Riddle me this Goddell

Dear Rodger,

Could you please explain to me in the simplest terms possible just how you decide who and how much to fine a player for hits to the head?  I am not the smartest person on the planet and it just doesn't make sense to me.

If an offensive player is running the ball, he is within his rights as a 250lb man to lower his head and plow directly into anyone he sees fit?

I think that's how it works. 

So if that same offensive player lowers his head in an attempt to plow someone over and get FREAKING EARHOLED....SPINNING HIS ENTIRE HEAD FROM HIS NECK...that's cool too? --ok no fine for that.


So a player that is 6'1" weighing 250 lbs that is running a 4.5 40 yard dash that is closing in to make a tackle is now responsible for making sure that the wide receiver that just caught the ball has enough time to turn around and not move his head in harms way before we can make contact.

-- ok so if I break this "rule" (let's call it Goddellism) it will cost me $75,000.00?

So on defense, attempting to separate a man from the ball which we all are taught to do as small children learning the game is now frowned upon?

Alright, then if a tight-end running up the seam attempts to catch the ball having no knowledge of the safety sprinting directly at him and gets laid out, it is a fineable offense.  If this safety makes no effort to use any other part of his body other than his head, launches off of the ground aiming for the head of the tight-end making contact and CRUSHING said tight-end it only costs $50,000.00?

So Roger, I guess my question is why the additional 25k?  Are you grandfathering some other factors into the decision making tree?  I really don't want to hear the first time offenders B.S. because you stated that there is no longer such a category.

"All offenses will be treated and punished equally." 

Brandon Meriweather speared Todd Heap on purpose intending to injure him...this is without question...but when it came time to place a price on his action it was lower than James Harrison's fine for an on the ground hit with a player that ACTUALLY HAD THE BALL!! 

Roger,  please remove your head from your ass. 

The NFL is a league of bad-asses who know exactly how hard the game is played.  It is fully understood by the players that they are going to get hit from time to time.  If some players don't want to participate, I am sure that we could find others that would love to fill in. 

You Roger, as an executive of the NFL have been profiting off of big hits and player pain for decades.

I don't know where you got your righteous soapbox but I hope you put it away soon before you turn is game into something that resembles soccer.....but without all of the kicking (golly, someone could get hurt).


Sincerely,

ALL NFL FANS