April 19, 2007

Urlacher fined $100,000 for Super Bowl hat : Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher was fined $100,000 by the NFL for wearing a cap during Super Bowl media day that promoted a sponsor not authorized by the league.

posted by BornIcon to football at 06:59 AM - 56 comments

I hope Vitaminwater paid his fine.

posted by dbt302 at 08:13 AM on April 19, 2007

*I just never thought wearing the 'wrong hat' would cause Roger Goodell to fine someone, let alone for $100,000. That seems a bit absurd but then again, maybe Goodell and David Stern (NBA Commissioner) are going tit for tat to see who can be more of a hardass. First, Goodell suspends Pacman Jones for the year and then David Stern basically fires official Joey Crawford. So, apparently feeling a little overshadowed, Goodell one-ups Stern and fines Urlacher for wearing a non-sponsored NFL product. All this did was give Vitaminwater more tv time anyways~ *Tongue in cheek

posted by BornIcon at 08:27 AM on April 19, 2007

No one is more hardass than that NFL. Huge fine. For a hat. I am seriously disliking the NFL these days. From a union standpoint, anyway.

posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 08:35 AM on April 19, 2007

From a union standpoint, the problem is that the NFL player's union has no balls. Dislike them for making a mockery of unions, not the league.

posted by tieguy at 08:46 AM on April 19, 2007

I would just as soon that players not becoming walking billboards every time they step in front of the camera. Fine him!

posted by bperk at 09:19 AM on April 19, 2007

I could agree with the "no walking billboards" thing, but I wonder what that $100,000 is going to. A proper fine, it seems to me, should be in response to a real problem, should provide an effective deterrent, and should be used for something that makes sense (either to fix the problem supposedly caused by the behavior that occasioned the fine, or, I dunno, cure for cancer or something).

posted by lil_brown_bat at 09:30 AM on April 19, 2007

It is very simple. Don't do things that violate the NFL "rules" you are not being forced to play the game. The fine seems excessive but excessive is relative only on an individual basis. I would like to know how often the fines do actually get paid and where does that money go?

posted by jsiewell at 09:41 AM on April 19, 2007

I agree with bornicon. Every commisioner in sports today have mental problems in my eys. Im just sayin that $100,000 is just BS. I never even noticed the hat untill i heard about the fine. And what players would take the time to look up everything u can and cant sponsor?

posted by TelamarketersBeware at 09:42 AM on April 19, 2007

Anybody want to bet that vitanimwater paid the fine for Urlacher?

posted by atobin10 at 10:04 AM on April 19, 2007

And what players would take the time to look up everything u can and cant sponsor? See, these guys have these other people called agents. You may not have heard of them, but get this -- they receive a chunk of a player's salary for (among other things) making sure he's following the terms of his contract and the NFL's rules. I think Urlacher might be calling his right now, or he might just be laughing with him at the $500K VitaminWater slipped him for the xtra pub.

posted by wfrazerjr at 10:13 AM on April 19, 2007

the problem is that the NFL player's union has no balls Quiet! You wanna get us in trouble or something?

posted by yerfatma at 10:18 AM on April 19, 2007

Urlacher should hold a press conference to discuss the fine, wearing his Vitaminwater gear. And mention "Vitaminwater" at least once a sentence.

posted by stevis at 10:22 AM on April 19, 2007

Perfect advertisement on Urlacher and Vitaminwater's part. I wouldn't even know about this product if not for this incident. It might night be free publicity, but they sure bought a lot with that $100,000.

posted by jmd82 at 10:26 AM on April 19, 2007

It took a real set of ^%$s to wear the Vitaminwater Cap. If Vitaminwater helps to grow such big ones, where can we buy Vitaminwater!!!! Piscator

posted by Fly_Piscator at 10:34 AM on April 19, 2007

The NFL probably makes a LOT of money off its official partners. Imagine how expensive the rights must be to become the official anything of the NFL. Especially during the Superbowl. (Weird about the Pro Bowl though -- who watches that?) If the players are allowed to wear whatever they want, this official sponsorship becomes a lot less valuable. Players will just wear whatever they get personally endorsed to wear, and the NFL's deals become worth less, which means the league makes a lot less money. So, crazy-sounding or not, this actually makes sense. It may be hard-assed, but it's also a very natural business decision.

