[fatnotlazy]

Sad. I've been a fan since the glory days of the 1970s. Those players knew how to play without all the dirty tricks. They had class. Today's players are a bunch of thugs. And they make gobs more money than the 1970s teams.

The problem is the hierarchy which looks the other way and may actively encourage the criminality. If Goodell and company would administer some real punishment — an astronomical fine, permanent expulsion or whatever — these shenanigans would stop.

[Fido969]

Those players knew how to play without all the dirty tricks.

Oh gosh. Before Hi-Def and 15 cameras for instant replay the game was a LOT dirtier. Fingers in the facemasks, punching and woe be any player driven into the opponents bench.

[dfwgator]

You must have never heard of Conrad Dobler.

[mmichaels1970]

Those players knew how to play without all the dirty tricks. They had class.

The Turkey Jones tackle of Terry Bradshaw pushed the boundaries a bit no?