CFL Petition regarding Jimenez..

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@"Earl"

Go take a time out FYB, really. :roll: :roll: :roll:

and then what

[15_championships]

@"tc23"

And players try and injure each other all the time. A couple of weeks ago, a blindside on an interception return left Matt Carter woozy and on all fours while the Alouette player that did it to him celebrated in front of the Ticat bench. I’ve seen defenders go for the kill shot on a sliding Kevin Glenn. In August, Arland Bruce accused Winnipeg linebacker Courtney of dirty play when he leveled Bruce without the football during a Ticats win.

If intent to injure was the only standard, there would several instances a game that would probably qualify.

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Yeah, I read about that.And they have the balls to cry and carry on for two weeks about Bruce pulling hair.Guess they figured their Al’s were perfection in every way

[Dust]

These online petitions are pointless, nobody takes them seriously which probably explains why it has 109 signatures as I write this. Add on to that that it's poor written with a number of run on sentences in it. I don't think you want to question whether the CFL has balls in a petition if you want them to take it seriously either.

I do agree that Jiminez deservers far more than what he got, but this isn't the proper way to go about that.

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yup, what should be done is some of the players around the league should get together, put hoods over their heads, roust him out of bed in the middle of the night, tar and feather him, and leave him otherwise naked miles from home.

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@"FootbalYouBet"

yup, what should be done is some of the players around the league should get together, put hoods over their heads, roust him out of bed in the middle of the night, tar and feather him, and leave him otherwise naked miles from home.

What, no Liquid Heat in his jockstrap???

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@"hit-em-hard"

@"FootbalYouBet"

yup, what should be done is some of the players around the league should get together, put hoods over their heads, roust him out of bed in the middle of the night, tar and feather him, and leave him otherwise naked miles from home.

What, no Liquid Heat in his jockstrap???

what jockstrap

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@"rpaege"

I don’t know why people keep blaming the league for this. The league didn’t make the hit, it simply followed the rules as spelled out by CBA. Blame Jimenez and the CFLPA for not agreeing to tougher guidelines. Unless of course you welcome a player strike, or worse, which is what would happen if the league decided to arbitrarily levy a bigger punishment than was bargained for.

So, the petition is not only pointless because the league is bound by the CBA, but also wrong. If you really want more punishment you should call for Jimenez to be charged with a crime.

I would rather see the end of the cfl than have them continue to allow the likes of JJ to play.

Is that a fact? Well I would rather see a guilty man go free than an innocent man wrongly punished. I certainly wouldn’t condone punishing an entire league of men (and its millions of fans) for the action of one.

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@"rpaege"

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@"rpaege"

I don’t know why people keep blaming the league for this. The league didn’t make the hit, it simply followed the rules as spelled out by CBA. Blame Jimenez and the CFLPA for not agreeing to tougher guidelines. Unless of course you welcome a player strike, or worse, which is what would happen if the league decided to arbitrarily levy a bigger punishment than was bargained for.

So, the petition is not only pointless because the league is bound by the CBA, but also wrong. If you really want more punishment you should call for Jimenez to be charged with a crime.

I would rather see the end of the cfl than have them continue to allow the likes of JJ to play.

Is that a fact? Well I would rather see a guilty man go free than an innocent man wrongly punished. I certainly wouldn’t condone punishing an entire league of men (and its millions of fans) for the action of one.

the CFLPA represents the entire league of players, and they are getting in the way of the league being able to deal with players such as JJ they way they should be able to. That mean collectively, all the players are guilty. The league needs to take a stand against the CFLPA, not matter what it means regarding play stoppage, or ending.

[sambo42]

I think there is a bigger issue here than just Jimenez… say a defensive player decided to take a out a star player… like a Burris, Durant or Ray because they know the worst they will get is lighter in the wallet. I believe the safety of all other players are as stake here… and it mystifies me that the CFLPA would side with one player or the rest… he has already ended one career, so what’s to stop him for ending another?

As to the petition, yes its incoherent, but I think he raises a valid issue… would you want to lose a player YOU pay to watch have his career jeapordized by someone who thinks he needs to take a cheap shot to be effective?

[LeBird]

It’s senseless to petition the CFL. It gave him the worst penalty it was allowed to do without having an appeal. The problem is the CFLPA wants it that way so it would appear they are happy with seeing some of its players badly hurt. As stupid as that sounds that’s how it is. No one of the reps wanted to say it was over the top. They had excuses for it all.

So if they can’t look after themselves why try to get the CFL to do it for them?