1. See the poster above me. Harrison goes out and plays the game HARD. with INTENSITY. in football, fear is a weapon. this used to be encouraged and beloved. see: Butkus, Dick. Tatum, Jack. Taylor, Lawrence. Lambert, Jack. on and on and on.....
just because sheriff Goodell has come in and attempted to seize total control of the league and launch the most bull-shit "NFL cares about player safety" campaign i've ever seen in my life doesn't mean Harrison should have to alter the way he plays. for God sake, he's fining guys for the sake of "player safety" while at the same time trying to extend the season by 2 full games when most guys are lucky to escape a game without a concussion let alone an entire season.
the point is, you go out and ask any of the NFL players right now before any of this stuff started and i guarantee you they aren't complaining. this is what they sign up for. miners sign up with risks of disaster, so do pilots, so do the armed forces, so do doctors, lawyers, (financially).....there are risks in every job and the guys who bleed sweat and live the sport understand the risks and are willing to take them. so let 'em.
i'll never forget watching a ray lewis interview and he said the ultimate goal of football is to take down the man in front of you. to put him in the ground and be the best, strongest man. it wasn't exactly that, but close. that part of football, with commissioner goodell, is fading. the fear, the hard-nosed, physical dismantling of the guy in front of you is waning. it's absurd, but there's guys like harrison who aren't afraid to stand up and continue to play the way they love. i'd say maybe ONE of his fined hits this year was "cheap"....the rest would have been highlight reel hits. maybe he could have a better choice of words, but i wouldn't trade him or the way he plays for the world. it's why i love the steelers.
and ben.....he's been accused twice, not three times. and he's not getting any "treatment" in "trials" because there hasn't been any verdicts. the first woman was a complete psychopath (do some research) and the second case was dropped. imagine that.. a sorority girl wearing a "DTF" tshirt and chasing jerseys, being in a bar underage and hammered wasn't the most reliable source in the world. give me a break..
...again, no excuse. he needs to grow up and stop putting himself in those positions. he was (TBD if he still is) a huge douche. but try going out and hooking up with a slutty, hammered sorority girl wearing a DTF shirt and hanging out with you and all your drunk buddies and let her cry rape the next day and see how it feels. that's a dangerous, earth-shattering word and you better be fucking sure. she wasn't. not even close.
/entirely too long rant