Portis says with Pacman situation blown out of proportion

[Micjones]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

I think i know what your getting at.

Why was the Matt Jones cocaine incident put on page 12 of the sports section??

I will agree that the media tends to blow things up when its a black athlete. UNfortunately, thats how the media operates these days. Especially when its a huge "Lightening Rod" like Pacman.

Actually I hadn't planned on going there.

My point was simply that if Goodell is going to defer to the conditions of Jones' probation... He should wait to suspend him after it has been determined that he did in fact violate his probation.

[CoMoChief]

Originally Posted by Micjones

Actually I hadn't planned on going there.

My point was simply that if Goodell is going to defer to the conditions of Jones' probation... He should wait to suspend him after it has been determined that he did in fact violate his probation.

**** that......he was specifically told that if he had ANY run ins with the law, he would get suspended. I like this hard nosed approach.

Its very clear that Pacman can't stay out of trouble. His ass should be in jail. People seem to forget that he was involved in a ****ing shooting where a guy almost lost his life.

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by Micjones

Actually I hadn't planned on going there.

My point was simply that if Goodell is going to defer to the conditions of Jones' probation... He should wait to suspend him after it has been determined that he did in fact violate his probation.

Bullshit. Goodell put the responsibility square on Pac's shoulders to avoid even the slightest appearance of impropriety. He failed miserably and now must take responsibility for his actions.

If you fail to live up to your responsibilities you lose priveleges. Our children are taught this from a very young age. Clearly PacMan doesn't quite grasp the concept or he just doesn't care.

[Micjones]

Originally Posted by vailpass

Bullshit. Goodell put the responsibility square on Pac's shoulders to avoid even the slightest appearance of impropriety. He failed miserably and now must take responsibility for his actions.

I'm going to ask you to clarify which part of my commentary is bullshit.

Roger Goodell's reinstatement stipulated that he obey all three conditions of his probation, yes?

It has not been determined that he violated his probation, yes?

Those are facts sir. Dispute them if you'd like, but you'd only be calling your own credibility into question.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by Micjones

My point was simply that if Goodell is going to defer to the conditions of Jones' probation...

From my understanding he did violate the terms on his probation because alcohol was involved.

[Micjones]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

From my understanding he did violate the terms on his probation because alcohol was involved.

That hasn't been determined.
Police only said that they believed alcohol may have been involved.