was supposed to be just him and me, but at the last minute two other Washington State quarterbacks, Steve Birnbaum and Dave Muir, joined the trip. That pissed me off. They were not potential clients, and yet Ryan expected me to take care of them too.
We spent two nights in Vegas, and when we checked out, I paid for the room Ryan and I stayed in, but I didn't pay for Birnbaum and Muir's room, and that caused a big stir. It was only about $500, and in hindsight I should have just paid for the room, but I was upset at the world because my parents were dead, and for the first time I resented someone expecting me to pay.
After that I was screwed. We drove from Vegas to Lake Havasu in Arizona, and it was very awkward in the car. Even a few days of partying on the lake didn't change that. Ryan started giving me the cold shoulder, and that continued when I tried to call him in the weeks after. Still, I felt that as long as he needed my $500 a month, I could reel him back in.
You know when you are in a relationship with a girl and you can just tell she is about to break up with you? That is what being around Ryan felt like in the months that followed. Before the 1998 Rose Bowl, I talked to Ryan in a bathroom at the team hotel and gave him some cash, and he couldn't even look me in the eye. Then the day after the Rose Bowl, Jan. 2, I watched on television as Ryan announced that he was going pro. Leigh Steinberg was standing next to him.
Losing Ryan, who would end up being the No. 2 overall pick in 1998, hurt, and that will never completely go away. But Ryan also did something I found somewhat redeeming. During training camp of his rookie year with the Chargers, I went down to San Diego. I met him in the lobby of the team's facility, and after coming back with me to my car he ultimately gave me $10,000 in cash -- close to the total amount I had paid him. He never explained why he didn't sign with me nor did he apologize for breaking the promise he made to my dying father, but at least he paid me back.


Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/magazine/10/12/agent/index.html?eref=sihp#ixzz12AdsKKjF

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Since he is a former Steeler, I still have a vested interested..Plaxico Burress...(video)

Speaking on his imprisonment.....The video speaks for itself.

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Don't wanna hear the excuses...Randy Moss on Mr. Revis...

Normally, I don't get hyped over one play. He called that man out of his name though. Relished the challenge. I don't wanna hear about the injury. He was out there. If he 'shut him down' hurt, we wouldn't hear the end of it.



His team won though..Without him too. I am hoping we are all healthy on Week 15 so we can see what he has for Hines and Co.

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Oh yeah...Hines Ward...11,000 yards receiving..

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Anquan Boldin speaks on the Jets game and the team's demeanor...Jim Rome

Good stuff from Jim Rome. Say what you want about him, he gets that information and he shares it. Gotta respect that. He speaks on Cromartie.

Jim Rome- Is he (Cromartie) a great cover?

Anquan Boldin- He is a GREAT TALENT....

Notice what he DIDN'T SAY...LOL


They put a ROOKIE ON Anquan was disrespectful..IMO...

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Protect your neck Dustin Keller....Ray Lewis hit.

Clear video coming but....

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Randy Moss sounding like a committed person who wants out of a marriage...(Video)

(Video)
I am not mad at him btw..At all. I hope he doesn't think his comments won't start anything but I UNDERSTAND what he is saying.

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Chad Ocho Cinco gets popped...

Ouch...He was a lil sleepy after this joint...








Not his first time getting popped though...He will be aight. And still very chatty...

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Lamar Woodley....Maxim Magazine..

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Antonio Cromartie...Says Hard Knock segment was staged...

His words:


"Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie found himself being roasted on blogs and in print for appearing to struggle mightily with the names of his eight children and their ages in what was portrayed as a casual, post-practice chat on some football padding. But Cromartie told Bart Hubbuch of the New York Post the scene that has earned him so much ridicule was a second take ordered by the director. Cromartie said the director - whom HBO officials refused to name - told him to "redo it" because he had not paused long enough between each of his kids' names. Asked if he had as much trouble listing the names as the scene appeared to show, Cromartie said: "Nah, I didn't have trouble. I mean, they asked me to pause. I had nailed it the one time before, but they had to redo it and they just told me to pause between each one of [the names]." Cromartie grew testy at the perception - now fuel-injected by "Hard Knocks" - that he can't keep track of all his kids. "So it's not a point of me not knowing my kids' [names]," he said. "I know every single one of my kids. I know the age of every single one of my kids."

