2014 NFL Season

[GhostMachine]

Either Paul George is a world class moron, or he broke more than just his leg......

[Meacon Keaton]

This huge public outcry and he's still dumb enough to post something like that. At least Twitter has confirmed that a lot of professional athletes are in fact morons.

[Your Mom]

This huge public outcry and he's still dumb enough to post something like that. At least Twitter has confirmed that a lot of professional athletes are in fact morons.

Hey now. Paul George is NOT a moron. Homie just made a bad choice

[TheSqauredCircleMessiah]

The charge conviction model is dumb. Ray Rices charges are getting dropped, and he will not be convicted. He absolutely should be banned for life anyway. Tying suspensions to the legal system is silly.

Ray Rice's charges weren't dropped. He pled guilty and was allowed to enter a diversionary program and the conviction will be erased from his record, but he was still convicted.

[Lint]

I think generally plea bargins do not equal convictions

[Meacon Keaton]

A plea bargain is a conviction, because you're admitting guilt.

[gunnar hendershow]

I forget how it works but essentially it's listed as a conviction until it's removed upon fulfilling the terms of the pretrial program. I don't think this is technically a plea bargain too.

For all intents and purposes it's not a conviction though.

[Meacon Keaton]

Doesn't it sit as a pending conviction on his record until all parts of his probation are finished and he files for expungement? That's my understanding of it.

[Pizza]

The semantics of this prove the point. Regardless of the status of charges or convictions, the NFL should be investigating these incidents individually on their own. Hopefully the backlash to the Rice situation means they start.

[Cole]

Doesn't it sit as a pending conviction on his record until all parts of his probation are finished and he files for expungement? That's my understanding of it.

If you plea to a deal then yes you are still guilty, hence probation, community service, less severe punishment and inability to leave the country, etc.

Meacon is correct by my understanding. Though I only know Canadian laws not American.

[GhostMachine]

Its the same in the U.S.

And there's also a thing called an Alford plea, which means you're conceding that there's enough evidence to convict you beyond a reasonable doubt, but you're not admitting guilt.

Also, there's a vote coming up on September 30th that could toss out the blackout rule for tv. its considered to be outdated.

Edited September 11, 2014 by GhostMachine

[PatDaMan]

I don't know if it's been posted before, but the Atlantic County DA came out yesterday and pretty much said that because he's a first time offender, it would've been the Pre-Trial Intervention or nothing, as well. Even if he should be locked up for a long time, he won't be.

[TheSqauredCircleMessiah]

I don't know if it's been posted before, but the Atlantic County DA came out yesterday and pretty much said that because he's a first time offender, it would've been the Pre-Trial Intervention or nothing, as well. Even if he should be locked up for a long time, he won't be.

This is true. Even if he had gotten convicted at a trial, the most he would've gotten would have been probation, which he is essentially on anyway.

[Dan]

I wish the video had been shown a month or so ago, the season has started but everywhere I look for NFL news all I can see if Ray Rice news

[Cole]

I wish the video had been shown a month or so ago, the season has started but everywhere I look for NFL news all I can see if Ray Rice news

It was obviously planned that way by whomever sold the second video, doubt it's a coincidence that it came out the day after the first Sunday of the season.

[Berober]

It's Steelers/Ravens tonight.

Go none of the above!

[Thrilla]

Go Steelers by +5.5

[Cole]

Go Steelers by +5.5

I got them +8.5 teased with over 38.5. Good luck to us! I like Pitt to upset them but not worth staking money.

[Maxx]

And now Outside the Lines is reporting that Ray Rice told Goodell that he hit her when they met to speak about it in June, in a meeting where Goodell recently claimed Rice was very ambiguous about what happened.

[Cole]

Turnovers and inability to score touchdowns (two field goals, one fumble in scoring range) for the Steelers made this a really shitty game to watch. Ravens just dominated after that first big Pitt drive ended up in a fumble.