Randy Moss wipes his ass in Green Bay

[ALinChainz]

Nope ... don't even think he'll make the Super Bowl should they make it.

Rough road for Philly, but not impossible.

[rustoffa]

Originally posted by MAX
Hey Stoff,

You ever met him?

Yeah, when I first moved here in '89 there was this bar called "Sherwoods" near the airport...we would usually go there after work on Fridays he'd be in there like every other week.

Ultra-approachable, funny guy. We'd be like "Come on Billy, break it down for us"! and he'd act like he was gonna do it (dance) then go....Naw, it don't feel right.....stuff like that.

Nice guy.

[BigBadBrian]

Originally posted by Lou
I didn't have a problem with it, in fact I thought it was amusing. Who cares. Al Harris should have stopped him from scoring a TD when he had only one good leg.

Al Harris needs to be released....fucking immediately.

Actually, I don't like Head Coach Mike Sherman or his whole damn staff either.

But to say you see no problem with the Moss charade is just wrong. You're taking the NFL out of realm of family entertainment. It's just that simple. It's no biggie for an adult to see, but I don't want my six year old daughter to see shit like that.

[TLR]

Originally posted by ALinChainz
Well, Philly does have T.O. ... some would say he is as bad as Moss.

TRUE! Actually, I should rephrase my last post: I'm a PHILLIES fan. That would serve to make me extremely well-versed on the attitude of Philly sports fans (as the Phils have sucked virtually forever!). I'm NOT a T.O. fan any more than I'm a Moss fan. However, I DO think Moss is more of a punk (if there are degrees of being a punk, that is)...

[Lou]

I still stand by my original statement...I don't care. When has the NFL ever marketed itself towards family? Not that I can remember. Go to the games, I think the language by the fans at the games is lot worse than Moss's antics. Certainly not a family atmosphere there.

And to try to compare this to actually undressing and pissing in the end zone is stupid. If he pulled down his pants, that's now in the realm of legal indecency. If he had given fans the finger, that's wrong. But he made a gesture that was all innuendo, and so I really don't care and I laughed when I saw it. Big deal.

[ALinChainz]

Moss fined $10,000 by NFL for fake mooning celebration

By DAVE CAMPBELL, AP Sports Writer

January 13, 2005


EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) -- Randy Moss trudged out to his truck in the subzero cold, with a huge, black hooded sweat shirt covering almost his entire face. All that was showing was a carefree smile.

In his usual flippant manner, Moss showed no remorse for his latest misdeed.

Minnesota's controversial wide receiver was fined $10,000 Thursday by the NFL for pretending to pull down his pants and moon the Green Bay crowd during a playoff win last weekend.


``Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand, to me?'' said Moss, whose salary this season is $5.75 million. He then jokingly suggested he might perform a more vulgar celebration next time.

Peter Hadhazy, the league's director of game operations, penalized Moss for unsportsmanlike conduct in a letter released by the NFL.

``Your actions were based on poor judgment, did not reflect well on you or the Vikings, and were insulting to many,'' Hadhazy wrote. ``They have resulted in widespread criticism and needlessly detracted from Minnesota's dramatic playoff victory. Fans should look to you and your teammates to see how to compete and win in football. But when you lose your focus on playing and engage in sideshows as you did on Sunday, you forfeit much of this.''

Moss also briefly bumped the goalpost with his backside before hugging teammates in the end zone following a fourth-quarter touchdown catch that clinched the Vikings' 31-17 victory over the Packers.

League rules mandate discipline for ``obscene gestures or other actions construed as being in poor taste.'' A fine for the first offense under those guidelines is $5,000.

The NFL said Moss was fined more than the minimum because this isn't the first time he has been disciplined for unsportsmanlike conduct. He paid a $25,000 penalty in 1999 for squirting an official with a water bottle.

Moss wasn't the only player fined on Thursday. The NFL also fined New York Jets linebacker Eric Barton $7,500 for hitting San Diego quarterback Drew Brees in the head during last weekend's playoff game.

