(12-23-2015, 03:42 PM)ItsOdellThurman Wrote: Actually, people wouldn't have lost their minds.  If nothing happened during the game, it probably would be just another non-story.

Can you imagine if all of the dialogue that is said in the heat of an NFL game was shared to the public?

(12-23-2015, 03:56 PM)Benton Wrote: Waiving a bat at a player? I think people would have been talking about that. Instead, nobody noticed because Beckham was acting like an idiot on camera.

(12-23-2015, 04:06 PM)SteelCitySouth Wrote: Do we have video of this or is it just he said she said? 

Quote:Nevertheless, Rivera said his players no longer will use the bat as a motivational symbol as the Panthers (14-0) chase a perfect regular-season record.

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In a memo responding to the Panthers carrying bats onto the field to use as motivation, NFL executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent reminded teams "that no foreign objects unrelated to the uniform or playing equipment are permitted on the playing field and sidelines on game day (which includes the pregame period, during the game, and postgame on the field).

(12-23-2015, 04:01 PM)ItsOdellThurman Wrote: Apparently it was like the 7th game they have had the bats?  And swinging it on the sidelines isn't directly threatening to a specific player...
 
 

(12-23-2015, 04:24 PM)Benton Wrote: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14422493/ron-rivera-carolina-panthers-no-more-bats-denies-gay-slurs



I don't really get the idea of bringing a bat to a football game. I go to Predator games and I've never seen anyone out on the ice with a basketball. I've been to 'Cards games and the guys aren't out there playing croquette.

(12-23-2015, 04:40 PM)SteelCitySouth Wrote: So just he said she said.

(12-23-2015, 04:47 PM)Benton Wrote: I googled it. Deadspin came up in the search claiming to have video, but I can't get on the site at work.

So...

Dunno. 

(12-23-2015, 04:30 PM)Wyche Wrote: Where's the Cody Wallace suspension?

(12-23-2015, 04:53 PM)SteelCitySouth Wrote: He probably would have gotten one had his behavior throughout the game had been similar to Beckham's.  I watched both games from beginning to end.  I've never seen anything like Beckham, ever.  Closest I can think of is when Courtland Finnegan and that other dude got into it.

(12-23-2015, 05:06 PM)Wyche Wrote: That's a fair point....dude was insane in the brain almost from the coin flip.  The two hits in question were about the same thing though....Beckham probably should have been sidelined before that ever happened.

(12-23-2015, 05:13 PM)SteelCitySouth Wrote: I kept saying that the whole time.  I could not understand why it didn't seem like the coaching staff was trying to get him under control.  Beckham wants to make comments about a missed field goal, but let's be honest they probably have a better chance at winning that game if he doesn't go all 12 year old psychopath on the field.

(12-23-2015, 04:30 PM)Wyche Wrote: Where's the Cody Wallace suspension?

(12-23-2015, 05:19 PM)Griever Wrote: not gonna happen since thats the first time hes done something like that

quit whining