posted by fabulon7 at 10:46 AM on April 19, 2007

I agree with the fine. First of all, the Superbowl is a revenue generating machine for the NFL and the TV network. This is common knowledge for the past few years. Everyone talks about how much the commercial spots cost and what the commercials will be. That's part of the superbowl hype. If these sponsors have to pay multi-million dollar fees to have their commercials run, then why would the NFL and the network allow a player or anyone else that gets his mug put on tv to adverise some company's name and product without permission. I guarantee that Urlacher got paid alot of money to do that. Let's be honest here, why would a highly profiled player wear a hat and t-shirt for vitaminwater? does he love it so much that he wants the world to share in his love of this product? ....NO! it's all about money and don't fool yourself into thinking it's anything less, or an oversight on the Urlacher. If the NFL fined him $100K for that, be assured that Urlacher and Vitaminwater knew that was going to happen and that he was paid a heck of a lot more. Where would one even get a hat and t-shirt for Vitaminwater? their product is hard to find as it is, nevertheless to buy their t-shirts and hats. And for all those who think that the commissioner is trying to show everyone he is in charge and that fining a player that much is wrong, You guys don't fully realize that this is and always will be a business. Employees don't make up their own rules and they don't tell the employer how to run the business.

posted by koolhandvuk at 10:50 AM on April 19, 2007

See, these guys have these other people called agents. You may not have heard of them, but get this -- they receive a chunk of a player's salary for (among other things) making sure he's following the terms of his contract and the NFL's rules. Not all agents are top notch, always make the rite decisions, perfect advisers if u know what i mean. Regardless, this is the 1st time ive heard about Vitaminwater. and if it works for Urlacher than i want some. VW probably paid him enough to cover the fine and he came out with a nice little profit.

posted by TelamarketersBeware at 11:09 AM on April 19, 2007

I'm not against the fine, per se - I'm against the amount. $100,000 is not a drop in the bucket, not for anyone. Sure Urlacher can handle it, but if another player may not be able to absorb such a loss so quickly. This is just in line with the low, low non-guaranteed contracts, huge risks and forgotten pensioners that is the legacy of the NFLPA. And where does the money go? I assume to a worthy cause, and not lining the impossibly rich-textured pockets of the NFL.

posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 11:15 AM on April 19, 2007

Vitaminwater can be purchased at just about any store here in New Jersey. 50 Cent (the rapper for the hiphop impaired) actually has his name on Vitaminwater, it's called 50 Vitaminwater. It's really not that bad either since they also come in different flavors. (Thanks for the check Brian, I'll make sure to mention Vitaminwater for you once more so you won't get in trouble)

posted by BornIcon at 11:31 AM on April 19, 2007

We must remember; it's all about the money. Companies pay alot money to be official NFL sponsors, so when players wear or drink a non-sponsor product at an NFL event, it pisses-off the companies that pay. I agree with the fine; the NFL is a business like it or not. If I were "Commissioner" the fines would be greater; so little pea-on companies with short money could'nt get national exposure so cheap. Without this rule you would find adias, reebok, nike, puma, pepsi, coke, gatorade, budweiser, coors, lipton tea, cheerios...........hats and tee shirts on every sideline.

posted by fourthreeforty at 11:35 AM on April 19, 2007

And where does the money go? I assume to a worthy cause, and not lining the impossibly rich-textured pockets of the NFL. Yea we wish. He's probably gonna go buy a Ferrari. When he could give sum of it to VT famalies for spending money to send there kids to college that arnt coming home.

posted by TelamarketersBeware at 11:35 AM on April 19, 2007

Weedy, I think the fine has to be that prohibitive. If it were substantially less, it would be hard to find a company that wasn't willing to send players out there to break the rules with a promise that the company has their backs on the fine.

posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 11:35 AM on April 19, 2007

Also, from here: When the NFL fines a player where does the money go? Answer Man: My question to you Lee is, “Are you testing me to see if I come up with a better answer than Chris Mortensen?” One Lee from Tallahassee submitted the exact same question to the ESPN analyst in 2003 and got what seems like a pretty straightforward answer. Is it a different Lee from Tallahassee, perhaps? Here’s the link in case you just needed to jog your memory. Anyway, it’s still an excellent question, because the answer is probably just what any fan would want to hear, so I’ll mirror Mr. Mortensen’s musings. Basically, all of that money goes to charity. Mortensen revealed the three charities to which the money is distributed – the Brian Piccolo Cancer Center, the Vince Lombardi Cancer Research Center and the NFL Players Association Players’ Assistance Trust. That is still true, but here’s a little extra detail. All fine money collected during a season is first split 50-50 between the NFL and the NFLPA. The NFL then donates its share to the first two charities while the NFLPA gives its share to the third one.

posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 11:53 AM on April 19, 2007

$100,000 seems like a bunch of money to most of us...but to these multi-million dollar athletes, that is chump change. That would be like most of us getting slapped with a $100 fine...not that much when you put it in perspective.

posted by txruncoach at 12:07 PM on April 19, 2007

That would be like most of us getting slapped with a $100 fine...not that much when you put it in perspective. If I got fined for wearing a Pepsi had during Coke day, no matter whether it's $100 or $1, I'd be pissed.

posted by mkn at 12:14 PM on April 19, 2007

I was just thinking that I hate paying $25 dollar for a fitted cap let alone having to pay a $100,000 dollar fine because the cap isn't a NFL sponsor. Just ridiculous~

posted by BornIcon at 12:24 PM on April 19, 2007

Is it just me or it always a "colorful" player who does these things (Jim McMahon with the Rozelle headband)? I don't think the fine matters to Urlacher, as stated above, he probably made more from Vitaminwater anyway. Sousepaw, thanks for the info. I knew the money went to charity, but I always thought it was a charity of the player's choice. Yerfatma, I have been reading up on Gene Upshaw and the NFLPA, (in light of the Conrad Dobbler/Phil Mickleson post) but missed this article. Thanks for it. I always thought Upshaw was a jerk, but that shows him as a real ass! sheesh!

posted by steelergirl at 12:46 PM on April 19, 2007

Quiet! You wanna get us in trouble or something? Whatever happened to our unions? I miss the days when bucking the union resulted in an accident involving somebody falling down an elevator shaft. Onto some bullets. Now they take away your blog?

posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 01:25 PM on April 19, 2007

Let's see, a head-to-head hit on the QB, $10,000.. A closeline shot to a defenseless receiver, $15,000.. Spearing a runningback already down, $5,000.. Wearing a non-official sponser's hat, $100,000.. Good to see the league has it's priorities straight regarding the values placed on money vs flesh.

posted by jaygolf at 02:54 PM on April 19, 2007

I don't get how these rules can pass constitutional muster, exactly. I guess the argument is you have to wear a "uniform" on media day, but since you're required to participate in media day or you get fined... yeah, yeah, yeah, I know all you bitter non-millionaire armchair Dershowitzes will chime in with "But if you don't want to sign a contract to play in the NFL you don't have to amirite?!", but then I guess we could start throwing around terms like "monopoly" and "collusion" and see how interesting it gets for the NFL. In any event, I always thought labor laws were structured such that you couldn't, voluntarily or otherwise, sign away your basic rights. I know the last few decades of the US history has shown a degrading of labor rights as stupid citizens piss away what took decades- or by some measures, centuries, for us as people to earn as rights and protections. But still: if I worked for Microsoft, and Microsoft was the only place a computer guy could work, and they required me to attend a "Software promotion day" and then took away part of my salary for wearing a Linux t-shirt... I think I'd have some grounds to sue that my first amendment rights were being violated, wouldn't I?

posted by hincandenza at 03:11 PM on April 19, 2007

Hal, the NFL has already been recognized as an illegal monopoly that uses predatory tactics in its business dealings. I thought they'd been busted for collusion, too, but that was MLB instead. I agree with Weedy; even though I've grown up watching the NFL, and love the Dolphins dearly, the league is really pissing me off. In fact, all four of the major North American sports leagues now appear to be run by jackleg dipshits so crooked they need a full team of lawyers and sycophants to screw their pants on every morning.

posted by The_Black_Hand at 03:39 PM on April 19, 2007

From TBH's link. It awarded the USFL only one dollar in damages, which was tripled under antitrust law to three dollars. It later emerged that the jury incorrectly assumed that the judge could increase the award. Funny stuff.

posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 03:45 PM on April 19, 2007

This is so disgusting and cynical its almost enough to turn me away from sport, at least on the "professional" level. Sorry to say the collegiate game is showing these same unhealthy traits. Whatever happened to love of the game?

