“Integrity of the game”… THIS from the league that’s changed the way defenses play in order to favor the offense. Why? To enhance the experience of fans involved in what amounts to online betting (fantasy football). The NFL changed their on-the-field rules to promote BETTING!

Gimme a break: “integrity of the game”. But back to “cheating”, which just happens to be a tradition carried out since the early days of the NFL….

The National Football League has kept many instances of “cheating” low key, because to be honest, they concerned teams (and/or players) few really care about in the grand scheme of things. But while the League and the media’s decided to make an example of the New England Patriots, the NFL’s integrity is shit and there are many examples that have occurred south and west of Connecticut and Rhode Island….

New York Giants, Ben McAdoo fined $200K total for walkie-talkies
Okay, it’s 2016. Who uses “walkie talkies” anymore? Your average young person is probably Googling as we speak to find out just what we’re talking about here. Sorry, but a “walkie talkie” isn’t something we bring with us wherever we go, let alone just happen to have a set ready during an NFL playoff game.

Or maybe some teams do…?

Atlanta Falcons lose 2016 pick for pumping fake noise
For those out there who actually know something about the game, increasing crowd noise can adversely affect the play-calling ability of the visiting team’s offense and special teams, most often resulting in frequent “false start” and/or “delay of game” calls (resulting in negative penalty yards) and a disruption of the team’s rhythm and making scoring more difficult.

Packers’ Aaron Rodgers prefers overinflated footballs, likes to push the limit
Probably not as easy to notice if referees and the League aren’t tipped off.

Chargers fined $20,000 after ‘Stickum’ towel inquiry
In wake of Chargers Stickum accusations, some NFL alums say cheating is part of the game
Talk about a mixed message: the NFL said the use of “stickum towels” wasn’t a violation, fined them anyway, meanwhile former players say cheating is business as usual. A sentiment that doesn’t match the anguish of the sanctimonious.

Speaking of stickum, as mentioned in a previous post….

Jerry Rice on stickum use: ‘All players did it’
Cris Carter: If Jerry Rice used stickum, he cheated
San Francisco 49er Jerry Rice wasn’t just another player. His resume was a no-brainer when it came to voting him into the NFL Hall of Fame. Whether or not he deserves an asterisk next to his name is a discussion that may be coming sooner, rather than later.

And as for holier-than-thou, Mr. Integrity Cris Carter…?

Cris Carter admits to bounties
Whoops.

But while the clueless in the media (who I often point out couldn’t tell you what division the Tennessee Titans are in but yet are experts on the Patriots’ “history” of cheating) point their fingers of guilt at New England, there are teams whose notorious reputations for cheating are quite extensive and documented.

According to the website Your Team Cheats*,

“So you think there’s only one NFL team that cheats? You’re wrong. All 32 NFL teams cheat. Yup, even your favorite team is a dirty cheater, but since they are not that good, nobody really cares.”

Great point.

Its creators rank each team’s documented “cheats” for severity — the Patriots actually fall in the middle of the pack among the NFL’s biggest cheaters at No. 15. Also — and we’re sure this is purely coincidental — here are the top four cheaters in the NFL, again per the site’s arbitrary rankings:

1. Denver Broncos
2. Pittsburgh Steelers
3. New York Jets
4. Indianapolis Colts

Coincidentally, those four teams probably would be considered the Patriots’ four biggest rivals. Not only that, the New York Giants — who have defeated the Patriots twice in the Super Bowl — come in at No. 6, and New England’s other biggest rivals, the Baltimore Ravens, come in at No. 7.
— NESN, 5/15/15

And one can’t fault the Patriots in not trusting the ability of the League to fairly conduct an investigation when internal, anonymous NFL “sources” arbitrarily release juicy little tidbits to the media for the expressed purpose of leading public opinion in a desired direction.

The investigation found the footballs were inflated 2 pounds per square inch below what’s required by NFL regulations during the Pats’ 45-7 victory over the Indianapolis Colts, according to sources.
— ESPN, 1/21/15

The other 10 balls that reportedly were two pounds under may have been, as the source explained it, closer to one pound below 12.5 PSI.
— NBC Sports, 1/25/15

Meanwhile, Fox Sports and NBC Sports have cited unnamed sources who claim that an unidentified attendant who took 24 game balls into a bathroom before the game is being eyed as a person of interest in the scandal.
— MSNBC, 1/28/15

In conversations I’ve had with several key sources who always have a good sense of what goes on at 345 Park Ave., there is little doubt that Goodell considers Brady’s role in DeflateGate a serious violation.
— New York Daily News, 5/8/15

If the NFL is really interested in the public’s perception when it comes to the “integrity of the game”, then they shouldn’t go about making cheating appear to be something isolated to ONE team and then whisper selective, incriminating, albeit circumstantial evidence to manipulate public opinion.

A fish rots from the head and that starts with Roger Goodell on down and when it comes to the “integrity of the game”, also take a look at the half-assed officiating. The Dallas Cowboys would probably agree.

Flashback: According to our tipster, word at the Revel early Saturday morning was that a woman — presumably fiancée Janay Palmer — had spit on Rice and that in retaliation, he uppercut her, knocking her completely unconscious.

Let’s hold off on the punch for just a second here… imagine the outrage from the politically correct-women’s studies left had Rice spat on Janay? He may as well have just given her the back of his hand, pulled her back by the hair; you know where I’m going with this. It would have been likened to rape, slavery, etc.

Now, how many times have you heard, prior to NFL Commissioner Goodell’s sentencing of Rice, of Palmer’s provocation (that’s right, I said it!).

I know of very few people who wouldn’t have a visceral response to being spat in the face and the liberal feminist supporters would have been on record defending such an action. But by the usual bias-by-omission, they were spared that inconvenience and Ray Rice was just a bad man punching out a poor, innocent, defenseless woman.

Again, remember the words of Whoopi and Chris….

Even more so than on campus, it’s open season on men. If you can spit on a man, what else can be done to him that can be gotten away with, first by the media not reporting it, but later when her actions are revealed, they are taken as irrelevant?

Why are we getting the clip in selective segments? The most recent clip made public doesn’t show Ray Rice cornering and slugging Janay. She was coming at him as he dropped her. We have NO IDEA what happened in that elevator but the activists don’t seem to think that matters.

And now, to make matters worse…

Video of Ray Rice’s attack on his then-fiancee apparently was the last straw for the Baltimore Ravens, who announced Monday afternoon they’ve terminated the embattled running back’s contract.

The gutless Baltimore Ravens have let the media dictate their football operations and the reality of the situation has now reached into the Rice household….

“I woke up this morning feeling like I had a horrible nightmare, feeling like I’m mourning the death of my closest friend,” Janay Rice wrote. “But to have to accept the fact that it’s reality is a nightmare in itself. No one knows the pain that [the] media & unwanted options from the public has caused my family. To make us relive a moment in our lives that we regret every day is a horrible thing. To take something away from the man I love that he has worked his [butt] of for all his life just to gain ratings is horrific.

“THIS IS OUR LIFE! What don’t you all get. If your intentions were to hurt us, embarrass us, make us feel alone, take all happiness away, you’ve succeeded on so many levels. Just know we will continue to grow & show the world what real love is! Ravensnation we love you!”
— Janay Rice, Instagram

I’m looking forward to the next sanctimonious pundit, actor, or politician being “suspended indefinitely” the next time they commit violence on anyone, no matter what prompted it.

And the joke called “TMZ Sports” had better keep their noses clean because there are many that would love to see this hatchet organization take a big fall.