What the NFLPA should do if the "n word" ban is passed

[RB TexLa]

Words have meanings, the meanings change based on who is saying them and their intent. If you've ever been near the filed for an NFL game you will understand how silly the idea for ejecting players who use the "n word" twice in a football game is.

Players could just chose another word to use, even something silly like grapefruit and see if the NFL will then tell them they are not allowed to speak that word either. The NFL could have a whole list of words they do not allow players to utter.

Make the NFL rule book include items such as this: You may say this word when you are not near anyone, you may say that word at any time, if you wish to say this other word you must first ask our permission.

However it would be easier if entire teams went to the officials and said the "n word" twice garnering 15 yard penalties and then game ejections for all 106 players in the game. Let's see how much advertising the NFL sells for week 2 after every game is over before kickoff. Surely they will tell everyone the most important thing is the executives have controlled the mouths and words these players are saying. The games can wait, as long as the players are kept in line and speak as they are told to speak.

[hlthe2b]

1. Oh fer gawd's sakes: the "N-word" is not just like any other word... n/t

[DonViejo]

31. You're correct BUT...

there is a word being used in place of the "N-word." That word is "thug."

[WhiteTara]

2. Aren't you all defiant, now.

How about if 106 people came up to you, got in your face and used unspeakable language designed stick arrows into your soul? Would you consider that okay?

[former9thward]

4. Says someone who clearly has never been near professional football.

Or any sports. No one is "sticking arrows into souls." Nine times out of ten it is the black players saying the word. But I guess you are smarter than they are and know what's best for them. Right?

[WhiteTara]

9. I stand corrected.

Let the slurs roll!

[RB TexLa]

20. A word is a slur if intented to be the meaning of a word comes from the person saying it

[WhiteTara]

32. Okay....let all those nasty words of non-slurring

fill the air! woo hoo...no hard feelings right, you little dangling d*ck? right...in our house little dangling d*ck is a form of endearment...hope it is in yours...unless of course it doesn't matter if the non-slurring sounds unkind...I can just mean it to be a friendly little joke, even though you don't think it is one, right?

[RB TexLa]

34. If you and I had a cultural connection where we as a group had chosen to take a

word back from another group and use it ourselves, then yeah. But you know that isn't the case with you and me. Or do you not understand that? Maybe this is something you don't understand, WhiteTara.

[Lonusca]

19. The NFLPA

has been very silent on the Martin case. I would love to be a fly on the wall in their offices for a day.

It will be interesting to see what the Union says when the ejection (or penalty) rate mirrors the 90% rate from your post. The work environment of the NFL is unique. We are going to have an interesting clash of cultures here.

[n2doc]

3. Nobody cares

Sorry. The "N" word has a long and sordid history. Banning its use is fine with me, and I would bet that it will be ok with everyone in the NFL. It is a business, and people work for a living there. They don't have the luxury of high school level acts of civil disobedience.

[LittleBlue]

5. It's a dumb rule

Ejecting someone for using the n-word? Good lord.

And that ridiculous pressure group saying they want it eliminated everywhere from the locker room to the field, which isn't remotely possible.

My guess is that Goodell doesn't touch this isuse with a 10 foot pole

[dsc]

25. try saying that word at any other workplace and see what happens

the NFL is, all protests to the contrary, a workplace.

[WhiteTara]

35. well, I was just told that this was

a take back and there fore acceptable...and I should not get up in OPs grill.

[ZombieHorde]

6. I am pretty sure I would be fired for using racial slurs at my job.

Woe is me! Day after day I have to avoid using racial slurs. I'm being told how to speak! The injustice!

[beerandjesus]

18. Hahahaha, brilliant post!

First they came for the communists.....

[pintobean]

7. Is that word allowed in your workplace?

Should it be allowed in any workplace?

[Orrex]

8. We're penalized 15 yards from the coffee maker if we say it.

[WhiteTara]

11. lol

is that a forever penalty? That's series. and could be grounds to act human!

[RB TexLa]

10. I saw a movie last night where the actors simulated a murder. Should simulating a murder

have been allowed at their workplace?

[WhiteTara]

13. Ole Miss said no to that

at least in the frats.

[pintobean]

14. Saying that word is a simulated slur?

Racial slurs are entertainment? What are you trying to say, and how does it answer my question?

[LeftyMom]

12. This is the hill you want to die on? Really?

[XemaSab]

21. Hundreds of thousands of Confederate soldiers fought and died for the freedom to use that word

n/t

[LeftyMom]

22. Sadly some of them survived and returned home to the waiting arms of their first cousin.

[XemaSab]

23. And their descendants are still with us today

trolling the internets.

[LeftyMom]

28. Amazing that they can type with thier flippers and claws, really.

[XemaSab]

30. I'm sure they just have macros and hotkeys and whatnot

"Illegals are ruining this country."

"Why isn't there a white history month?"

"The United States was founded on the laws of God."

"The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun."

"The Bible says that sodomites are going to hell."

"The white Christian man is the real endangered species in this country."

etc.

[WhiteTara]

36. Thank you for the great sub thread here!

I almost spewed my screen. Very funny to a very serious problem.

[RB TexLa]

38. The word when used on an NFL playing field is not generally used as an insult by white people

[Dr. Strange]

15. You should do this too.

You should use that word again and again until Skinner bans you.

[Spider Jerusalem]

16. I can understand the ban, really.

Context is important and that particular word, from a black player, directed at another black player "fuck you think you were doing on that last play, ------?" or "damn, ------, that was a beautiful interception" has a different force, context and meaning than coming from a white player. Only the NFL has a problem if they say "it's okay for these players to say this and not those" because there'll be predictable accusations of double standards and even that old favourite "reverse racism". (Contrast this with the English Premier League where a player, John Terry, who is white, received a 4-match ban and a £220K fine...around US$350K...for "racial abuse" for calling another player a "black c---".)

[Nye Bevan]

17. Are they also going to ban "faggot" and "cocksucker"?

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If not, why not? Are they implicitly suggesting that these words are fine?

[dsc]

27. now that is a valid point

[WinkyDink]

24. Your mother.

What?

[Aerows]

26. I'm sure that dog

has the capacity to hunt.

There's a bucket with a hole in it. Carry water in it to give to your hunting dog.

[jberryhill]

29. Become the FLPA?

[indie9197]

33. OK how do you talk trash to ghe player in front of you

without "insulting" him? Good luck with this one NFL!

[sarisataka]

37. I don't see a problem...

as a sometimes soccer referee I have learned curses and slurs in several languages. The cursing will get at least a warning, depending on context. Any slur is a straight red- ejection and likely 1+ game suspension.

Such talk has no place in work or sports. If that's your trash talk, you need to look at what sort of person you are...