Should the NFL fine Packers players for profane tweets criticizing the league and referees as a result of Monday night's call?

by SportsNation Posted 2012/09/25 13:02:21

Related Topics: NFL, Tweet, Tweets, NFL Referees, Packers, Seahawks

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Reichstolz 2012/09/25 19:24:41

No

+5
Heck some of the players said to fine them and use the money to end the lockout.
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flrdsgns 2012/09/28 03:18:56

No

NFL should never have used scab labor in the first place.

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ThinkAb... to flrdsgns 2012/09/28 06:13:11

Actually they performed like a typical union member.

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flrdsgns to ThinkAb... 2012/09/28 15:37:24

So why did everyone want the union refs back so bad?

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Quazimoto 2012/09/27 15:08:24

No

It's called freedom of speech. Use it before we loose it.

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ThinkAboutIt! 2012/09/27 14:24:13

No

You can't get sacked 8 times and expect to win a game.
The packers lost before that call was made.

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Callaway 2012/09/26 15:08:25

No

300m changed hands in Vegas due to that one idiotic call, the NFL has more than enough on ti's plate that becoming the cyber hall monitor for the players. A couple things come to mind is the concussion/growing lawsuit issue that just seems to have drifted out of the medias spin list like a top 20 song fallen out of favor and this petty cash official contract issue that apparently someone wants to pound their chest on.

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susan BN-0 2012/09/26 02:35:58
ThinkAb... to susan BN-0 2012/09/27 14:21:36

+1
You can't get sacked 8 times in a game and expect to win.

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susan BN-0 to ThinkAb... 2012/09/28 03:42:42

That's true,but It was still a bad call.

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James 2012/09/26 01:09:16

No

+1
Leave the crybaby fudgePacker fans alone. If letting them sulk on Twitter and Facebook helps then so be it.

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JohnT 2012/09/25 23:43:00

No

Hell to the No, I didn't know that being a football player takes away their constitutional rights of freedom of expression. The stinking NFL dictates way too much as it is for the players. They are a monopoly that needs to be sued and broken up. I love football but cannot stand a dictatorial organization that is allowed to run rough shod over the players, coaches and fans.

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carlton999 2012/09/25 22:14:48

Yes

If the commissioner stays his course of low tolerance they will get fined.

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scbluesman13 2012/09/25 22:13:43

No

It was a BS call on the ref's part, and the players have every reason to be upset about it.

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Kat ♪ 2012/09/25 22:06:02

No

First amendment.

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Jim to Kat ♪ 2012/09/26 05:07:54

This is not a First Amendment issue. No one is denying their right to complain about the call. They don't have the right to use profane or abusive language. It is the same principle as you don't have the right to stand up in the middle of a crowded theater and yell fire when there isn't one.

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Kat ♪ to Jim 2012/09/26 12:09:18

No yelling fire in a theater is a safety issue, this is censorship.

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Temlakos~POTL~PWCM~JLA~☆ 2012/09/25 21:55:23

No

+1
The league goofed. They're not training their substitute referees properly. Bad calls are deciding games. Can you blame the players for feeling bad about that?

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gregaj7 2012/09/25 21:46:46

No

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I'm more in favor of suspending the season until the ref thing is resolved. Some fan, with extreme legal knowledge, just might sue the NFL for breach of Trust in their offer of a sub-par product tot he consumer.

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JustBeingAtPeace 2012/09/25 21:41:20

No

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Ugh! Is this still America??? What they do/say on their off time is their own bussiness!

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JohnT to JustBei... 2012/09/25 23:45:36

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Not according to the NFL, Alex Smith QB 49ers almost got a 15k fine for wearing a SF Giant baseball hat within 90 minutes of the end of their game. What kind of crap is that. The NFL needs to be brought down to earth.

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JustBei... to JohnT 2012/09/27 01:05:38

+1
Agreed! I know they get paid big time but everyone is off the clock at SOME point!

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kevracer 2012/09/25 21:23:07

No

by joining the NFL did the players give up freedom of speech?

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Jim to kevracer 2012/09/26 05:11:02

It's not a matter of freedom of speech. They have the right to complain, not the right to use profane and or abusive language. You can't stand up in a crowded theater and yell fire if there isn't one and claim freedom of speech.

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kevracer to Jim 2012/09/27 16:51:22

the Packers were perfectly within their rights as citizens and players to say on Twitter that the refs f*cked them

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16 2012/09/25 20:31:08

No

HELL NO! Horrible decision by the back-up refs.

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Mark5610 2012/09/25 20:28:55
Tennessee3501 2012/09/25 20:16:44

No

+2
No they should pay all of them bonuses for speaking the truth. Isn't it time to make Condi Rice the new NFL Commissioner? She has always said she wanted the job!

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Idiot repubs 2012/09/25 20:16:43

No

I didn't realize what a liar Golden Tate was until the ESPN interview.

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voice_matters 2012/09/25 20:06:39

Yes

another example of the lib attitude of america

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16 to voice_m... 2012/09/25 20:31:54

What?

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voice_m... to 16 2012/09/25 20:37:28

another example of lib stupidity on this site

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16 to voice_m... 2012/09/25 20:49:15

No, I said what, because I was wondering how being a liberal or liberalism had anything to do with this.

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voice_m... to 16 2012/09/25 20:52:46

you want to post lib stupidity i call it lib stupidity. your libshbit is boring. sorry libby the rules are the rules

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voice_m... to 16 2012/09/25 20:53:16

i will respond a couple more times so you can get your points to level up

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voice_m... to 16 2012/09/25 20:53:37

how many points do you need to level up?

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16 to voice_m... 2012/09/25 21:24:56

I'm not exactly sure. I'm on my phone.

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voice_m... to 16 2012/09/27 14:47:42

Here are more points for you

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voice_m... to 16 2012/09/27 14:47:53

Point

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voice_m... to 16 2012/09/27 14:48:04

Point

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voice_m... to 16 2012/09/27 14:48:16

Point

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