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Kevin Burnett calls Roger Goodell a liar
The National Football Post
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San Diego Chargers linebacker Kevin Burnett(notes) didn't mince words during an interview with XX Sports Radio in San Diego.
Reacting to Roger Goodell's statements regarding the breakdown in collective bargaining agreement talks, Burnett called the NFL commissioner a liar.
“Goodell’s full of it," Burnett said, per SportsRadioInterviews.com. "He’s a liar. You’re a blatant liar. ‘It’s our league, it’s we, we love the players, we want the league,’ but what have you done for the players? What have you done, in all honesty, to improve the game, besides fine guys, besides take money away from guys, besides change a game that you’ve never played? He’s done nothing to improve the game.”
Burnett said that Goodell hasn't helped players with drug problems.
“If a guy has a drug problem, give him an alternative, don’t just say, ‘Hey, stop doing drugs. Stamp. Six games,'" Burnett said. "You put them in a drug program. OK, anybody can stick somebody in a nuthouse, but what else are you doing? What programs are you putting in place?”
Burnett said that Goodell is only worried about representing the owners.
Well, that makes sense since he works for the owners and Goodell would obviously beg to differ on whom he cares about.
"We all, as players, understand that this is a business and you have to make money," Burnett said. "We’re not negating that. We need Roger to say, ‘You know what? OK, we understand the owners need to make their money … let’s do something sweet for the players.’ Instead of trying to extend the season, you need to be trying to shorten it.
"They want us to be upstanding citizens, but if you want us to be upstanding citizens, you have to understand your role as well. In my contract, it says nothing about me being an upstanding citizen. … That’s what bothers me.”
And Burnett praised former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, who had a close rapport with the late union chief Gene Upshaw.
“Paul Tagliabue, he would talk about the players, he would help out the players and, when it came down to it, he and Gene would sit down, ‘OK, we need to get this done,'" Brunett said. "Owners talk about players that hold out of camp and we talk about players who walk out of camp … well, the owners signed this deal. They signed this deal. Yeah, it was an opt-out, but they signed this deal and now they want money back. Now they’re the player that’s holding out.”
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San Diego Chargers linebacker Kevin Burnett(notes) didn't mince words during an interview with XX Sports Radio in San Diego.
Reacting to Roger Goodell's statements regarding the breakdown in collective bargaining agreement talks, Burnett called the NFL commissioner a liar.
“Goodell’s full of it," Burnett said, per SportsRadioInterviews.com. "He’s a liar. You’re a blatant liar. ‘It’s our league, it’s we, we love the players, we want the league,’ but what have you done for the players? What have you done, in all honesty, to improve the game, besides fine guys, besides take money away from guys, besides change a game that you’ve never played? He’s done nothing to improve the game.”
Burnett said that Goodell hasn't helped players with drug problems.
“If a guy has a drug problem, give him an alternative, don’t just say, ‘Hey, stop doing drugs. Stamp. Six games,'" Burnett said. "You put them in a drug program. OK, anybody can stick somebody in a nuthouse, but what else are you doing? What programs are you putting in place?”
Burnett said that Goodell is only worried about representing the owners.
Well, that makes sense since he works for the owners and Goodell would obviously beg to differ on whom he cares about.
"We all, as players, understand that this is a business and you have to make money," Burnett said. "We’re not negating that. We need Roger to say, ‘You know what? OK, we understand the owners need to make their money … let’s do something sweet for the players.’ Instead of trying to extend the season, you need to be trying to shorten it.
"They want us to be upstanding citizens, but if you want us to be upstanding citizens, you have to understand your role as well. In my contract, it says nothing about me being an upstanding citizen. … That’s what bothers me.”
And Burnett praised former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, who had a close rapport with the late union chief Gene Upshaw.
“Paul Tagliabue, he would talk about the players, he would help out the players and, when it came down to it, he and Gene would sit down, ‘OK, we need to get this done,'" Brunett said. "Owners talk about players that hold out of camp and we talk about players who walk out of camp … well, the owners signed this deal. They signed this deal. Yeah, it was an opt-out, but they signed this deal and now they want money back. Now they’re the player that’s holding out.”
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