I thought the refs did as good as anyone could have without having to strap guys to the electric chair
The coaching staffs have to take accountability and are in charge of setting the tone for their players regarding the type of standard they are going to be held to.....they have to make the athletes understand their representation of the uniform, franchise, and the city they play for... but more than anything, the players have a responsibility as role models and as EMPLOYEES of the NFL to always, if nothing else, protect the shield and ensure the league is represented with honor and class.....they are grown men acting like wild animals....only they are infant wild animals...like a lion cub, they love the taste of blood and they love the hunt, but when it's time to attack they fuckin overreact and fuck up the stalk
The refs are just that, officials paid to learn and enforce the rules of the game.......they aren't babysitters...they almost always maintain order and structure on Sundays , but instances like this, it is up to coaching staffs and other players to police their rabid teammates and restore the order....I mean how can refs stop it when it's literally a different player or players after every single whistle? And the fans? Classless throwing debris and booing guys when they are injured, but that only reinforces the negative behaviors exhibited by the bafoons on the field and throws more gas on the fire....
Blaming the refs for the actions of grown men is weak to me at best and it will only breed more of the same....these guys have the maturity of a 7 year old and the ego of a movie star....they are already enabled human beings, and if we now allow them to elude blame at the expense of the referees who are in last night's game, the only ones trying to maintain civility, it only enables them further.
The league, the players union, and players reps need to seriously address guys like burfict and get it under control....children watch these guys and they are paid A LOT of money to play football and with that comes the expectations that they will not embarrass the league by doing what we saw last night among other things.....
Sorry for the rant....
but these guys are already entitled, and in most cases enabled by the people around them, simply because people want something from them i.e money, talent, sex, power....I'm so tired of watching people get paid so much to play a fucking game, and act like children because they can get away with it
Suspend burfict for 6 games....I'll bet he maintains composure better the next time they travel northeast to take on the steelers....there are so many people responsible for what we saw last night in Cincinnati, but any individual we saw wearing black and white stripes, is not one of them
Sorry I'm done
