The No Fun League doesn't approve of gladiator helmets

[Alan]

NJRamsFan with this:
No hard feelings Alan, i'm sorry for the "hope this was meant as a joke" comment, I wasn't trying to disrespect you, I just really thought you were kidding.

I respect your opinion but, I think you may be looking a little too deeply into this situation. To me its nothing more than a little fun. Trying to get his team and the fans pumped up. The way I took it is hes drawing a parallel to him being a warrior on the field not addressing domestic violence or anything else off the field. You can find offense in anything if you look hard enough but IMO you're taking this way out of context.

We'll have to agree to disagree here.

None taken bro. I know who you are and I like that guy.

 

[Prime Time]

speaking of that where the hell has Boffo been?

I can't believe I'm gonna say this.......but I miss him.

Boffo97 was last seen: Sept 1, 2014

 

[yrba1]

According to Nike

 

[blackbart]

I know we aren't allowed to give the NFL any credit for anything, but that's a good decision.

Why is that a good decision?

 

[blackbart]

So correct me if I'm wrong but don't gladiators kill other people to appease the blood lust of the spectators? Do you think that's a great message to send to young fans? Or even to old ones.

Football players have often been described as the gladiators of our day, it is harmless. These guys give it up for our entertainment every week some sacrifice their bodies and are never the same again after just playing college let alone in the NFL. The league is too tight when it comes to this stuff because of sponsors and $$, they need to let these guys have some fun with this kind of stuff.

They are ok with guys going off after making a tackle, having some fun with the people who pay to see the games should be ok too

 

[Prime Time]

Hey you're ignoring the red sox debacle.

 

[Alan]

blackbart not looking beyond the surface:
Football players have often been described as the gladiators of our day, it is harmless. These guys give it up for our entertainment every week some sacrifice their bodies and are never the same again after just playing college let alone in the NFL. The league is too tight when it comes to this stuff because of sponsors and $$, they need to let these guys have some fun with this kind of stuff.

They are ok with guys going off after making a tackle, having some fun with the people who pay to see the games should be ok too

Do you think the glorification of violence is the only they can have some fun? Football is only a game and while to you and me that gladiator stuff is "harmless", it isn't for many.
You need only look at all the women who wore Rice jerseys to the Viking game and supported his actions. In any other setting those same women would have been pillorying him. I understand the point you're making but your method is unsupportable by me. I support a relaxation of many of the restrictions but not this one. The NFL players don't seem to have had too much trouble having fun up until now without that right?

 

[RaminExile]

I hope T Sizzle responded to the fine with the immortal words "ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED??

 

[blackbart]

Do you think the glorification of violence is the only they can have some fun? Football is only a game and while to you and me that gladiator stuff is "harmless", it isn't for many.
You need only look at all the women who wore Rice jerseys to the Viking game and supported his actions. In any other setting those same women would have been pillorying him. I understand the point you're making but your method is unsupportable by me. I support a relaxation of many of the restrictions but not this one. The NFL players don't seem to have had too much trouble having fun up until now without that right?

I don't believe that he was glorifying violence, or at least not the kind of things that happen in the Roman colesseum. I do think they have to play with that mentality and reckless abandon or risk serious injury.

 

[Ramhusker]

I'm sure the NFL doesn't like the comparison of their league to gladiators but it far closer to the truth than many would like to admit. Thus, a fine must be levied to maintain the veil.

 

[Prime Time]

I'm sure the NFL doesn't like the comparison of their league to gladiators

Or bread and circuses.

 

[Ramhusker]

Or bread and circuses.

Thing is when it comes to gladiators, NFL stars have a lot in common. Gladiators were the elite athletes of the day. They were rock stars. They were fed well, rewarded well, and lived well. They had to practice, practice, practice their craft to be good. It was a great honor to compete in the arena. One of their main reasons for being was to distract the general population from the woes of their state of being. Now, for the slaves and sacrificial lambs, it didn't go so well.

 

[Dodgersrf]

Have we really gotten to the point, where as, everything must be taken in the literal sense? I think it's fine.

Is it any different than dressing up for Halloween? In a few weeks some kids in scary costumes are going to show up at my door asking for candy. I'm not going to lecture them on how their bloody costumes are wrong because they promote monsters, axe murders and gore. I'm going to give them a piece of candy.

 

[Alan]

Symbology is important @Dodgersrf .

Halloween costumes don't glorify violence and the win at any cost mentality IMO. If those kids were members of the Crips wearing those same costumes would you have a problem with them? Would you think they were wearing them to intimidate you? It's not just the costume, you have to add the context.

 

[LosAngelesRams]

Thats ridiculous... that helmet is bad ass btw.

Greedy fucks.

 

[LosAngelesRams]

O wow the red socks is even worse!!!!!!!! Wow...

I can see maybe, maybe if he wore a color that didnt match the outfit but come on. .. it matches!!!

 

[Dodgersrf]

Symbology is important @Dodgersrf .

Halloween costumes don't glorify violence and the win at any cost mentality IMO. If those kids were members of the Crips wearing those same costumes would you have a problem with them? Would you think they were wearing them to intimidate you? It's not just the costume, you have to add the context.

Win? Yes.
At any cost? No, And they play a game.
I doubt his intentions were to fight to the death with lions and other gladiators. It's merely a show.

I also understand the context, but we can't lose sight of the intent. Which I doubt was to kill.

 

[Alan]

Dodgersrf thinking there's no ramifications:
Win? Yes.
At any cost? No, And they play a game.
I doubt his intentions were to fight to the death with lions and other gladiators. It's merely a show.

I also understand the context, but we can't lose sight of the intent. Which I doubt was to kill.

I believe that you are still ignoring the importance of symbols, especially on the more impressionable of us. Or you don't believe that symbols affect anyone's thought processes. But then that would put a lie to thousands of years of belief by mankind that they do. That's why we have them.

 

[Dodgersrf]

I believe that you are still ignoring the importance of symbols, especially on the more impressionable of us. Or you don't believe that symbols affect anyone's thought processes. But then that would put a lie to thousands of years of belief by mankind that they do. That's why we have them.

I could be.
I'm also not as sensitive to things that some find offensive.
This is one of them.

For me it has to be a deliberate act to hurt someone physically or emotionally.
I don't feel that this is the case.