Roger Goodell and the NFL’s Ship of Fools

October 20, 2010   ·   Tom Dale   ·   Jump to comments

In the wake of this past weekend's hits by James Harrison, Dunta Robinson and Brandon Meriweather, the NFL levied a set of major fines totaling $175,000 for the three players over what were termed "dangerous and flagrant hits."
It should be noted that the Harrison hits did not even draw penalties during the game.
Robinson's hit has been universally supported by former players as a case where he led with his shoulder, constituting a legal hit.
The Meriweather hit is not really part of this discussion, as it drew a flag in the game and was clearly a case of a player leaving his feet and using his body as a missile to spear Todd Heap of the Baltimore Ravens. He's apologized, for what it's worth—it was a dirty hit, case closed.
There have already been plenty of articles posted up to today that analyse these hits and the reactions to them, so rather than cover trampled ground, I still think that it is worth pointing out a few...

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