Seriously, what the hell is more important in the NFL? To make every worthless practice in place of taking care of a family emergency, which would in the long run hurt your NFL career more if you didn't take care of it NOW!?
How the hell is the NFL going to suspend Burress for this? this is completely rediculous, for two weeks no practice and no games..
The NFL has lost its already insane mind if they don't over-turn this.
Lets re-cap.. Burress missed 1 practice due to Family Emergency NFL fines him, doesn't let him practice for two weeks and no games... WHAT THE HELL IS THE PURPOSE?!
Seriously, what the hell is more important in the NFL? To make every worthless practice in place of taking care of a family emergency, which would in the long run hurt your NFL career more if you didn't take care of it NOW!?
How the hell is the NFL going to suspend Burress for this? this is completely rediculous, for two weeks no practice and no games..
The NFL has lost its already insane mind if they don't over-turn this.
Lets re-cap.. Burress missed 1 practice due to Family Emergency NFL fines him, doesn't let him practice for two weeks and no games... WHAT THE HELL IS THE PURPOSE?!
Is kinda stupid, but you have to treat these guys like toddlers. They must call in when they miss practice for a specific reason. If not all these crazy, ego maniac, players playing football will do whatever the hell they want. Rules have to be set in place with strong factors. Don't agree with this scenrio, but points are being made clear here.
Is kinda stupid, but you have to treat these guys like toddlers. They must call in when they miss practice for a specific reason. If not all these crazy, ego maniac, players playing football will do whatever the hell they want. Rules have to be set in place with strong factors. Don't agree with this scenrio, but points are being made clear here.
The fine wasn't for missing practice, it was for not contacting team or be available to be contacted. When they re-sign him over off-season, they had warned him about this kind of behavior and he agreed about it.
This was not isolated incident as teams don't dock 2 wks pay cause of missing 1 practice.
The fine wasn't for missing practice, it was for not contacting team or be available to be contacted. When they re-sign him over off-season, they had warned him about this kind of behavior and he agreed about it.
This was not isolated incident as teams don't dock 2 wks pay cause of missing 1 practice.
what exactly was the "family emergency" i haven't heard anything other than that. sounds like something an agent says when there is no good reason to explain things. by the way, the giants suspended him & not the nfl & he will miss this week's game. e's obviously one of the team's important players so why would the giants suspend him & lessen they're chances of winning unless it was an important issue. these players are idiots for the most part.
what exactly was the "family emergency" i haven't heard anything other than that. sounds like something an agent says when there is no good reason to explain things. by the way, the giants suspended him & not the nfl & he will miss this week's game. e's obviously one of the team's important players so why would the giants suspend him & lessen they're chances of winning unless it was an important issue. these players are idiots for the most part.
OK, I understand the whole scapegoat thing, the making a point for everyone else in the league to understand there are rules..
But come on, his Family had an emergency.. Hes a grown man who won the winning superbowl catch for your team, cut the man a little slack when his family is in need!
I'm sorry to say, but just like any job Family is more important.. In fact FAMILY is the reason most people work. so how do you treat your best employee when he misses 1 practice and doesn't call due to family? you dock him a shit load of cash and don't let him play.. so in place of making the emergency better, they only make it worse
OK, I understand the whole scapegoat thing, the making a point for everyone else in the league to understand there are rules..
But come on, his Family had an emergency.. Hes a grown man who won the winning superbowl catch for your team, cut the man a little slack when his family is in need!
I'm sorry to say, but just like any job Family is more important.. In fact FAMILY is the reason most people work. so how do you treat your best employee when he misses 1 practice and doesn't call due to family? you dock him a shit load of cash and don't let him play.. so in place of making the emergency better, they only make it worse
OK, I understand the whole scapegoat thing, the making a point for everyone else in the league to understand there are rules..
But come on, his Family had an emergency.. Hes a grown man who won the winning superbowl catch for your team, cut the man a little slack when his family is in need!
