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wasn't let let him hit here
the the %HESITATION
it's back %HESITATION
what do we do now is that that that look look
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I had seen that and I I wanted did not see until we showed it
that reminds me of the our for on a perch the our river on
approach to explaining controversial calls is to state
the role and then to St in conclusory fashion that
the behavior violated the rule without explaining anything
all this is posturing toward the sideline I I
I I
and this is what the NFL wants law okay what they want they
get and I'm done boosting their effort because they screwed
the pooch from a PR standpoint
back in August when all of a sudden we find out that there's
a point of emphasis for taunting I I I took the heat
standing up to explain to people you can still celebrate
it's not the no fun league it's been four years since they
relax dramatically the thing you can do when you score touch
that you just can't do in somebody's face and I try to
I try to get people to understand the reasoning
you know what I'm out I'm done you're on your own and a felt
you you've got a
explain yourself because
you've gone too far
yeah what what Cassius marsh did the other night was not
an example of what they should be trying to take out of the game
you're trying to turn guys into robots
and that's inexcusable and it's not a reflection is what happens
when when you you
don't want Shuman beings to behave like human beings
because this is a human moment it's a human reaction
this is the team that cut Cassius March
let him enjoy himself let him have his moment
yeah if you want to avoid fighting
what about that gesture
is going to spark a rumble later in the game
absolutely nothing
and any can I don't care
that's not a great roses assn dues
into his side as he runs by and then %HESITATION that's no big
deal
well it wasn't even a gesture I mean that's the thing right I
I I always felt like it was supposed to be a gesture
right and that's why we're still talking about he's posturing
toward the sideline
you're supposed to do to start a fight
I like that he's not doing anything but just kind of
standing there and I feel like if you had done something else
right if you like would you have done a throat slasher P.
starts really clapping in the case of somebody
then we guide with
the best of the level of talking to me but he's just
standing there after one of the apex emotional moments of
the game where he just made a huge play to get the ball back for
his team
and now you're going to say that he's taunting
is this really the spirit
of the point of emphasis
that we really just want to take all the emotion out of the game
because everything that was told in the point of emphasis was
you can not gesture at another team he didn't gesture by Perry
fuels almost all what he said in that book he is posturing
into me posturing is not the same
as making a gesture but who knows
I mean
he's like saying is immunized persons being vaccinated and
I'm the one who should figure out the difference
well if we only ask a follow up question %HESITATION wait we're
not allowed to ask follow up questions because there's no
transparency there's no accountability there's no back
and forth this is the first video we've seen all year
from the NFL trying to address any type of controversial call
their approach has been
keep your head low keep your mouth shut
and the next bright shiny object is just a matter of
a day or two away and let's just get to the next game and
they'll quit talking about the one
that we'd rather they not talk about
and and that's why they need to have somebody
and I don't know if Perry fuel can be that guy because I want
to see him interact with some questions it's please read off
of a sheep some anybody could have delivered that he's just
the guy who is saying what someone told him to say
I want to hear someone extemporaneously answer questions
about controversy calls explained to us how the rules apply
how they don't apply was a mistake was it not a mistake
dean Blandino was great at that Mike Pereira was great at that
and
Blandino would still be there
if they weren't so damn
cheap
and sorry sorry NFL the shoe fits
and maybe this is a little tight
and your tush too cheap
to buy one that does fit
but that's what it comes down to
because they would pay Blandino
what he's getting from fox I don't I don't always get from
fox and maybe what it's taken more because a box you don't
have to deal with all the administrative B. S. you have
to deal with is the head of officials
but they don't value that position
and and so what you get
are people who lack the skills
to be the face and the voice
to the public to explain these things Peter king is set
that's the most important function during the season for anyone
in the league office and it's currently
abdicated miles
all and that's really what the big problem is because I feel
like even in that video he just says it's posturing and then he
states what's the point of emphasis is and then why
the point of emphasis happened it's not
anything about why
that was applied there right and I think
that's one of the big problems with the whole Cassius marsh
thing it's not just a bit you know what he was standing there
punching you gotta explain
why exactly that is something that counts as a gesture when
the whole thing of why that was a point of emphasis was trying
to take bites out of the game I just I feel to see
how bad it's going to start a fight and I understand when
you've got somebody like Mike Tomlin who is a part of
the competition committee and then comes out and he says no
I agree with the way that that was applied
I mean you know what news flash of course he is because that
thing is going to benefit his team right but at the same time
it's like you know he's been very consistent with that
in saying that we need to make sure we're cleaning up the game
I don't really see anything that's dirty
in that particular instance I I just I go back to
know if we are going
to say that this is a point of emphasis but I think we also
have to think about things objectively a little bit and
think about what's going on in the emotions of the game and
how that impacts
how somebody might react to something that is one of
the biggest moments of the game I just don't feel like in that
instance
you give somebody a fifteen yard penalty that gives them
a first down at a critical moment in the fourth quarter when he's
posturing he's not even gesturing I I just I don't like
the way that rules apply there
and subjectivity is the key word miles because when you
have that kind of subjectivity in the decision as to whether
or not a FAO will be called when the subjectivity is
exercised in the direction of calling the penalty
that's when people start to think the fix is in and there's
two ways to fix can be in the league wanting a certain
outcome or
an official who goes rogue
and you have a template Donaghey situation potentially
end as I said yesterday I'm not suggesting that there's a Tim
Donahey situation currently in the NFL but when stuff like
this happens
that's when people start wondering
is something more going on
than just a fair
and appropriate and evenhanded administration and application
of the NFL's rulebook