the only worthy headline. in lame news, the espys, aka the whose won latelys, were watched and not enjoyed, except that i didn’t watch.
Tony Dungy is not pleased.
ESPN.com
NEW YORK — Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison calls NFL commissioner Roger Goodell a “crook” and a “devil,” in an interview with Men’s Journal.
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If that man was on fire and I had to piss to put him out, I wouldn’t do it. I hate him and will never respect him.
”— James Harrison on Roger Goodell
He even rips teammates Rashard Mendenhall(“fumble machine”) and Ben Roethlisberger for their performances in this past season’s Super Bowl loss to the Green Bay Packers.
“Hey, at least throw a pick on their side of the field instead of asking the D to bail you out again. Or hand the ball off and stop trying to act like Peyton Manning. You ain’t that and you know it, man; you just get paid like he does,” he said, referring to Roethlisberger’s two interceptions in the game. Harrison had one tackle, a sack, in the loss against the Packers.
Harrison called Roethlisberger on Wednesday morning to explain his comments. Roethlisberger told ESPN’s Merril Hoge that Harrison said the writer of the article twisted many of his comments around and it was not his intention to criticize the quarterback. Roethlisberger told Hoge that he is taking Harrison at his word and that their relationship is “fine.”
Mendenhall didn’t take offense to Harrison’s comments when he posted a response Wednesday on Twitter.
Reaction to Harrison’s Epic Rant
Harrison, the 2008 AP Defensive Player of the Year hasn’t been shy about ripping the league after he was docked $100,000 for illegal hits last season. In the August issue of Men’s Journal, which has Harrison on the cover holding two pistols, his rants against Goodell reach another level of g.
“If that man was on fire and I had to piss to put him out, I wouldn’t do it,” Harrison told the magazine. “I hate him and will never respect him.”
His other descriptions of the commissioner include an anti-gay slur, “stupid,” “puppet” and “dictator.”
Harrison told ESPN that the interview took place “in April or May sometime.”
If the Steelers had defeated the Packers in the Super Bowl, Harrison said, he would have whispered in Goodell’s ear during the trophy ceremony: “Why don’t you quit and do something else, like start your own league in flag football?”
Harrison also questions whether a black player is punished more for a hard hit on a white player than the opposite.
“I slammed Vince Young on his head and paid five grand, but just touched Drew Brees and that was 20,” Harrison said. “You think black players don’t see this s— and lose all respect for Goodell?”
Harrison also criticizes other NFL executives, Patriots-turned-commentators Rodney Harrisonand Tedy Bruschi (“clowns”), and Houston’s Brian Cushing (“juiced out of his mind”).
Bruschi is an analyst on ESPN’s “NFL Live.”
Cushing, when asked to respond to Harrison’s remarks, told KRIV-TV in Houston: “I’ll pray for him.” (LMAO)
While Harrison criticized some of his teammates, he had high praise for Steelers safety Troy Polamalu.
“He’s the one guy in football I respect absolutely, ’cause he’s spiritual and lives it like he talks it. You know, he gets more flags than anyone on our team but never gets fined for nothin’. He’s so polite and talks so softly that he could tell Goodell to kiss his a–, and Goodell would smile and say thank you,” he told the magazine.
………………..no doubt he’s the owners little boybitch,just look at the way he came out bangin’ the drum of agreement that the players haven’t even seen……………….the real story is the Brady lawsuit that will strip away the owners anti-trust protection and we will then be able to see the 21st century plantation mentality.