I'm sorry to say, but just like any job Family is more important.. In fact FAMILY is the reason most people work. so how do you treat your best employee when he misses 1 practice and doesn't call due to family? you dock him a shit load of cash and don't let him play.. so in place of making the emergency better, they only make it worse
An employer will terminate you when you do not call in, also when the employer is trying to contact you and there is no response. On the other hand, if Plaxico had called them, or answered their phone calls it would have been a different story. He fucked up, plain and simple.
OK, I understand the whole scapegoat thing, the making a point for everyone else in the league to understand there are rules..
But come on, his Family had an emergency.. Hes a grown man who won the winning superbowl catch for your team, cut the man a little slack when his family is in need!
I'm sorry to say, but just like any job Family is more important.. In fact FAMILY is the reason most people work. so how do you treat your best employee when he misses 1 practice and doesn't call due to family? you dock him a shit load of cash and don't let him play.. so in place of making the emergency better, they only make it worse
An employer will terminate you when you do not call in, also when the employer is trying to contact you and there is no response. On the other hand, if Plaxico had called them, or answered their phone calls it would have been a different story. He fucked up, plain and simple.
T-Unit: It was an EMERGENCY, just like in school, you're supposed to get a pass to go to the bathroom, but if you GOTTA GO, YOU GO!
And goodluck, the last thing they will do is terminate their best player that gets them wins, which is return fills up the stadium, which is return can make ticket prices go up.
This is a bad move by the NFL, they are just getting power hungry rather than trying to be understandable people.. not to mention they get $50,000.00 for this (hmm I wonder what they do with that money?)
T-Unit: It was an EMERGENCY, just like in school, you're supposed to get a pass to go to the bathroom, but if you GOTTA GO, YOU GO!
And goodluck, the last thing they will do is terminate their best player that gets them wins, which is return fills up the stadium, which is return can make ticket prices go up.
This is a bad move by the NFL, they are just getting power hungry rather than trying to be understandable people.. not to mention they get $50,000.00 for this (hmm I wonder what they do with that money?)
Also, Burress is a smart guy, he would pick up the phone if it was the priority, but he understood at the time his family was more important.. and if the Giants don't want him, theres 30 other teams that will fight for him to be on their squad
Also, Burress is a smart guy, he would pick up the phone if it was the priority, but he understood at the time his family was more important.. and if the Giants don't want him, theres 30 other teams that will fight for him to be on their squad
What makes you think that Burress is a smart guy? Just from this instince i think he is NOT a smart guy bc by calling the team to inform them of an "emergency" he would have saved himself a lot of money and would have avoided this whole mess.
What exactly was the point of this post anyway? Everyone have countered your argument with valid points which is basically you must call the team if you will be absent. Simple as that. And you keep posting your same argument defending the guy for being irresponsible comparing it to having to go to the bathroom?
The only circumstance which would validate his actions would be a major incident involving a death or near death situation in which he would never stop to think about calling anyone.
Can anyone think of any other reason for not making a phone call either when he found out about the emergency or atleast after? I am willing to bet his cell phone was right in his pocket.
In summary: The man is a very tall, fast, athletic football player who is a very stupid, irresponsible, childish person.
What makes you think that Burress is a smart guy? Just from this instince i think he is NOT a smart guy bc by calling the team to inform them of an "emergency" he would have saved himself a lot of money and would have avoided this whole mess.
What exactly was the point of this post anyway? Everyone have countered your argument with valid points which is basically you must call the team if you will be absent. Simple as that. And you keep posting your same argument defending the guy for being irresponsible comparing it to having to go to the bathroom?
The only circumstance which would validate his actions would be a major incident involving a death or near death situation in which he would never stop to think about calling anyone.
Can anyone think of any other reason for not making a phone call either when he found out about the emergency or atleast after? I am willing to bet his cell phone was right in his pocket.
In summary: The man is a very tall, fast, athletic football player who is a very stupid, irresponsible, childish person.
