I never like goodell because he is fucking up the sport of football. We have these suits making decision when they never played the game themselves. If people want to play a non-contact sport then have them play baseball. I have nothing against baseball actually I love the game of baseball but this is football and people are going to get hurt. To answer your question yes he is clearly singeing out Harrison because what is he suppose to do not hit hard?
While I do not agree with everything Roger Goodell has done as NFL Commissioner, I have to say that I agree with his treatment of James Harrison. The guy is a dirty player, plain and simple. He goes out there trying to hurt people, and that is not what sports is about. If it were me, I'd probably ban him from the league if he kept it up.
I think to a degree he has. When you look at how many fines Harrison has, its way above the average fine total for a season. He already has $125K worth of fines. If anything Goodell is using him to make an example, and I think he's over doing it. The hits that Harrison has had over time were not all flagrant hits, and they were not all clean. I think what we have is a misunderstanding on Goodell's part of how to address this issue. Fining a player excessively only does one thing, it makes him angry and it doesn't decrease the amount of hits. It actually does the opposite. I do think some hits Harrison had were unnecessary. But to his defense, not all were flagrant. The point is, Goodell is using Harrison as an example for other players to see what happens when you don't comply with his rules. Its a bad way to go about it, because you don't have a guideline to show players how to avoid those types of hits.
HELL YEAH and hell yea again. i could go on and on about it. i have so many questions today about roger and the stupid penalties we get as a whole. i think roger should quit and he can be in charge of poker or ballet. that suits him more cause he is freakin up our n f l and all his gurus supporting him. good thing im a serious fan other wise i would of quit watching already. but despite all the bull s im supporting my team regardless of all the ignorance by the n f l and the supporters of higher ratings and no defense.
You act like Harrison is forced to play the game. He isn't. It's his choice to play in the NFL. If little Jimmy doesn't like what's happening to him, then Adios to him and his cheap shots. BTW, he can take Finnegan with him.
I think Goodell is tired of telling Harrison to report to NFL headquarters so he can explain to him what a legal and illegal hit is, and to stop leading with the crown of his helmet. Harrison keeps doing it. He's going to keep getting fined. When you're at your job and the CEO tells you to stop doing something numerous times, and you keep doing it, guess what happens?