NFL to penalize use of N-word, racial slurs

[mraynrand]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10...al-slurs-games

So what will it be? Just the N-word, or a whole list of words?

Which N-words exactly will be banned? Will Niggas and Niggaz be banned as well?

Bring in Julian Curry as a consultant!

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A guy like Bill Leavy will never figure this out!

[mraynrand]

I think 'Cracker' should only be a five yarder.

[pbmax]

Going to be at least 8 of 'em.

[woodbuck27]

Bring in Trey Parker and Matt Stone as consultants.

[smuggler]

Anytime anyone says 'Redskins' they get a penalty. Seems legit.

[Rastak]

Anytime anyone says 'Redskins' they get a penalty. Seems legit.

It does indeed.

[Kiwon]

So the not-for-profit NFL which pays its commisioner Roger Goodell $44.2 million a year ($850,000 per week) wants to institutionalized thought and speech standards?

America's favorite sport is now its most obvious social Petri Dish.

Cue the selective enforcement, hypocrisy and double-standards. Yes, please, lecture your fan base on acceptable speech while media executives with NFL-ties promote artists and lyrics that popularize the very language they seek to ban on the field. It's all fine, except for those 3 hours on Sunday.

If the PC-NFL needs a worthy cause to promote then try 'Responsible Fatherhood' (or is that too heterosexual-centric and thus unfair to the remaining 3.4%?). How about encouraging men to MARRY the women they produce children with?

[pbmax]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/02/23/ryan-clark-rooney-wanted-the-n-word-out-of-our-locker-room/

How about the for profit Steelers?

[woodbuck27]

So the not-for-profit NFL which pays its commisioner Roger Goodell $44.2 million a year ($850,000 per week) wants to institutionalized thought and speech standards?

America's favorite sport is now its most obvious social Petri Dish.

Cue the selective enforcement, hypocrisy and double-standards. Yes, please, lecture your fan base on acceptable speech while media executives with NFL-ties promote artists and lyrics that popularize the very language they seek to ban on the field. It's all fine, except for those 3 hours on Sunday.

If the PC-NFL needs a worthy cause to promote then try 'Responsible Fatherhood' (or is that too heterosexual-centric and thus unfair to the remaining 3.4%?). How about encouraging men to MARRY the women they produce children with?

[Kiwon]

Nice to see you back, Woody.

Hey, while you were gone.......You didn't just get back from Sochi, Russia did you?

[Cheesehead Craig]

So the not-for-profit NFL which pays its commisioner Roger Goodell $44.2 million a year ($850,000 per week) wants to institutionalized thought and speech standards?

America's favorite sport is now its most obvious social Petri Dish.

Cue the selective enforcement, hypocrisy and double-standards. Yes, please, lecture your fan base on acceptable speech while media executives with NFL-ties promote artists and lyrics that popularize the very language they seek to ban on the field. It's all fine, except for those 3 hours on Sunday.

If the PC-NFL needs a worthy cause to promote then try 'Responsible Fatherhood' (or is that too heterosexual-centric and thus unfair to the remaining 3.4%?). How about encouraging men to MARRY the women they produce children with?

Repped

[SMBASS]

So the not-for-profit NFL which pays its commisioner Roger Goodell $44.2 million a year ($850,000 per week) wants to institutionalized thought and speech standards?

America's favorite sport is now its most obvious social Petri Dish.

Cue the selective enforcement, hypocrisy and double-standards. Yes, please, lecture your fan base on acceptable speech while media executives with NFL-ties promote artists and lyrics that popularize the very language they seek to ban on the field. It's all fine, except for those 3 hours on Sunday.

If the PC-NFL needs a worthy cause to promote then try 'Responsible Fatherhood' (or is that too heterosexual-centric and thus unfair to the remaining 3.4%?). How about encouraging men to MARRY the women they produce children with?

+++1!

[Joemailman]

So the not-for-profit NFL which pays its commisioner Roger Goodell $44.2 million a year ($850,000 per week) wants to institutionalized thought and speech standards?

America's favorite sport is now its most obvious social Petri Dish.

Cue the selective enforcement, hypocrisy and double-standards. Yes, please, lecture your fan base on acceptable speech while media executives with NFL-ties promote artists and lyrics that popularize the very language they seek to ban on the field. It's all fine, except for those 3 hours on Sunday.

If the PC-NFL needs a worthy cause to promote then try 'Responsible Fatherhood' (or is that too heterosexual-centric and thus unfair to the remaining 3.4%?). How about encouraging men to MARRY the women they produce children with?

That's quite an overreaction. Sounds like they're saying NFL employees cannot use the word in their workplace. I couldn't use it in my workplace either if I wanted to.

[mraynrand]

Any parent knows that as soon as you 'ban' a word you get two reactions:
1) it gets use more and more
2) If you really get punished harshly, and effectively, for using a particular word, you just come up with something else

Joemailman, you are a parsnip!

[pbmax]

This measure, according to PFT, stems from the incident between a Redskin (irony!) player and an official in a game last year.

Push against racial slurs traces to Ellison-Williams incident

The disconnect between the NFL under Goodell and a team like the Steelers tells you all you need to know about why Goodell struggles to implement change.