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Posted Sunday December 30, 2007, About: Latest Ravens-Steelers feud

Bart Scott deserves every hit he takes. He's the biggest trash talker of all time.

Last year he was the player who sacked Roethlisberger so hard the stadium collectively gasped. I swear I heard Ben's head hit the inside of his helmet.

Now, hits are part of the game, but Scott seems to love hitting to hurt guys. He was interviewed in SI over the summer about the "big hit" and I swear...he couldn't stop gushing. It's like he gets a high from hurting other players.

So Bart, do your job. Tackle those that need to be tackled, but don't do it for fun. Don't set out to hurt anyone. Don't enjoy it when you do hurt someone. And most of all, if you can't take a hit, don't dish them out.

Posted Friday December 14, 2007, About: Steelers QB's status mystery

Oh for crying outloud.

The Steelers do this all the time. They rest a guy on Wed. and Thurs., and if he's good to go, he'll practice on Friday for the game.

I'll be worried on Sunday only when I don't see Ben on the field.

Posted Wednesday December 05, 2007, About: Ravens' Rolle: Official called me 'boy'

Wow. Way to get nasty, Larry. But I'm not surprised.

I think people are missing the point here (but again, not surprised). According to Rolle, he was called "Boy", not "A Boy". Totally different phrases.

I'm not going to get very far into the argument of why "Boy" is so offensive. I think that is fairly obvious. And if it's not obvious to you, well...that's a whole other issue.

My point is this: the officiating crew should NOT be talking smack to anyone during a professional game. They are supposed to be impartial. Given the controversial calls made on Monday evening, it looks to me like the NFL needs to take a good long look at their officiating corps.

Posted Friday November 02, 2007, About: Judge: Reid home 'drug emporium'

Fellow FanNation Members:

Unfortunately this is an issue that touches on all of our core buttons: political, socio-economic, religious, parenting, values...and we are never going to all agree.

I respect your opinions, but also respectfully submit this: don't judge the Reids too harshly unless you've walked in their shoes. Yes, parenting is a lifetime commitment; yes, the Reid brothers are adults and should be responsible for their own actions; and yes, the Reid parents probably missed some warning signs. They might even need to hear some of this from an outside source.

If the Reids did indeed know that their son was dealing drugs and did nothing about it, that's a whole other argument, but honestly, I had not heard that prior to today.

My main point is this: Did you know the name Judge Stephen T. O'Neill before yesterday? Probably not. I believe that this judge used this case inappropriately for publicity, doing more harm than good to the Reid family.

Posted Friday November 02, 2007, About: Judge: Reid home 'drug emporium'

I think that this judge's comments are reprehensible, and were made primarily to get his name into the media via the coverage afforded to this case because it involves Andy Reid.

The Reid brothers are not children. They are men--responsible for their own actions. More importantly, they obviously are struggling with addictions. Addiction is a medical condition that takes years and years to handle. Once the acute crisis is over--actually detoxing and removing the substances from their bodies--the chronic crisis begins, and the patient has to deal with this disease for the rest of their lives.

Parents of addicts are also affected by this disease. Most run the gambit of reactions from fear, desperation, self-blame, and despair. Many employ experts (doctors, rehab centers) to assist them and their children. Many bankrupt themselves trying anything and everything they can to help their addict kids. Unfortunately, nothing works until the addict themselves make the commitment to treat the disease. It's the most difficult commitment they will ever make, and it's a lifelong one.

The bottom line is this: it is not the Reid parents fault that their sons are addicts, and it is irresponsible, hurtful, and damaging for this judge to suggest otherwise. I doubt that he would have made such statements if Andy Reid wasn't a household name in Philly.

Posted Wednesday September 05, 2007, About: Cubs ace feeling contract pressure?

I hate when athletes "apologize" for lunkhead moves they've made. It never seems sincere, the statements always reek of "my publicist/agent/handler wrote this", and they always "learn valuable lessons".

At least he didn't say "I've got 90 million reasons to love Cubs fans."

Posted Tuesday September 04, 2007, About: Booed Zambrano rips Cubs fans

Z can't understand why the fans are upset?!? Okay, let me help you out here, Z.

You didn't win a game in August. You are supposed to be the ACE of the pitching staff. Everybody slumps now and then--but during August and September, in the middle of a tight pennant race, when every win and loss counts is NOT the time to do it.

Cubs fans are the greatest in baseball. Year in and year out, we keep coming back. We fill Wrigley for every game, despite dismal records and disappointments. It's those ticket sales (not to mention beer sales) that are paying your $90 Million salary. That's how we show our support.

We've earned the right to boo when you implode during the most critical time of the season. When you don't hear those boos (because the seats are empty), then you can whine about us not supporting you.

Posted Wednesday August 15, 2007, About: Reds job interests Cubs analyst

Brenly leaves much to be desired as an analyst. Harrelson and Hawk are horrible, but that doesn't make Brenly any better.

I wouldn't mind a new analyst. Everytime I tune into a Cubs game and they show a shot of Brenly, I think "What the hell is Bill Cowher doing the Cubs broadcast booth?!?"

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