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Please remove Michael Vick as a Pro Bowl Captain
Judi Lakin
Sat 12/7/2019 5:01 PM
To Whom It May Concern,

I am surprised and dismayed with the selection of Michael Vick as a Pro Bowl captain. He is a convicted animal abuser. Fun fact: serial killers often have animal abuse in their history. (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/domestic-violence-animal-cruelty-abuse-neglect-murder-children-dogs-a9018071.html

The link is established between serial killers and animal cruelty
It's long been thought that serial killers started life abusing and killing animals but, reports Jane Dalton, new research into the psychological effect on children who witness violence is driving action to protect people
www.independent.co.uk
: just one article about the link between killers and abusers as well as pointing out that children witnessing animal abuse are psychologically damaged.) We all know how much children idolize and look up to football players as heroes.

The NFL has chosen to put a known animal abuser in a prominent honorary position. I respectfully request you reconsider this choice and replace Mr. Vick. It is not enough that he served a part of his sentence:

From Google Search: Quarterback Michael Vick released from prison after serving 18 months for dogfighting ring. Disgraced NFL star Michael Vick has been released from federal prison after 18 months behind bars for his role in a brutal dogfighting operation. (His sentence was only 23 months which was also a travesty, but a result of lenient laws given the connection to more violent acts.)

His crime should be the only reason needed not to honor him with Hall of Fame status or honorary positions. I don't think he should have been allowed to return to the NFL at all. All players convicted of crimes, particularly violent ones, should have their privilege of playing and representing the NFL revoked unless the League is OK with being represented by a bunch of thugs and criminals. It is an honor to play at the national level. Talent alone cannot be the only criteria.

I am an ardent football lover/fan, past season ticket holder and game attendee plus I spend money on NFL licensed goods. I am seriously reconsidering my support based on this particular situation. I hate to lose something I love, but I cannot sanction this decision with continued support.

I truly hope the NFL will reconsider and retract its invitation to Michael Vick and issue an apology for naming him in the first place. I highly recommend you and the decision makers take a moment to review Mr. Vick's case and the accounts of his cruelty. They are unconscionable.

I'm outraged, appalled, repulsed, revolted, sickened and disgusted by this leagues decision to continually promote a criminal animal abuser and dog fighter. The pain and suffering, the torturous acts, the beatings, hangings and other atrocities Michael Vick plagued upon his dogs and you have the audacity to consider this man a legends captain? To promote this man as a role model, mentor, good citizen? Look around your league to instead promote the gentlemen who are true role models and mentors, the men you would be proud to have your children follow in their footsteps. This man is neither. There are no "dues" that he's paid, no forgiveness he can achieve since his victims cannot offer him the forgiveness he should be seeking as they were beaten to death, drowned, tortured, hanged, or savagely ripped apart. Michael Vick is a stain on your league and should be treated as one. How does this reflect on you? Your leagues ignorance to confront and acknowledge the crimes he's committed?
You have the opportunity to be the voice for the voiceless, will you take it or will you allow yourself to become part of Michael Vicks stain on society?

How can you possibly honor Michael Vick with captain of the legends team? This man should still be in prison. He committed horrendous physical harm and death to many animals. He committed never forgivable crimes. You pay people like him millions, continue to look the other way. Do you not have one other player in time who had ethics and did not beat, torture living things you could choose? As a kid and through most of my adult life NFL players were role models - really now? Rapists, murders, woman abuser, drug addicts, out of control gamblers, and let's not forget the ones who completely disrespect the country that pays them millions. Clean up your organization and promote good men and role models for children again. Develop respect for the NFL.

The referring on this game is demonstratively one sided and in favor of the 49'ers. Particularly by the side judges. The NFL has no way for fans to complain directly about their poor quality and rigged games done by one or two referees each game.
The NFL will pay dearly for their lack of ethics and taking advantage of the fans.media excuses it all

I'm a middle aged White male who serves the inner city black community. I said all along that Rudolph said a racial slur. First he said he never said anything but in the still photos you can clearly see him yelling at Myles when he got up and charged at him. Hmm. Read his lips, his placement of his tongue, It seems fairly obvious at what he's communicating here. It's a long loud drawn out, interrupted, as he's getting around Decastros block [censored]. Ask 66 ask the ref who's there. Chances are they'll deny it. Then ask what he did say? Because he obviously said something. So you can ignore this but Cleveland Fans will not. You have seen our persistence and strength before! Look how calm Myles is as the start of Nig is coming out then comes the drawn out Errr. This is obvious given the State of emotion involved.

