Where is the NAACP when you really need them??? Michael Vick, Pacman Jones, Cedric Benson and every other troubled black NFL player should absolutely be up in arms! Being that this is the week President-Elect Obama made history, we at Sportaphile don’t want to pull out the ole race card.But NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell needs to stop playing games!

How in the hell is Jacksonville Jaguars WR Matt Jones still catching passes although he was charged with cocaine possession back in July?

Let me get this straight: Pacman is out effective immediately for getting into a scuffle with his own bodyguard, but Matt Jones is still starting in games even though he was caught by police inside a parked car allegedly cutting up cocaine with a credit card?

Hate him or love him, but Miami Dolphins Linebacker Joey Porter is actually right on the money this time:

“If I knew the answers, I’d still have 20 more thousand dollars,” said Porter, who was fined $20,000 last month for criticizing referee Ed Hochuli after a loss to Houston. “But I’m still trying to figure out how a guy gets caught with cocaine in his car and still plays the game and nothing happens.

“He got caught with cocaine and Matt Jones is still playing football. How does he get away with that? And then you fine people $20,000 for making comments to the media about the refs. The guy got caught with cocaine.”

Granted, Matt Jones was suspended for three games and is presently under appeal. But, in the meantime, Matt Jones is still actively in the lineup. If this was Pac or any of the other “thug life” players, would the same still be happening? Or would the media be defending them in claiming ‘due process?’ I think not. Matt Jones wants to toot toot, beep beep in parked cars? Then his ass needs to be suspended for violating the player personal conduct rules. Period! But no, he lives to see the next Sunday. And we hate to point out the obvious, but Mr. Jones is Caucasian….

So again, we ask: What is wrong with this picture, Rog???? Cuz we KNOW the brothers wouldn’t get the same pass from you AT ALL.

We’ve seen athletes endorse presidential candidates in the past, but how awesome would it be for someone to rep their prez choice in the middle of a game?

That’s what Chad Johnson planned to do last Sunday vs. the Houston Texans. Pro Football Talk has the scoop:

“We’re told that Bengals receiver Chad Johnson a/k/a Chad Javon Ochocinco had a special touchdown celebration planned for Sunday’s game at Houston, if he had actually managed to, you know, score a touchdown.

Per a league source, Johnson had a Barack Obama banner stashed in each end zone, which he planned to retrieve and unfurl if he had scored.

Such an action surely would have drawn a stiff fine, along the lines of a $30,000 penalty.”

I’m SO pissed we didn’t get to see this! Roger Goodell and the boys would have had a hissy-fit but it totally would have been worth it. The Bengals entire season is already in the toilet, why not make history?

The Bengals play Jacksonville this upcoming Sunday… let’s hope Chad still has this TD celebration in his plans.

This just in. Today NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has suspended Adam “Pacman” Jones for at least four games. Again, emphasis on at least.

In his letter to Jones informing him of his latest suspension, Goodell said Jones’ “disturbing pattern of behavior was clearly inconsistent with the conditions I set for your continued participation in the NFL.”

League and law enforcement sources told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen that Goodell was expected to weigh whether Jones was in potential violation of his probation, in which he was prohibited from alcohol-related incidents.

This story continues spiraling downward with each passing day. And it’s all so stupid. Jerry Jones is somewhere looking real pale in the face right now. Jones gambled in signing Pacman and now look at America’s team. It’s flailing. His team has been playing awful for three straight weeks. Romo is out. Old Brad Johnson will be under center. T.O. is miserable and making everyone feel the same. And now this? I know Bill Parcels just sent someone a text message from Miami that said “LMAO.”

I am sure Chuck will weigh in with his take on this topic, but I hope heads listened to ya girl on Friday last week when I said that the Cowboys are imploding. It will only get worse on the reality show being played out at Valley Ranch in coming weeks.

I am going to put it out there right now: the Cowboys will not make the playoffs. At this point in time, that is just what my foresight is telling me. You can laugh now, but in 9 weeks, please get ready to kiss my Converse and call me Sho Nuff.

All I keep hearing in my head is the sound made in the video game when Pacman would die. (doo doo doo doo–boink boink!)

I don’t get it.

I don’t understand the reason why someone like Pacman Jones (who was suspended almost 2 year by Roger Goodell for bad behavior), would get into an altercation with his bodyguard not even 60 days after he was reinstated. When Pacman was allowed back into the league, he was told on no uncertain terms that his leash was extremely short, and it would be in his best interests to chill out.

Obviously the suspension, lost wages, mentoring from Deion Sanders, and threats of a lifetime ban hasn’t fully sunk in just yet, because Pacman is still getting into trouble.

Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam Jones got into a fight with one of his security guards at a downtown Dallas hotel on Wednesday morning, according to Dallas police.

Dallas Deputy Chief Vince Golbeck told the Dallas Morning News police were called to the scene at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. Chief Golbeck told the News he thought Jones was staying at the hotel and may have been drinking.

There was no police report filed regarding the incident. No one was arrested and no one will be charged in connection with the fight.

Is this a serious offense? Absolutely not. Nobody got hurt and I’m sure the entire thing was squashed between Pacman and the bodyguard in a matter of hours (or will be very soon). But this does speak volumes in terms of recognizing that Jones just doesn’t “get it” yet. I fear all that talent will be wasted because he simply can’t get his head on straight.

With Terrence Newman injured right now, this would be Pac’s perfect chance to shape up and shine on the field…. hopefully he will.

During an interview with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and Deion Sanders a few weeks back, Deion mentioned that Snoop Dogg said hip hop needs an authority figure like Mr. Goodell to oversee things.

While I typically disagree with Roger, I do respect his ability to frighten young black men more than anyone on earth not wearing a badge. So I present to you, a list of things that would happen under Roger’s reign in rap music.

If Roger Goodell were the commissioner of hip hop….

DMX would be banned – So lets get this straight….. he hasn’t released a good album OR a good movie since Aaliyah passed away, he doesn’t know who Barack Obama is, and he’s been arrested five times this year alone??? Roger wouldn’t stand for such foolishness.. BANNED.

If Roger Goodell were the commissioner of hip hop….

You wouldn’t be allowed to diss legends unless you have more than 2 hit albums – Am I the only hip hop fan who gets sick of headlines like “Jim Jones disses Jay-Z”, or “Yung Berg hates 2pac” or something else equally foolish? Who decided it was okay to give these clowns attention? Hip hop culture doesn’t respect it’s elders and Roger simply wouldn’t go for it.

If Roger Goodell were the commissioner of hip hop….

“Video Vixens” can’t release any more tell-all books – It was okay at first, but how many more books are we going to have to endure in this genre? Okay, you gave Lil Wayne head at Summer Jam, now do you have anything else noteworthy to say?… I didn’t think so. Uncle Roger don’t love dem hoez.
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