ESPN golden boy Bill Simmons is suspended again, this time for a lengthy three weeks after comments he made about NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on his B.S. Report podcast Monday.
You can listen to the podcast here. Simmons starts the topic around the 12:00 mark and starts his rant on Goodell around the 16:00 mark in regards to his handling of the Ray Rice scandal.
Here’s what got him in trouble:
“Goodell, if he didn’t know what was on that tape, he’s a liar… I’m just saying it. He is lying. I think that dude is lying. If you put him up on a lie detector test that guy would fail. For all these people to pretend they didn’t know is such fucking bullshit. It really is — it’s such fucking bullshit. And for him to go in that press conference and pretend otherwise, I was so insulted. I really was.”
Knowing the company has been ridiculed for being suspension happy, Simmons then challenged ESPN to penalize him for speaking out against the NFL:
“I really hope somebody calls me or emails me and says I’m in trouble for anything I say about Roger Goodell,” he said. “Because if one person says that to me, I’m going public. You leave me alone. The commissioner’s a liar and I get to talk about that on my podcast.”
“Please, call me and say I’m in trouble,” he then added. “I dare you.”
This is third time the ‘Sports Guy’ has been suspended by the network.
Josh Helmuth is the editor of CraveOnline Sports.
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