ATHLETIC ASSHOLES

[HairOfTheDog]

Is Richard Sherman just being a disrespectful asshole, or does he make a good point?

I don't know the answer and I like Sherman even if he is being an asshole, but I'm curious what people who follow NFL closely think about his comments today.



In regards to Roger Goodell's proposal that players be ejected if they commit two personal fouls in a game, Sherman (now a member of the Players Association Executive Committee) told ESPN: "'I think it's foolish, but it sounds like something somebody who's never played the game would say, something that they would suggest, because he doesn't understand. He's just a face. He's just a suit. He's never stepped foot on the field and understood how you can get a personal foul."

(The fouls that would count toward an ejection would be kicking; throwing a punch, a forearm; using threatening, abusive or insulting language; and using taunting or baiting acts.)

Sherman was also asked why the rules governing what a catch is have caused so much controversy. Sherman told ESPN:"Because you've got a bunch of suits doing it. Like I said before, you don't have a bunch of guys ... let Jerry Rice and Michael Irvin talk about it for about 20, 30 minutes. Maybe Cris Carter. Randy Moss, let those guys have a roundtable discussion about what a catch should be and come up with a rule. I guarantee you it'd be more effective than the rule they have now because those are the pass-catchers. 'Those are some of the best pass-catchers we've had. I think it'd be more straightforward and to the point."

The league's competition committee will present 19 rule change proposals at the NFL owner's meeting this week in Boca Raton, Florida.