Link:

Antonio, it doesn't matter if I (or anyone) doesn't believe. (I actually believe YOU though.) What does matter is that you understand when to say 'no'. You are NOT DEZ BRYANT (Even though I think he lied). You can't feign ignorance. IT IS PARAMOUNT that you understand the media market you are in and that a 'story' will always be 'dug out' by any means necessary. What may appear to you as a joke can fester into things like this. I RAN THAT STORY here. Others did too. We thought you were serious. I guess we should have known better but the show is about 'Realism' so we thought it was part of the act honestly. Shame us? Perhaps. Shame on you? Perhaps too. You can't put yourself in positions like that. Now I am not going to get on here and go on and on about the decisions to have your kids because that is something that is PERSONAL TO EVEN ME. I think that is off limits. I will say that you putting it out there like this, even at the behest of of an unnamed HBO producer was something that you to learn from. That is all.

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LeGarrette Blount at it again...

Truthfully though, I am with Jeff Fisher. It wasn't the first punch thrown in training camp. This is the big boy league. He can't be 'soft'. Besides, even though it is his SECOND incident punching someone, I wouldn't worry about him 'beating up the League' or anything. If that is his intent, he will quickly find out he can't beat the World. He will either learn or he won't. He is a free agent signing so they can ALWAYS CUT HIM and REALLY feel like they didn't lose much. So it is 'technically' no biggie.


There is no connection to me other than you have seen him do it before. Hope he doesn't get crucified too much for this one.


The other punch..

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Antonio Cromartie...his kids...Hard Knocks...

I won't comment. I will just let you listen...

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I think we all saw Eli get hit. Not all of us saw the blood though..

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Hines Ward on Jim Rome...Training camps, Ben, two a days, The Steelers chances...Seattle...'I'm not giving my ring back.."

My boy Hines speaking on it. I don't have to say too much. He does all the talking. Props to Jim for making it available to download too.

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Kerry Rhodes DOESN'T comment on the Revis situation..

But really does. He is talking about Rex Ryan trying to downplay Revis not being there...lol

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/31pi95



Kerry Rhodes

On Tuesday 10th August 2010, @kerryrhodes said:


I wanna comment on the Revis and Jets thing so bad with all the talk about them not being concerned and don't feel sorry with them they will be fine statements and they got all they need already there! Its funny

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Tim Tebow taking one for the team...

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Frank Gore and Vernon Davis..Pool party....

Thanks Jos!

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Dez Bryant- "I feel like I was drafted to play football, not carry another player's pads."

As silly and childish as the tradition is (I agree it is ALL OF THESE THINGS and more.), this is NOT THE WAY that he probably should be wanting to be received. I don't give a shit if it was Patrick Crayton who asked him to do it. He should have done it. I see some of you giving him a 'pass' because it is Roy Williams. Don't 'flip out' when he does it to someone he 'should' respect then because this incident should have told you what it was with him to begin with. Now I can't WAIT for him to get hit personally. I hope someone knocks his fucking head into next week if he thinks he is too good to be bothered with what basically every man before him has had to go through in the NFL.


He has NOT PLAYED A DOWN IN THE NFL PEOPLE. By midseason, if his 'beasting' translates to the field, you back up off of such requests because he is a 'factor'. He gets no special treatment until then to me.

This shit sounds AWFUL familiar to me. Sounds like a certain receiver looking for that 5 millie contract with only about three takers right now. Used to play in Dallas. Has a reality show. Awesome work ethic, great shape but somehow seems 'cancer' every locker room he is in. (Other than Buffalo)


Now I am no Roy Williams fan but some of you (and apparently Dez Bryant too)seem to be just 'handing this kid' the job already. Ya'll know better than that. Let him earn it. So that he can have some sort of humility. His track record already SCREAMS he needs some. That is why he got passed up on in the draft, remember? Fairly or unfairly. It wasn't his talent. The rumors of being late FOR GAMES. Skipping practices. The 'attitude'. You know the one he 'changed'/never had? Incidents like this aren't helping to dispel that. To all of you out there who like that kinda thing, enjoy it. Those of us who know what kind of message that sends to the rest of the team probably won't though.


Good luck Dallas fans. Just know that you are creating a monster by siding with him on this particular subject. The subject of your 'ire' has 'said all the right things' since Dez was drafted. We all know the kid was drafted to take his job. Still, he hasn't taken shots. He didn't do what most do and bristle. He has even 'praised' the rookie. I think that is the issue here. The young boy is receiving too much praise and we haven't even gotten to preseason. Factor that in with the frustration in regards to Roy Williams and this seems 'right'. It isn't. Sorry.

I fault the coaches for that too. They are the ones who let all of that out and have allowed this to fester. Now when an Adam Schefter or someone like that starts to speak of 'breaking in the ranks in the 'Boys locker room' or something don't be shocked. lol

Lets hope, for the Cowboys sake, they are not creating a baby T.O. out there.

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