I attended the chiefs vs chargers football game in mexico city. Never play a game in that stadium in the future. When the game was over no police were around and the main gate was locked for fans to exit. One small gate approx. 6 feet wide was the only exit point for 70, 000 plus fans to exit. That choke point resulted in a major pickpockets scam. I had my cell phone stolen along with two others in our group. Over a thousand individuals reported stolen wallets, phones and money. One guys grabbed the thief and found a police officer and explained that this thief has his phone in his pocket. The officer told the man to let the thief go and he ran off with the stolen phone. Total [censored]. The nfl put us all at risks. I'm a chargers season ticket holder for 30 years and also attend 3-4 road games a year. Never will I attend a game in mexico city again and the nfl should immediately suspend hosting games there. I attended the london game last year and it was a wonderful experience.

To the commissioner and league officials
I am writing to the NFL office because I am deeply concerned about the salute service products being sold right now. The idea is a great idea but the products are an embarrassment, I recently purchased and received several products including a hoodie. I did not notice at first but the american flag is not accurate. The patch has the stars in the top right corner. This is not our flag. Obviously stars should be in left corner. I called the nfl.com shop thinking only this item was a problem but apparently all items with american flag patches have the incorrect flag. If you go to the product website you can see it for yourself. apparently this was not a big concern to the customer service person I spoke to. She offered a credit but thats about it.
This is a salute to our military heroes who place their lives on the line for country and flag and the american flag is wrong. Having an incorrect flag is extremely wrong and unpatriotic. These products should all be recalled and replaced.
Please respond.

Ray Hoerger
[protected]@yahoo.com
[protected]

The NFL made a rule change this year for the coaches to be able to pass interference on the field. (calls and non-calls) With the low number of reversals on these challenges I can only believe that this was just a token to appease the New Orleans players and fans and that they had no intention of ever upholding these rules. In the Houston vs Baltimore game today there was a non call in the end zone. Houston challenged the call on the field. The network officiating analyst stated that he could have been called for interference on 3 issues. 1): The defender grabbed the jersey and impaired his progress while the ball was in flight and before it got to the receiver, 2): the defender hit his pads while the ball was in flight and before the ball got to the receiver and 3): the defensive man turned the receiver prior to the ball getting to the receiver. The officials ruled it to stand as called. If these are not enough to overturn a non call on the field what is?

My kids and I were very disappointed, about browns game against stiller's this is areal a sample, behavior with team players on nfl
this fight on tv this is inaceptable, what a have to tell my kids
Browns team still responsible to let this happening including nfl to let it happen and to many different games
Trust me ridiculous
This is not professional
Suspension by hitting
Or this player under illegal drugs substance

Dear NFL,
I have followed you since I was a small child for over 40+ years. To hear that Mason Rudolf was only fined for his involvement at the end of the game is ludicrous and ridiculous. He should definitely be suspended both for his racial slurs and his action to initiate the fight. He clearly tried to rip Garrett's helmet off and kick him in the groin. Garrett over reacted and should not have done what he did. He was suspended for the season and playoffs while Rudolf gets off with just a monetary fine?!? I think not. Mason Rudolf deserves a suspension as much as or even more than Garrett. Frustrated by the NFL not treating every incident equally! SUSPEND RUDOLF NOW AS WELL!

You need to take the NFL Sunday Ticket away from ATT. They manage it poorly.
I called to cancel my my whole DirecTv service on Aug 14, including my NFL Sunday Ticket. I got another bill so I called again on Aug 23rd and was told it would be removed. Now they are telling me that I owe for the first payment for the NFL Sunday Ticket plus late fees, oh and of course taxes. The so called manager, who sounded a lot like the first guy I spoke to, told me since I didn't pay my July 24, before I cancelled my DTV service those charges will remain valid. When I cancelled my service and NFL Ticket the charges should have been reversed. All my other charges were but not the NFL Sunday Ticket charge. This is NOT right. I asked for someone higher than him and was told I would have to wait for a call call as no one higher was in the building.

Take a look at the Buffalo Bills vs Minnesota Vikings game in 2018. Josh Allen did the same exact play as Mayfield did when he tossed the ball And his player missed it, yet the Call was a fumble resulting in a loss of yards for the Bills in the Minnesota game. In yesterday's game a Bills player recovered the ball and ran for the touchdown when Mayfield did this but it was called an "incomplete forward pass". As a result Buffalo did not receive the points and the game ended in a Buffalo loss. Why should we, as fans, continue to pay good money to support the NFL when the people making decisions on the field don't know the rules, aren't consistent, and have a vendetta against certain teams. Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUDfEUX-6I8

Carolina/Packers game from 11/10/19
Roughing the passer call that was as blatantly not since he hadn't thrown the football yet, and the face mask no-call against the Packers. Those calls likely cost the Panthers a fair game and a possible win. There were others as well but too many too many to put in here. Refs should either be held accountable or any blatant calls should be reviewed. Period.