NFL Picker: Good argument.. However we (the public) do not know what exactly the Family Emergency consisted of. Obviously it was important and thats why it won't be made public. Sometimes there are things much more important than calling your boss to give him some peace of mind when your house is burning down and you have to save your children..
Whether he had really bad diareahha and couldn't call the coach to let him know he's gotta go to the bathroom or he will slip his pants, or if its saving his family from a burning building he should be excused. not punished
The point of this post is to express how Rediculous I think the NFL is getting.. From not letting players spike the ball after a touchdown, to not letting them take care of family emergencies that coincidentally happen during practice..
Afterall, Emergencies don't happen when you expect them too, just like a thief in the night, it happens when you least expect it.
NFL Picker: Good argument.. However we (the public) do not know what exactly the Family Emergency consisted of. Obviously it was important and thats why it won't be made public. Sometimes there are things much more important than calling your boss to give him some peace of mind when your house is burning down and you have to save your children..
Whether he had really bad diareahha and couldn't call the coach to let him know he's gotta go to the bathroom or he will slip his pants, or if its saving his family from a burning building he should be excused. not punished
The point of this post is to express how Rediculous I think the NFL is getting.. From not letting players spike the ball after a touchdown, to not letting them take care of family emergencies that coincidentally happen during practice..
Afterall, Emergencies don't happen when you expect them too, just like a thief in the night, it happens when you least expect it.
RULES Are RULES periodf i think it shows coughlin will not tolerate childness and stupidity from any player
besides WR's DO NOT win games for you THE QB is the general on the field and off field !
GIVE me the 3 best WR's in the laegue all on one team and have a bad QB with no o line
THAT TEAM will lose more games than win every year !
OK put TO Randy Moss and Marvin Harrison all on THE Rams right now and I bet YOU see the same results !
OR on The Lions ....... EVEN the Raiders same results !
WIDE RECIVERS Help if ya have a QB with protection
THEY do NOT WIN games for YOU
NO QB no Defense NO oline i dont care who you have as WR's because THE QB will not be on his back hurried and fumbled the whole game
YOUR an ADULT Plaxico and a million $ salaried PRO player you have more sense than NOT to call befiore not showing up for prcatice and not be able to be reached also when AWOL !
IF He was in the army he would be in Jail for doing that !
RULES Are RULES periodf i think it shows coughlin will not tolerate childness and stupidity from any player
besides WR's DO NOT win games for you THE QB is the general on the field and off field !
GIVE me the 3 best WR's in the laegue all on one team and have a bad QB with no o line
THAT TEAM will lose more games than win every year !
OK put TO Randy Moss and Marvin Harrison all on THE Rams right now and I bet YOU see the same results !
OR on The Lions ....... EVEN the Raiders same results !
WIDE RECIVERS Help if ya have a QB with protection
THEY do NOT WIN games for YOU
NO QB no Defense NO oline i dont care who you have as WR's because THE QB will not be on his back hurried and fumbled the whole game
YOUR an ADULT Plaxico and a million $ salaried PRO player you have more sense than NOT to call befiore not showing up for prcatice and not be able to be reached also when AWOL !
IF He was in the army he would be in Jail for doing that !
Butcher: your argument about a pathetic line with good recievers is correct.. but in this case with the NYG they need him bad.
And who are you to say he should have called and should have answered? Don't you think he knew the consequences? Of course he did but at the time it was MORE IMPORTANT to deal with the family emergency..
And Coughlin said hes showing a new softer side, getting to know the players.. Well this is not a good way to build a relationship.
Ha, you think the army is gonna put a General in jail for missing a drill due to a VERY IMPORTANT issue?, which if not taken care of would cause him to miss more time with the army?
Don't you get it. the guy didn't answer for a reason, not to be a snot nosed millionaire.. I'm sure his reasoning is very good and I believe the NFL will realize they overreacted and let him play this weekend
Butcher: your argument about a pathetic line with good recievers is correct.. but in this case with the NYG they need him bad.
