>>>The NFL is a fascist organization. I can't wait for the World Cup.
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>>>Mike, no one forces people to play in the NFL. Your usage of terms just amazes me. <s>
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>>>Do you really think Goodell is expecting too much when he suspends players for getting caught on gun charges, drug possession, and in the case of Big Ben, using alcohol to attract young girls and then whipping out his "Steel Curtain"?
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>>Yes. It's none of their business what he does off the field. The proper authorities have chosen not to file charges and here comes Goodell suspending him. Not his role at all.
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>>That is not defending Roethlisberger. He is a creep. It's just not the NFL's role to jump in.
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>>I stand by the use of the word fascist. The NFL is more corporate than IBM and General Motors put together.
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>That's also not what "fascist" means.

True.

From the dictionary:

1 often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition
2 : a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control (early instances of army fascism and brutality — J. W. Aldridge)

Still think Roger Goodell doesn't fit the description?