Moss, whose 9,142 career yards receiving are the most ever by any player over his first seven seasons, has drawn more than his share of punishments and negative publicity.

The league fined him $5,000 for his role in a scuffle with the Chicago Bears during a September game, and he was charged the same amount in November 2003 for spiking a ball at the foot of Detroit Lions cornerback Dre' Bly.

In December 2002, he was fined $1,200 by a judge after being charged with bumping a traffic control officer with his car in downtown Minneapolis.

For verbally abusing corporate sponsors on the team bus following a loss in November 2001, Moss was fined $15,000 by the Vikings and required to receive anger management counseling.

And just last week, he was rebuked by teammates for leaving the field before the end of a loss to the Washington Redskins.

Moss' agent, Dante DiTrapano, said the fine was unnecessary and that he plans to appeal.

``If you can't have freedom of expression on the football field, come on,'' DiTrapano said.

DiTrapano argued that there was a story behind the dance Moss did in the end zone. The pantomimed pants-pulling was a response to Green Bay fans' tradition of mooning the visiting team's bus in the parking lot. And the rump bump against the goalpost, DiTrapano said, was a tribute to an old friend of Moss' who was at Lambeau Field for the game. Donnie Jones, who played at Dupont High School in West Virginia a few years before Moss did, used to celebrate like that after touchdowns.

``Like everything else, I think it's blown out of proportion,'' DiTrapano said. ``It's not fair, but we're used to it. It just rolls right off of us.''

[squib]

the fans don't do it on national tv Moss is an ass

[light 'em up!]

Originally posted by ALinChainz
``Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand, to me?''

Zero class.

[stringfelowhawk]

Here's the problem I see with this classless asshole:

I'm not so naive to actually believe that video games, movies, tv, music etc. makes a kid wanna commit suicide or murder. But, and this is a huge fucking BUT, when you are in a position to make an impression on kids like he is, and he acts like that it's like telling the younger kids its ok to spit on the other team everytime you get a sack or an interception. Its unsportsmanlike and that is the biggest problem in pro sports now. I'm not saying these guys are role models. Charles Barkley was right, its a parents responsibility to be a role model. But when you have the influence of a pro athlete who a kid mimics, even if you correct him on the spot he will do it again because to him and most of his peers, what Randy Moss did was "cool"!
For every Joe Montana, John Elway, Barry Sanders, or Johnny Unitas, you're gonna have two Randy Moss', T.O.'s, Edgerin James', and Keyshawn Johnson's. And that is a damn shame.

I know the fans usually moon the other team, but they don't do it on national tv so everyone can see them. I don't think Janet's nipple is gonna traumatize anyone or make little girls wanna go around looking like lil Kim but a teenage male seeing Randy Moss look like a jackass just to disrespect the hometown crowd is an impression that is completely unnecessary. Why should a parent have to censor a damn football game or baseball game or basketball etc. when chances are their own kids are involved with these sports at some level. Its like telling them they can watch the Disney Channel but not Loony Tunes.

I'm not against celebration. I'd encourage it if I were in the position to but doing something like he or T.O. did, is just unsportsmanlike and that pisses me off. It shows you the lack of discipline these guys have now. Look at Ron Artest, Vince Carter, guys who play for money not a championship. A classy celebration should be unique without intentionally trying to disrespect the other team or its house. The best celebration I've ever seen was a simple gesture that made a point. Every time Barry Sanders scored, he'd walk over and hand the ball to the ref. Just doing his job. Cause he knew, and we knew nobody could stop him and the lack of celebration was the scariest form of psychological warfare. Its like seeing Joe or John smile at the defense when their backed up to their own endzone on first and 20 with 2 minutes to play. They don't have to show you because you already know how its gonna end. You don't see either of them pretending to pull their pants down a minute and fifty nine seconds later when someone catches their touchdown pass. You don't see Micheal Jordan picking up another teams jersey and pretending to wipe his ass with it. The only thing he ever did, and it made me laugh was get a T for waving his finger in Mutombo's face because after he retired Mutombo said Jordan never dunked on him. Mutombo always waved his finger everytime he blocked a shot.