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Originally Posted by arrwheader
Ok, ill explain.
Did you not see what he did to get out of Oakland? He threatened their gm blasted the team on social media, not to mention the stuff that came out about him in Pitt which was consistent with him missing meetings, being above other players.
He hired a social media person to make sure he got released so he could sign with another team. The guy thinks he is god and then there is everyone else. Then he gets accused of rape/sexual assault. There's already stuff out there about the guy and child endangerment. He keeps going, keeps acting a fool and keeps getting employed. I'd say that's enabling by definition.
Enabling - has the effect of releasing the enabled person from having to take responsibility for his or her behavior. Enabling means that someone else will always fix, solve, or make the consequences go away.
Let me ask you this Bob, did you give a shit about AB before he signed with your team? I bet no. So why defend him? I get the **** this guy he's gonna help us win, but if you think the pats move to sign him isn't tainted then i think you live in another reality bud.
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Understood but those transgressions took place while he was in OAK and Pitt- Not in New England.
As I've stated on this board I think AB is a slime.
I can understand fans who want their team to adhere to higher moral standard. I have no issue with that.
For me, I do not. I don't care what the player is off the field. I have compartmentalized my fandom to the team- not the player.
So, to be clear I am not defending AB's past. What I am defending is he will be held to a standard in New England. If he breaks a law, if he is a bad teammate or performs poorly as an employee of the NEP, he'll be gone. There will no enablement, no warnings and no accommodations.
Now if you want to argue it's the NFL that is actually the enabler, then you are on to something.