posted by sickleguy at 03:49 PM on April 19, 2007

Whatever happened to our unions? "You can't treat the working man this way. One day, we'll form a union and get the fair and equitable treatment we deserve! Then we'll go too far, and get corrupt and shiftless, and the Japanese will eat us alive!" Please accept this quotation posing as poignant observation in place of anything useful to say. Like all works of man, they replaced the old order, became the new order then got thick in the middle and gradually less and less relevant. There's a place for organized labor in this country, but it will require the organizations to be as agile and lean as the companies that employ them. Whatever happened to love of the game? It never, ever existed on a universal level. The average Sport Love % of players today is probably the same as it was Way Back When Things Were Right. You just didn't have the media coverage. The way we follow sport today is like Irish Alzheimer's, only remembering the bad times. If someone isn't The Greatest of All Time, they're a goddamn overpaid choker of a bum and we'd better sit on hold with talk radio for a few hours so we can say just what the last guy said 'cause we'll be goddamned if we don't all agree everything used to be better before we knew what we were talking about.

posted by yerfatma at 03:55 PM on April 19, 2007

I agree with the fine. I am sure every player is aware of the policy. I am also sure that having your name on a nationally televised press conference for several minutes is worth a lot of money. My guess is that it was done with full knowledge that the fine was coming and still deemed worth it. Actually it is common practice for companies to pay big bucks to have there products shown or used in movies and television. Considering the cost of a 30 second commercial, the fine for giving free comercials should be very high. High enough to discourage players from doing it. I don't know for certain that Urlacher made or lost money on the fine compared to how much he was paid to wear the hat, but I am sure he was paid some pretty good money to do it. The fine has to be enough to offset what he was paid plus have some punative effect. I know Peperidge Farms paid a small fortune to have the animated character Garfield shown in the movie eating their Goldfish crackers. There are publicity people who's job it is to get products and product names conspicuously placed in all kinds of media. I am shocked anybody can't understand why the NFL and their paying sponsers have a problem with this. It circumvents their business interests.

posted by Atheist at 03:58 PM on April 19, 2007

In any event, I always thought labor laws were structured such that you couldn't, voluntarily or otherwise, sign away your basic rights. Wearing proper office attire isn't a basic right. Neither is attending a meeting in your office at the proper time and place. If you don't do that in a regular workplace, you can be fired. The league can't "fire" a player, but it can implement disciplinary action in accordance to the collective bargaining agreement it made with the players' union. If someone isn't The Greatest of All Time, they're a goddamn overpaid choker of a bum and we'd better sit on hold with talk radio for a few hours so we can say just what the last guy said 'cause we'll be goddamned if we don't all agree everything used to be better before we knew what we were talking about. What does Alex Rodriguez have to do with this? ;)

posted by grum@work at 04:10 PM on April 19, 2007

if I worked for Microsoft, and Microsoft was the only place a computer guy could work, and they required me to attend a "Software promotion day" and then took away part of my salary for wearing a Linux t-shirt... I think I'd have some grounds to sue that my first amendment rights were being violated, wouldn't I? Not if you received money to wear the Linux shirt. And your contract with Microsoft stipulated that you couldn't engage in any employment with a competing interest or engage in any other conflicts of interest. As far as the quantity of dollars goes, it's a punitive damages mindset: there are plenty of disincentives to cheap shots like the ones Jaygolf mentioned that extend beyond the fines (like suspensions, which damage the player and the team, and retributive hits to the players on your own team, both of which give the club an incentive to discourage this behavior as well). There are no natural disincentives to product endorsement, and there's plenty of cash backing up the practice, so the fine is substantially higher by necessity. What does Alex Rodriguez have to do with this? Nobody has done a better job, in such a short amount of time, of making me look like a total and utter idiot. I'm not saying it doesn't happen often. I'm just saying this one is pretty thorough. Can't say I mind it one bit, either. At this rate, John Sterling will be dead by the end of the month.

posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 04:31 PM on April 19, 2007

At this rate, John Sterling will be dead by the end of the month. You'll make me root for the Yankees yet.

posted by yerfatma at 04:47 PM on April 19, 2007

Well they do have to uphold their title as the No Fun League.