Everything you do about local TV coverage is done so that we have our local game available and we're not allowed to steam games so that we will watch the local game. I think it is wring then if our local channel does not carry the local game.

Case in point. On Nov 10th (today) the Lions played the Bears at 1pm in Chicago. The local Fox affiliate in Ft Wayne, IN carried the Falcons /Saints game - two teams who are no where near here and little or no local interest, especially when the Falcons had only won 1 game.

On the other hand the Lions and Bears have the longest-running rivalry in the NFL and have met at least once a season since 1930 - that's 89 years! If you're not going to require the local Fox affiliate to run the local game then let us stream the game over the internet. This policy is BS!

I feel that I have been abused by the NFL Game Pass people:
1. I live in Israel but signed up for the Domestic Game Pass without knowing it.
2. Everything worked fine for several weeks but then I couldn't use the system anymore.
3. I finally was informed that I needed an International pass and would have to pay for it additionally.
4. So then I paid for an international pass.
5. I applied for a refund for the domestic pass but was told I wasn't entitled to a refund for the domestic pass because the 14 day window for refunds had expired. (Of course I did not ask for it earlier because everything was working fine earlier!)
6. Then I got angry and cancelled my international pass well within the 14-day window.
7. Now I was told that the 14-day period began long earlier when I first purchased the domestic pass and I was therefore not entitled to a refund on the international payment either! (Get it? On the one hand International has nothing to do with domestic but when it comes to refunds, they are clearly related)
8. I defy you to show me where in your documentation it says there are two different organizations, domestic and international.
9. To add fuel to the fire (makes Simi Valley look like a matchstick), when I understood that I was not getting an international refund I asked to be reinstated but was told that if I wanted reinstatement I would be charged yet another fee!
10. Ladies and Gentlemen, I rest my case. Please give me my money back. At the age of 83 I have no interest in dealing with your Game Pass people. I pass on Game Pass. (and by all means take my data out of your records and do not implement auto-renewal for me)
11. PS I still love my Seahawks (I grew up in Seattle.)

The Dallas New York giant game was ridiculous. I watched at least 6 personal fouls on the cowboys when the replays showed #71 herendez of the giants causing at least 3 of the fights with starting the shoving n nothing happened to him. I am not a fan of either and cheer for the Steelers but enough is enough

The pass interferences calls are a joke and u should do away with challenge as it does not change anything and takes up too much time

I have always defended the nfl but nothing is improving
When I watch a replay n see it
How can they not see it especially when reviewed

A Black Cat ended up on the field during the Giants vs Cowboys game on 11-4. Not sure how that happened, but the NFL should have pet recovery training so they can secure any animal that turns up on the field. That black cat disappeared, but who knows where it went, who might have released it if it wasn't homeless? The commintators also were [censored] about it, they treated it like it was a human being running around the field. Discraceful!

Offside call during first field goal of the game. Ruled on the patriots leading to a ravens score. Snapper gets set. Holder calls for snap but snapper lifts his head and moves arms. Then patriots players move ruling a partiors offside. Bad call all together lead to a 10-0 game instead of a 6-0 game. As it states in the nfl rule book every player must be completely stopped 1 second before ball is snapped. Also ruling states snapper cant move head, arms, fingers, shoulders, feet or anything in between

Number 1. The referee's need to be Neutral and not favor one team over the other and I think the referees need glasses.
Number 2. How dare you fine a player for wearing comfortable shoes that he chose to wear that is ridiculous I understand the uniforms but I think the players should be allowed to wear what type of shoes they want to even if they have a design or different colors on them. That is being very petty. I am getting tired of hearing about players getting fined because they chose to wear comfortable shoes. This league is starting to be very petty. I don't care what team it is they shouldn't be fined. That is a bunch of B.S and I am getting P*ssed about it all. Someone better fix and fix it quick.

Please drop fox. They cant, or won't, provide coverage for games. No matter where I am, I can get coverage of a game at the beginning, but half way through the signal goes out. Games through other networks work fine, bit fox always goes out mid-game. In the city, suburbs, the country, doesnt matter. They're coverage cuts out in the middle of the game. They obviously can't handle their responsibilities.