When Words Collide, Sentences Form

To interfere or not to interfere...that is the question...

The NFL can't seem to decide whether they get involved in team "security" issues or not. This past weekend, an idiot ran onto the field in Cincy and took the ball right out of Brett Favre's hands...and it took 5 minutes for them to tackle him and get the game restarted.

From AOL.com Sports:
"NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said Monday that the league doesn't get involved in team security issues.
'It's a local matter,' he said. 'If there's any questions, we can assist them. But it appears to be an isolated incident, and the Bengals are reviewing it.'"

Now, remember, just a couple of weeks ago, Tagliabue actually flew in to Chicago to meet with the Vikings' owner at an airport about improving team security and offered up the NFL security guy to them. If that's not getting involved in team security issues, I don't know what is. Seems to me that the NFL should be a bit more worried about crazed fans running onto the field and interfering with play or compromising safety than with some moral issues that a team has.

posted by Steph @ 7:24 AM