PASabreFan

Who's the first anonymous source?

Well that's that.

I am not Clarence Sparrow but I believe this would invite a countersuit as the goal would not be to win the suit but to punish the critic. The effect is rich people being able to chill free speech.

Rick always claimed no one gave the Sabres a chance to make the playoffs, hence his Now Do You Believe, Do You Believe, and There's Room on the Believers Bandwagon calls.

1. That's my Sabres hat if I ever get to lean on @inkman. 2. I once lost a heated Scrabble game, my first and only loss to any of my nieces or nephews, when my 14-year-old nephew placed GIZ. I wouldn't challenge in front of my mother, who later said matter of factly, "That's not how it's spelled."

I lobbed the softball and Smell delivered. I've worked in and around words. It's fascinating to me that such an important statement would end up so shoddy. The fact Terry didn't say he didn't say it is interesting.

Also FWIW Sports Illustrated described Trotter as an "esteemed" reporter.

Goodell suggests league will investigate? https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/roger-goodell-addresses-jim-trotters-154713789.html&ved=2ahUKEwis0MLj_6eBAxVzD1kFHWNHCw0QyM8BKAB6BAgJEAI&usg=AOvVaw1UA7ZnBb6rdKVJvIGFxH1V

I'm confused. You keep lumping the corporate communications arm of the NFL (NFL Media) in with the professional media for lack of a better word. It's entirely plausible that 40 people who work for the NFL would never have delved into the quote. The confusion... are you suggesting the second reporter never relayed the quote during the Zoom meeting? Trotter made the whole thing up? Did he also make up the part about his boss saying the issue was being dealt with in HR New York? Would it ever get to HR without someone confirming the second reporter's statement? Maybe by asking two or three or 19 of those in the meeting if it was said?

Good point. If true, then what?

Clarification is needed. These were employees of the NFL. NFL Media. They were not media members in the traditional sense. Brian Duff for example is not a media member. I think you want to give the impression that someone among 40 "journalists" would have reported it, and the fact they didn't is evidence the quote was not mentioned. But they were not journalists. It's hardly shocking that NFL employees wouldn't touch that quote. You'd think that among the 40 people said to have heard what Trotter alleges, at least a few would come out and say, "That never happened."

@That Aud Smell put the coffee on. I'm interested in your opinion of Terry's statement.

How is the last item a fact?

TBN has some additional context: "cringeworthy" statements Terry made about how the league needed an African-American to lead its PR campaign on social issues, not a white owner. Another one I recall is this: "I'm a little confused," Terry said next. "I'm sitting on the stage between Mayor [Byron] Brown and Ted Black, yet I look over there, and I'm wondering, is something backwards here?" Terry's more than capable of wandering into this minefield.

The Ghost of Joe Ferguson after one of those picks.

Keep thinking about the Room 40 joke. He is what he is.

It's OK on the road. Take the crowd out of the game and just try to come home .500 for the trip.

Today, We Are All Possums.

It's been done.

The *****.

It's been a nothing to see here kind of offseason.

Lindy also wasn't ain't goin' nowhere. Had to Google it.

Yeah hopefully not the squirrely new guy who plays that Closing Time song when the opponent scores an ENG.

Can I just enjoy my moment in the sun? Put me in, cold!

Doesn't look a bit like VO.