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Old 09-09-2014, 06:17 PM  
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What have been the NFL's biggest public relations problems in its history?
Honestly, I'm trying to get amped up over this Ray Rice deal, but it doesn't seem bigger than a lot of other stuff they've had to deal with over the years, and some other stuff seems bigger. Off the top of my head, I can think of...

The concussion issue and guys like Mike Webster and Joe Phillips
O.J. Simpson
Rae Carruth
Jovan Belcher (though that got scant attention the more I think about it)
You had the Hornung/Karras gambling suspensions back in the 1960s
The defections of players to the WFL in the 1970s
The AFL/NFL wars
The USFL tussles

I'm sure I'm missing a bunch.

It seems to me that the O.J. thing dwarfed everything else in scale, though of course most of that deflected off of the NFL shield since he'd been out of the league for so long. So what's the biggest impact that the NFL shield has taken?
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Old 09-10-2014, 09:47 AM   #61
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I actually think the Vick thing was more damaging. Especially because he was able to come back and be a star afterwards. Never underestimate how many people there are who care more about dogs than humans.
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Old 09-10-2014, 10:42 AM   #62
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Just think how many cases of domestic violence NFL security investigate a year that never get reported.

To the NFL this was just another incident. They spoke with law enforcement who told them it'll get resolved with a diversion program - no probation, no jail time, etc. To the NFL, who has had to deal with vehicular manslaughter, rape and murder/suicides, this just wasn't a big deal.

The biggest PR battles the NFL faces are with strikes. No $$$ - now, that's a problem.
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Old 09-10-2014, 10:55 AM   #63
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Old 09-10-2014, 10:59 AM   #64
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It's equal with the Ron Mexico fiasco.

That was sad because after he came back, pretty much all the people who disliked him still did, and all the people who liked his game still did.

Personally, I think anyone who serves prison time should be banned for life, but that's just me. It's unseemly for the league to be running ex-cons out there and paying them millions.
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I wasn't alive, so I don't know the reaction, but I know Rozelle said he always regretted having games the weekend after JFK was shot. But, again, I don't know if that was just personal guilt, or due to fans.
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Sorry, but a football league playing already-scheduled football games does not in any way damage it's brand. Having notable players commit atrocities does.
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