And who are you to say he should have called and should have answered? Don't you think he knew the consequences? Of course he did but at the time it was MORE IMPORTANT to deal with the family emergency..
And Coughlin said hes showing a new softer side, getting to know the players.. Well this is not a good way to build a relationship.
Ha, you think the army is gonna put a General in jail for missing a drill due to a VERY IMPORTANT issue?, which if not taken care of would cause him to miss more time with the army?
Don't you get it. the guy didn't answer for a reason, not to be a snot nosed millionaire.. I'm sure his reasoning is very good and I believe the NFL will realize they overreacted and let him play this weekend
BarryDingle31 might possibly be the only person in America who completely bought the excuse from Plaxico's slimeball agent Drew Rosenhaus that the absence had to do with a "family emergency." When Rosenhaus made that pronouncement, reporters immediately asked him what the nature of the "family emergency" was. Rosenhaus avoided the question and quickly blathered on about something else.
BarryDingle31 might possibly be the only person in America who completely bought the excuse from Plaxico's slimeball agent Drew Rosenhaus that the absence had to do with a "family emergency." When Rosenhaus made that pronouncement, reporters immediately asked him what the nature of the "family emergency" was. Rosenhaus avoided the question and quickly blathered on about something else.
what exactly was the "family emergency" i haven't heard anything other than that. sounds like something an agent says when there is no good reason to explain things. by the way, the giants suspended him & not the nfl & he will miss this week's game. e's obviously one of the team's important players so why would the giants suspend him & lessen they're chances of winning unless it was an important issue. these players are idiots for the most part.
BarryDingle31.......the "family emergency" line was total b.s Do you understand that now? If Burress had experienced a legitimate family emergency, one that somehow merited not picking up the phone for 10 seconds to call the team, both he and his agent would have been quick to explain it in detail, complete with a fancy chart detailing the timeline of events.
what exactly was the "family emergency" i haven't heard anything other than that. sounds like something an agent says when there is no good reason to explain things. by the way, the giants suspended him & not the nfl & he will miss this week's game. e's obviously one of the team's important players so why would the giants suspend him & lessen they're chances of winning unless it was an important issue. these players are idiots for the most part.
BarryDingle31.......the "family emergency" line was total b.s Do you understand that now? If Burress had experienced a legitimate family emergency, one that somehow merited not picking up the phone for 10 seconds to call the team, both he and his agent would have been quick to explain it in detail, complete with a fancy chart detailing the timeline of events.
And who are you to say he should have called and should have answered? Don't you think he knew the consequences? Of course he did but at the time it was MORE IMPORTANT to deal with the family emergency..
And Coughlin said hes showing a new softer side, getting to know the players.. Well this is not a good way to build a relationship.
Ha, you think the army is gonna put a General in jail for missing a drill due to a VERY IMPORTANT issue?, which if not taken care of would cause him to miss more time with the army?
Don't you get it. the guy didn't answer for a reason, not to be a snot nosed millionaire.. I'm sure his reasoning is very good and I believe the NFL will realize they overreacted and let him play this weekend
That post makes me think that BarryDingle31 is either pulling our leg.......or maybe he's just that stupid. I'm going to cross my fingers and hope he's just been fucking with us.
And who are you to say he should have called and should have answered? Don't you think he knew the consequences? Of course he did but at the time it was MORE IMPORTANT to deal with the family emergency..
And Coughlin said hes showing a new softer side, getting to know the players.. Well this is not a good way to build a relationship.
Ha, you think the army is gonna put a General in jail for missing a drill due to a VERY IMPORTANT issue?, which if not taken care of would cause him to miss more time with the army?
Don't you get it. the guy didn't answer for a reason, not to be a snot nosed millionaire.. I'm sure his reasoning is very good and I believe the NFL will realize they overreacted and let him play this weekend
That post makes me think that BarryDingle31 is either pulling our leg.......or maybe he's just that stupid. I'm going to cross my fingers and hope he's just been fucking with us.