posted by yay-yo at 05:28 PM on April 19, 2007

grum, Sousepaw: notice the key element of "Microsoft was the only place a computer guy could work"- this is why I and The_Black_Hand made not that the NFL has been ruled an illegal monopoly, so unlike your standard job it's like being told "You can't work in the United States as a football player except for the NFL". The idea being that players will be fined for not showing up at media day, so they don't really have a choice to not be there unless they don't want to play football at all- and yet even their clothing is regulated? It sounds more like indentured servitude than it does a contract, unless the media day is explicitly stated in their initial contract; or could the NFL just start making up things for the players to do which they couldn't refuse? The infringed basic right I was talking about was the freedom of speech, infringed when coupled with the inability to not be there and the levying of a fine out of money already paid. Also, if I don't show up at a meeting at work, or wear inappropriate attire, they can choose to fire me, but they can't really take back money they've already paid me for time I've already worked, which is what a fine is. Why does the NFL have the ability to levy fines at all, other than the claim that they signed a contract to play in the NFL and that contract gives apparently carte blanche rights to levy any fines imaginable? What if a player simply said "Fuck you, I won't pay the fine?" Do they actually have a legal right to force the player to pay the fine? I guess that's a union thing and a contract thing, so the argument would be "They signed a contract, and as every junior grade superdooper internet lawyer wannabe knows, a contract can contain any clause, no matter how unseemly- for example, the NFL could demand their firstborn child be given up for a rules infraction, and the player couldn't legally refuse!" Uh... yeah. But it still seems... unequitable. And if my workplace started pulling a Bill Lumbergh and requiring me to work extra days without pay... shouldn't I be free to refuse? Well in my case, Washington state law explicitly declares that certain executive positions, as well as those of computer professionals making more than $54,000 (it says this in particular- this professional class was singled out, presumably due to the influence of the likes of Microsoft) can be salary-exempt for work-hour rules and overtime pay. But I recall no mention of "linebacker" or "#3 starting pitcher" in those laws, so... if I played for the Mariners, and we had 5 games a week, and if practice plus pre-game, plus game, plus post-game time was greater than 40 hours, couldn't I just walk off the field when I hit the 40 hour mark? Are these players, between practices and the games and required media appearances, potentially putting in more than 40 hours per week- shouldn't they be getting overtime and/or comp pay, or be able to claim that they aren't an exempt employee under their state's laws, and therefore must be compensated at time-and-a-half for appearances at media day? I know, I know- just wave your hands and say "contract, contract" and somehow all worries will fade away. These sound like facetious questions, but they aren't: why aren't players challenging this bullshit? And I wish we had legislators with balls who would destroy these leagues, just decimate them in multi-billion dollar anti-trust lawsuits. I wanna see that fuckwad David Stern begging for mercy, or watch Bud Selig cry crocodile tears as he's told that his "I'll move a team" shell game to get a taxpayer built stadium is not only rejected but ruled unlawful! :)

posted by hincandenza at 06:36 PM on April 19, 2007

Players are not protesting this bullshit because the NFL making tons of money means that players make tons of money. Damaging the NFL's ability to make money from sponsors means less money for the players. All this money is revenue, a portion of which is guaranteed to the players. Why would the players want to sacrifice that revenue stream, so that Brian Urhlacher can make some side money on top of the millions that he is already making? The players aren't working for free. They make large bonuses for making it to the Super Bowl.

posted by bperk at 07:03 PM on April 19, 2007

I wish we had legislators with balls who would destroy these leagues Something tells me "Vote Senator Incandenza, he destroyed the NFL!" is not a winning re-election slogan.

posted by Venicemenace at 09:25 PM on April 19, 2007

unless the media day is explicitly stated in their initial contract I'm not sure, but "Days Off" are definitely stated in the contracts, so there probably is something about "media requirements" and such (like allowing reporters into the locker room for post-game interviews). grum, Sousepaw: notice the key element of "Microsoft was the only place a computer guy could work"- this is why I and The_Black_Hand made not that the NFL has been ruled an illegal monopoly, so unlike your standard job it's like being told "You can't work in the United States as a football player except for the NFL". Other places to work as a football player in North America: CFL Arena Football American Professional Football League Why does the NFL have the ability to levy fines at all, other than the claim that they signed a contract to play in the NFL and that contract gives apparently carte blanche rights to levy any fines imaginable? They can fine players because the player's union agreed to it. It's called a "collective bargaining agreement". It's also the same thing that guarantees a player receives a minimum salary to play, health benefits and other things that are agreed upon between the league and the union. I know, I know- just wave your hands and say "contract, contract" and somehow all worries will fade away. Would you rather businesses simply waved their hands and said "void void" any time they wanted? Contracts work both ways: services rendered AND compensation. If one side fails to follow the rules laid out, the other side doesn't have to follow through either. Sure, the contracts aren't guaranteed (like in other professional sports), but NFL players can then hold out for more money whenever they feel like it. It's why I never get angry when an NFL player does it. That's their only bargaining chip, and they should use it. And I wish we had legislators with balls who would destroy these leagues, just decimate them in multi-billion dollar anti-trust lawsuits. I wanna see that fuckwad David Stern begging for mercy, or watch Bud Selig cry crocodile tears as he's told that his "I'll move a team" shell game to get a taxpayer built stadium is not only rejected but ruled unlawful! :) I'm surprised you are even capable of watching professional sports with that sort of bile and disgust welling up inside you.

