Fans have spoken time and time again, winning is ALL that matters. Why cant owners get this?!

[Lumps]

I'm not sure how cheating got into the topic of employing questionable characters. I think you guys are going way off base into left field with a simple subject really.

The league does not allow employment of serious offenders (Carruth) and players like Lewis are allowed because the legal system, as they should. Whether the legal system is flawed, or you disagree with it is another debate but because of the way it is, Lewis can and should play just like a person found not guilty shouldn't go to prison, regardless of your opinion.

So now that we've set aside cheating, serious offenders, and have a legal system as a guideline, JR. Is an owner of the extreme. While we don't need murderers on the team, there is also something that needs to be said for someone found innocent as well. After all we use that same legal system to judge and determine the lives of thousands of individuals every year. There is a middle ground I think and the OP is right in the fact JR is too extreme but wrong in the sense winning is all that matters. Winning is all that matter, within the confines of the law and the rules...not anyone's opinion, even JR.

Looking to the NFL for role models for your kids isn't the NFL's or any teams job and in general is a bad idea. The NFL should be taught to be looked at as a business, and Athletes who are paid millions to preform. There is nothing noble about that and these people don't affect us or our children personally, in our every day lives. Real role models are our above average teachers, brave police, soldiers and firemen, sacrificing parents who do real noble causes and aren't paid for it. These are great role models that good parents would point their children towards. If parents would do this maybe society would be a little better.

[Mr. Scot]

I don't think Jersey sales provide an accurate assessment of how the majority of fans feel about a specific player or incident.

 

I'd say this does.

 

 

That's an aerial view of the line of people waiting to return their Ray Rice jerseys.

 

Guessing the OP forgot about that part.