MrBator: Because you're 100% sure that Plaxicco Burress did not have a "Family Emergency" and it was actually b.s., that what was it? What was worth what is happening right now?
I think your problem is that you are too close-minded to see as clearly as I do, because I see this as a STAR general of his team, who had to miss a training drill due to Family Emergencies that is NOT worth suspending him from the WAR, which would let down his troops to die.
Do you know what it's like to be Plaxicco Burress? Or any star NFL player, who's every day life is constantly recorded and reported. Do you know what its like not being able to ever go to the Mall to buy some shoes because the whole mall will want your autograph? Maybe if you take your head out of your ass for a few minutes you might see the light and realize he's a very smart guy, because he's smart enough to keep the problem out of the media... Would you want to read tomorrow's paper about your family's problems,. for it to be the topic of discussion the entire year, in the locker room, at home, when they ask you about next week's game...
Now lets say you're right, I'm wrong, and it's TOTAL b. s... Then I would have to say he's a selfish scumbag LOW, person who amazes me that he's actually successful at life to use his family as an excuse to not make a 10 second phone call to your team, to be without them when it counts... then he's being punished accordingly
MrBator: Because you're 100% sure that Plaxicco Burress did not have a "Family Emergency" and it was actually b.s., that what was it? What was worth what is happening right now?
I think your problem is that you are too close-minded to see as clearly as I do, because I see this as a STAR general of his team, who had to miss a training drill due to Family Emergencies that is NOT worth suspending him from the WAR, which would let down his troops to die.
Do you know what it's like to be Plaxicco Burress? Or any star NFL player, who's every day life is constantly recorded and reported. Do you know what its like not being able to ever go to the Mall to buy some shoes because the whole mall will want your autograph? Maybe if you take your head out of your ass for a few minutes you might see the light and realize he's a very smart guy, because he's smart enough to keep the problem out of the media... Would you want to read tomorrow's paper about your family's problems,. for it to be the topic of discussion the entire year, in the locker room, at home, when they ask you about next week's game...
Now lets say you're right, I'm wrong, and it's TOTAL b. s... Then I would have to say he's a selfish scumbag LOW, person who amazes me that he's actually successful at life to use his family as an excuse to not make a 10 second phone call to your team, to be without them when it counts... then he's being punished accordingly
he's a selfish scumbag LOW, person who amazes me that he's actually successful at life to use his family as an excuse to not make a 10 second phone call to your team, to be without them when it counts... then he's being punished accordingly
Now you're making sense. Thank goodness, you had me worried there!
he's a selfish scumbag LOW, person who amazes me that he's actually successful at life to use his family as an excuse to not make a 10 second phone call to your team, to be without them when it counts... then he's being punished accordingly
Now you're making sense. Thank goodness, you had me worried there!
i just dont understand why they SUSPENDED him and put the team in a worse position
asshole or not, hes a very good wr. fine him all you want, but if you want ur best chance to WIN, which is what the season is all about, you need him on the field
i just dont understand why they SUSPENDED him and put the team in a worse position
asshole or not, hes a very good wr. fine him all you want, but if you want ur best chance to WIN, which is what the season is all about, you need him on the field
i just dont understand why they SUSPENDED him and put the team in a worse position
asshole or not, hes a very good wr. fine him all you want, but if you want ur best chance to WIN, which is what the season is all about, you need him on the field
Screw that, you have to show the other 52 players who's boss. Letting him play in the team's next game sends the unmistakable message that skipping practice with no phone call is acceptable. A fine does nothing. Being suspended for a game is huge.
i just dont understand why they SUSPENDED him and put the team in a worse position
asshole or not, hes a very good wr. fine him all you want, but if you want ur best chance to WIN, which is what the season is all about, you need him on the field
Screw that, you have to show the other 52 players who's boss. Letting him play in the team's next game sends the unmistakable message that skipping practice with no phone call is acceptable. A fine does nothing. Being suspended for a game is huge.
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