Subject: Cook: Harrison's remarks out of line Fri May 27, 2011 1:49 am
By Ron Cook, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall tweeted earlier this month that it's wrong to celebrate the death of another human being, even Osama bin Laden. That's OK. We live in America. Everyone is entitled to his or her opinions, even an NFL player.
Steelers linebacker James Harrison tweeted Wednesday that the people who make the rules in the NFL are "idiots" and said league officials are targeting the Steelers with their tougher player-safety rules. That's unacceptable. Forget freedom of speech in this case. Harrison, in essence, called his boss -- Steelers president Art Rooney II -- an "idiot" because Rooney voted for the rules changes. Beyond that, he violated the Mike Tomlin rule. "I'm not opposed to guys tweeting or facebooking or whatever they do," the coach has said. "Just don't tweet about my business."
I have no problem with Mendenhall's tweet.
I have a big problem with Harrison's.
For one thing, Harrison was wrong about the NFL targeting the Steelers. They weren't targeted last season when the St. Louis Rams led the league in penalties with 126 and the Steelers ranked 24th with 86, and the Oakland Raiders led in penalty yards with 1,161 and the Steelers were 25th with 716. The Steelers made it to the Super Bowl, which wouldn't have happened if the NFL had some sort of conspiracy against them. The Steelers also aren't being targeted now. The tougher rules are for the safety of all the players, including Harrison and his teammates. Sometimes, players need to be protected from themselves.
Subject: Re: Cook: Harrison's remarks out of line Fri May 27, 2011 2:23 am
BGSU A Dub wrote:
Penalties are a completely different thing than fines though. Let's see the numbers for those mister Cook.
After Harrison was fined several times, Ward took two obvious hits to the helmet. Neither one was flagged nor fined.
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Subject: Re: Cook: Harrison's remarks out of line Fri May 27, 2011 7:55 am
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