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[sarisataka]

44. I don't know if I would say moron

and I am sure he spoke his opinion with the full knowledge and approval of the network. I believe he had a greater failing in reading someone else's words rather than his own. That I would have respected more.

And I agree there is a massive disconnect in the NFL. They push players to deliver the most exciting (violent) product they can deliver while claiming to be concerned for their health. I believe that concern ends when the player's career ends. They disavow any long term problems or when the violence spills from the field into a player's personal life.

The players are further enabled by the NFL, their teams and the legal system for the slap-on-the-wrist treatment we see a dozen or more times each year when they get in trouble with drink, drugs or 'altercations'.

I would have had far more respect for Costas if he advocated against domestic violence or the culture of violence in America.

Agree completely, even to add that guns are not solutions to everyday problems and must be handled with the utmost care would have been ok. To say that neither would be dead if not for a gun and the implication that the gun made him do it is merely excusing the violent action and avoiding the tough question of 'why'