Titans owner throwing the Bird

[fyo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTxHuUGG_2c

Although I'm sure people will get their panties in a bunch about this, I'm having a real problem getting upset. I think it's kinda funny.

[YoFuggedaboutit]

Uh oh, here comes a fine from the commish. 

[StL FinFan]

when are grown ups going to start acting like grown ups

[Sunstroke]

That is pretty damned funny...

[bsfins]

^^ I thought so too...I thought he did it with a little gusto!...He didn't just flip a quick bird,it was left,right,left,both....

[NADS]

Awesome.  I can't wait to be old or a multi-millionaire, whichever comes first.  This remind anyone else of being a little kid and hearing grandpa cuss?

[Sunstroke]

^^ I thought so too...I thought he did it with a little gusto!...He didn't just flip a quick bird,it was left,right,left,both....  

Yeah, the old fart had a little flair with his bird-flipping, no doubt about it. I also like the lady sitting in the box with him, trying hard not to bust out laughing.

Awesome.  I can't wait to be old or a multi-millionaire, whichever comes first.  This remind anyone else of being a little kid and hearing grandpa cuss?

Spent a decent amount of time with my grandparents as a kid, and swearing is one thing I never heard them do. "Shoot" and "darn it" was about as harsh as their profanity got. Very religious couple...elders in their church and all. I am fairly sure that my Grandfather never once flipped someone the bird...  Fortunately both my parents swore like sailors, so I wasn't lacking any education in that area.

[fyo]

Uh oh, here comes a fine from the commish. 

A QUARTER MIL!

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/11/16/adams.ap/index.html

250 THOUSAND DOLLARS

Ouch.

I wonder if owners can appeal their fines like players can...

[ethurst22]

Maybe he was really throwing those gestures at Jeff Fisher.

So far, Vince Young has made Adams look like a genius. The more games VY builds, it's gonna make it tough for Fisher to keep his job.

[YoFuggedaboutit]

A QUARTER MIL!

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/11/16/adams.ap/index.html

250 THOUSAND DOLLARS

Ouch.

I wonder if owners can appeal their fines like players can...

Now THAT'S outfuckingrageous!!!!  If I'm that 86 year old owner, I walk into Goodell's office, reach back to when I was 36, and give him a haymaker he'll never forget.  Then tell him to use the quarter mil to fix his face. 

Goodell can't make him get rid of his team.

[Dave Gray]

1) It was funny.  Something about an old man giving the finger strikes me with the same mischievous feeling as it would if it were a 3 year old kid.
2) The NFL can't tolerate this.  They wouldn't tolerate it with their players, either.  Because these guys are bazillionaires, big fines are the only things that work.

[Spider-Dan]

$250k is absurd.  That's entirely beyond the pale.

[Dave Gray]

$250k is absurd.  That's entirely beyond the pale.

The real question is whether or not the fine should be the same regardless of the person who committed the act.  If I were to get a $1000 fine, it would break me, whereas this guy wouldn't blink an eyelash and his behavior would continue.

I agree that $250K is crazy...just making a point.  What's acceptable....20K?

[Sunstroke]

I agree that $250K is crazy...just making a point.  What's acceptable....20K?

"Acceptable" would be a society that wasn't so ridiculously sensitive about every little thing that it required monetary fines for harmless hand gestures.

[MaineDolFan]

I think the fine should have been more.  This man isn't a paying customer.  He isn't a fan.  He is an OWNER.

The problem is that the people he was flipping off paid his salary that day.  Home or away, Adams receives his "take" each time the Titans take the field. 

If you walked into Best Buy and asked a question and the response was to be flipped off - you wouldn't be happy about it.  There isn't much difference.  The people in the stadium that day paid good money to see a football game, not to be taunted by an 86 year old multimillionaire.

It showed zero respect for the game or the people that support the game.

I don't find myself to be too tightly wound...but I also don't find what he did funny in any shape or form.  I found it to be in poor taste and insulting to the people that paid money to see their team play that day.