The growing involvement of women in the NFL was cited after the latest rash of “block-and-tackle” fines left critics like Daily Wire contributor Matt Walsh criticizing football for becoming “ridiculously soft and female”.
As fans prepared for Week 9 action across the league on Sunday, sportswriters, veteran players and political commentators reacted to the reels from the previous week’s game that lightened some pockets by nearly $50,000.
Among the critics was Walsh, who reacted specifically to the “unnecessary roughness” call that cost Baltimore Ravens cornerback Patrick Ricard $21,694 against the Arizona Cardinals highlighted by The Baltimore Banner’s Jonas Shaffer.
“Now they are fining players simply for blocking and attacking. The NFL has gone out of its way to promote and hire women for leadership positions and now the league has become ridiculously soft and feminine,” came the criticism of the “What is a Woman?” filmmaker. “It’s not a result shocking”.
They are fining players simply for blocking and attacking now. The NFL has gone out of its way to promote and hire women into leadership positions and now the league has become ridiculously soft and feminine. It’s not a shocking result. https://t.co/Jy58sGnSAS
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) November 5, 2023
Of the 31 fines levied for on-field violations in Week 8, NBC Sports reported that 20 had come from unnecessary roughness calls. Of all the fines handed out, Green Bay Packers linebacker Kingsley Enagbare received the smallest penalty of $5,170 for a hit on a quarterback, while Chicago Bears running back D’Onta Foreman and Miami Dolphins safety, DeShon Elliot, received the largest penalty at $43,709 a piece. for unnecessary roughness. Elliot received two such fines against the New England Patriots, including an initial unnecessary roughness penalty of $9,833.
The Foreman fine was highlighted by former NFL tight end Clay Harbour, who wrote: “If you poll NFL PLAYERS, NUN will say D’Onta Foreman deserves a penalty much less being fined 48k here. Is this coming from the NFL owners? Do they support when? [Commissioner] Does Roger Godell do this?
If you poll the NFL PLAYERS NUN will say D’Onta Foreman deserves much less penalty for being fined 48k here.
Is this coming from NFL owners? Do they support when Roger Godell does this? #DaBears #Bears pic.twitter.com/ZJzzpXNMNE
— Clay Harbor (@clayharbs82) November 5, 2023
Similarly, Philadelphia Eagles reporter Josh Tolentino noted, “NFL fined Eagles RB D’Andre Swift $9,857 for ‘Unnecessary Roughness’ that occurred on Swift’s truck by safety Percy Butler toward the end of last week’s win over the Washington Commanders.”
The NFL fined Eagles RB D’Andre Swift $9,857 for “unnecessary roughness” that occurred on Swift’s truck by safety Percy Butler near the end of last week’s win over the Washington Commanders: pic.twitter.com/xCxw0cLwhe
— Josh Tolentino (@JCTSports) November 5, 2023
Walsh later pointed to a 2020 op-ed by NFL executive vice president Renie Anderson in which he remarked“While more remains to be done, the NFL front office has worked hard under the leadership of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, especially in recent years, not only to promote women, but to put – them in positions of great responsibility and make them responsible. I am proof of that.”
Anderson added at the time: “Not only is our chief operating officer (COO) a woman, women also hold the roles of chief people officer, chief information officer, chief security officer, deputy general counsel, senior vice president of operations for Football, Senior Vice President President and Special Counsel for Research, Senior Vice President of Communications, Senior Vice President of Social Responsibility, Senior Vice President of Football Communications and Marketing, Senior Vice President of Partnerships, Senior Vice President of Health and Safety, Senior Vice President of Brand and Senior Vice President of Partner Operations.”
For the commentator, her position was hardly new, having made waves in 2021 when she discussed female broadcasters with a particular complaint about WOTC 11 sports director Lindsey Gough’s complaints about behavior on the stadium during a game between Georgia and Clemson.
“She had all kinds of rapes during my first live fan hit,” she had tweeted at the time prompting Walsh to react, “Lindsey though worse than average even as far as female reporters go sports, she is definitely not the only woman. to enter this mostly male space and seek to feminize it. She wants the football stadium to be quiet and friendly, considerate, respectful of personal space. She wants it to be a more feminine environment. She’s not trying to assimilate into the culture of football fans, she’s expecting them to assimilate into her.”
Matt Walsh throws kerosene on fire when reporter says it was ‘all kinds of rape’ https://t.co/iEtdTxjrRQ pic.twitter.com/xiLNC6Y2JF
— BPR (@BIZPACReview) September 7, 2021
In his latest assessment, one user tried to counter the opinion with an argument towards safety, saying: “While concussions are up 18% by 2022, the NFL faces a mega-suit with CTE pathology . The cult of masculinity is deadly, Aaron Hernandez and so many others paid with their lives.”
To this, Walsh responded: “‘The Cult of Masculinity’ built human civilization” and “Also, Aaron Hernandez was a criminal thug. Blaming ‘CTE’ for his actions is nonsense.”
Also, Aaron Hernandez was a criminal thug. Blaming “CTE” for his actions is bullshit.
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) November 5, 2023
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