The NFL needs more money

Commissioner Roger Goodell is letting everyone know that the NFL means business and is therefore going to start fining teams that has players were suspended for disciplinary reasons.

Goodell says:

“We want to continue to emphasize personal conduct and personal responsibility. One way to do it is to hold teams responsible for the conduct of their players."

So what happens if an NFL team doesn't suspend their players for disciplinary reasons? Does that mean they don't need pay the fine to the NFL? Also how much is the fine going to be? Will it be minimal like the fine that Bill Belichick received for spying on another team?

Source: Yahoo Sports

Seahawks cut Alexander. Alexander surprised.

Okay this is kind of old news. However since the Seahawks are my favorite team, I HAD to write about it.

Wednesday April 23, 2008 the Seattle Seahawks released former MVP running back Shaun Alexander. Two years prior to his release, he signed a $62 million contract become the franchise player.

Now gee, I wonder WHY he was cut. In 2005 he became the NFL MVP and a Super Bowl apperarence. Since then its been down hill. The last two seasons have been horrid in terms of performance and full of injuries for Alexander. In the last two years, he rushed for a around 1600 yards, compared to his 1690 yards rushed in 2004 then his 2005 MVP performance of 1880 yards.

I am actually surprised that the Seahawks kept him that long. Mike Holmgren and the rest of the Seahawks must have really liked him. Its not like they didn't give him a chance to improve. He had two full seasons!

Like George Michael, Shaun Alexander is making a come back! Well so he claims. "I will be playing for another NFL team this fall and doing everything I can to contribute," Alexander told the Associated Press. My guess is that will include passing out water to the player has he sits on the sidelines.

Source: Kansas City Star

Bryant Gumbel leaves....No one cares.

Bryant Dumbell (that was a typo, but I am leaving it cause it made me laugh) has decided to leave his sports analyst position on the NFL Network. To a big surprise, no one cares.

Gumbel said in a statement, "I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to call NFL Network games the past two years, which was a new experience for me, but we've agreed that we'd all be better served going in different directions."

What that translates to is, "Once again I have burnt bridges because I am conceited-ass. So I am going to leave the NFL Network before they actually fire me."

Source: The Sporting News