News: PFT: NFLPA "seething" over accusation of victim shaming

[Reality]

NFLPA "seething" over accusation of victim shaming

The NFL took the Ezekiel Elliott case to the proverbial next level on Wednesday by accusing the NFL Players Association of “spreading derogatory information to the media” about Tiffany Thompson, who has accused Elliott of domestic violence. The NFLPA publicly denounced the accusation in no uncertain terms.

Privately, the NFLPA feels even more strongly about the situation. As one source with knowledge of the situation put it, union leadership is “seething” over the situation.

Part of the problem, as multiple other sources explained it to PFT, is that the information that has surfaced in recent days regarding Thompson comes directly from the 160-page investigation report created by the league. Someone in possession of the report has leaked portions of it to three different media outlets — the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Yahoo Sports, and the website owned and operated by the NFL.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/08/16/nflpa-seething-over-accusation-of-victim-shaming/

 

[big dog cowboy]

I'm telling ya it's all going to hit the fan soon.

 

[Reality]

I'm telling ya it's all going to hit the fan soon.

Cowboys "fans" have already been hit

 

[zrinkill]

I feel a players strike may be coming

 

[links18]

"Blaming the union for the fact that some of it is now getting out seems odd at best, especially without a smoking gun to prove it."

Since when did the NFL need a smoking gun to prove something?

 

[Reality]

I feel a players strike may be coming

I don't think so .. I think the NFLPA is going to leverage this as much as possible though to gain more public support. The more they gain fan support, the more the NFL owners lose fan support.

 

[beacamdim]

Without judging the content of his posts, it sure seems to me from the prominence he is giving the story -- and the fact that he is issuing repeated "breaking news" that really isn't -- that Florio is dead set on making amends for the Dez Bryant shenanigans he pulled.

He knows he messed that one up.

 

[zrinkill]

I don't think so .. I think the NFLPA is going to leverage this as much as possible though to gain more public support. The more they gain fan support, the more the NFL owners lose fan support.

Worst part of this is Jerry was the one playing hardball against the players organization during the last agreement ......... and now its coming back to bite him in the butt.

 

[Reality]

Without judging the content of his posts, it sure seems to me from the prominence he is giving the story -- and the fact that he is issuing repeated "breaking news" that really isn't -- that Florio is dead set on making amends for the Dez Bryant shenanigans he pulled.

He knows he messed that one up.

Florio is a lawyer and loves to chime in on every would-be legal issue and he is very much pro-NFLPA/player side so anything he writes that favors the Cowboys has less to do with the team and more to do with a legal argument he is making.

 

[Reality]

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[beacamdim]

Florio is a lawyer and loves to chime in on every would-be legal issue and he is very much pro-NFLPA/player side so anything he writes that favors the Cowboys has less to do with the team and more to do with a legal argument he is making.

Agreed. Although in this case he isn't chiming in on would-be issues, he;s speaking to the ones that in fact are already triggered here.

 

[links18]

I don't think so .. I think the NFLPA is going to leverage this as much as possible though to gain more public support. The more they gain fan support, the more the NFL owners lose fan support.

The only fan support the owners care about have dollar signs attached....

 

[punchnjudy]

I feel a players strike may be coming

Earlier today I was wondering what this issue's ceiling could be. IOW, what's the crazest semi-plausible level it could reach? A strike would probably be it. I was remembering how Congress got involved with baseball's PED issue years back, though I don't know how that would ever happen here.

 

[Reality]

The only fan support the owners care about have dollar signs attached....

That's very true, but unfortunately, most actions today by the NFL will not show any financial repercussions for a while, though when it happens, it will take a while to reverse as well.

The NFL has a superstar problem as in there are not a lot of them these days. Fewer superstar quarterbacks, fewer superstar running backs, etc. There are very good players and well known players, but there are few superstar players now. Peyton Manning is gone. Brady will be gone soon. Adrian Peterson is no longer what he was and fewer teams focus on the run these days like they did in the past so there will be even fewer long term superstar running backs. Then, on top of that, the NFL suspends one superstar last year with Brady and does the same again this year with Elliott. What makes the Elliott suspension even worse is they are potentially destroying his career early on where at least Brady is nearing the end of his.

 

[ConstantReboot]

Wow the NFL has really gotten themselves in a big mess. Goddell deserves whatever he's going to get. Call it Karma if you may.

The commissioner will eventually succumb to public opinion and outrage. This is the beginning of the end for him.

 

[LocimusPrime]

Yes "shaming" is the new phrase that gets everyone upset. Body shaming is also a big one

 

[ghst187]

Yes "shaming" is the new phrase that gets everyone upset. Body shaming is also a big one

Yeah I'm waiting for racism charges to surface in this case...josh brown= 1 game, Brady = 4 games.. AP = 16 games, Hardy = 16 games, Elliott = 6 games.not saying it is or isn't or trying to start any debates here just saying I expect it to get tossed into this hot mess at some point.

 

[Melonfeud]

Cowboys "fans" have already been hit

Irreparably so,,,Too!

 

[Melonfeud]

Yeah I'm waiting for racism charges to surface in this case...josh brown= 1 game, Brady = 4 games.. AP = 16 games, Hardy = 16 games, Elliott = 6 games.not saying it is or isn't or trying to start any debates here just saying I expect it to get tossed into this hot mess at some point.

I'm going to continue refusing the entertaining of that thought vector!,,, as I might be in a minority of one when it comes to not really liking anyone, regardless of ethnicity, and while that is a factual and pertinent point you illustrate 187(code),it's not the card to be played in my opinion, those suspensions are pretty darn disproportionate though so,, ,,,,**** it! throw that casing-liner out there also!
Reckon a grand review and accounting is in order.

 

[NEODOG]

I know this... By the NFLPA pushing this so hard, Zeke better lube up, cause the league will make it hurt NOW even harder