posted by grum@work at 11:01 PM on April 19, 2007

I am not sure how strong the NFLPA was back in 1956 when they were founded, but they sure need some help now. I know that I am a member of the IAFF and we are a union that can not strike by law. The old guys at the station say Reagan took alot away from us after the PATCO strike. Some even say that none of the unions have ever recovered from that move alone. I can't say personally I was only a kid when that happened. However, there are alot of closed mills around here, and the biggest complaint from the owners was wages.

posted by jojomfd1 at 12:10 AM on April 20, 2007

What does Alex Rodriguez have to do with this? Sorry grum but have you seen what A-Rod has done so far in the season (10 HR in 14 games)? I am no Yankees fan but I had to post what A-Rod did last night against the Indians when he blasted another walk-off homerun in the 9th with 2 outs and 2 men on base (on 2nd & 3rd) and the Evil Empire down 5-6. The guy is on fire but people act like this is new news. Ok, his post season with the Yanks have been, how can I put this? God awful!! But..everyone knows that for his entire career, A-Rod has been the best player in baseball, bar none! *People don't realize how hard it is for me to post anything about A-Rod since A-Rod is my all-time favorite baseball player but he plays for the Yankees....and I'm a Mets fan~

posted by BornIcon at 06:02 AM on April 20, 2007

america the the land of the free? i dont think so, all this country has turned out to be is a modern day communist state

posted by coachhannon at 07:21 AM on April 20, 2007

*People don't realize how hard it is for me to post anything about A-Rod since A-Rod is my all-time favorite baseball player but he plays for the Yankees....and I'm a Mets fan~ Thats quite the predicament isn't it. I had that yesterday also, A-Rod is one of my favorites too, but the Indians have always been my team.

posted by jojomfd1 at 07:34 AM on April 20, 2007

So I take it that we're pretty much in the same boat then jojomfd1. Just don't stand up, it might tip over~

posted by BornIcon at 08:03 AM on April 20, 2007

Exactly and an out of shape guy like me just may sink with my luck.

posted by jojomfd1 at 08:15 AM on April 20, 2007

Sorry grum but have you seen what A-Rod has done so far in the season (10 HR in 14 games)? I'm well aware of what he has done, and his general quality of play. My comment was a poke at those that derided him in the past. The Crafty Sousepaw got the joke.

posted by grum@work at 08:55 AM on April 20, 2007

Oh I see, an inside joke. I bet those same doubters are kicking themselves now~

posted by BornIcon at 09:10 AM on April 20, 2007

Yeah, we're all aware of just how Mr. April has been hitting the ball lately. If we weren't, you told us. About a dozen times today, by my count.

posted by lil_brown_bat at 12:43 PM on April 20, 2007

Has anyone noticed the amazing hot streak Arod is on right now?

posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 07:06 PM on April 21, 2007

america the the land of the free? i dont think so, all this country has turned out to be is a modern day communist state Stupidest. Post. Ever. This has nothing to do with the state of rights in America. Urlacher works for the Chicago Bears Football Club, a part of the National Football League. Therefore, he is subject to rules and regulations provided by the Chicago Bears, and the National Football League. This has nothing to do with communism, or your misguided political commentary.

posted by The_Black_Hand at 06:56 AM on April 23, 2007

That may just be one of the more thought out posts he has made so far. Check this out and you'll see what I mean TBH.

posted by jojomfd1 at 05:18 PM on April 23, 2007

Thanks for the lexicon, jojo. When the Communist America Thought Police come after him, perhaps you'll join me in a six-pack to celebrate. My treat, of course.

posted by The_Black_Hand at 05:20 AM on April 24, 2007

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