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The NFL’s newest craze and eventual scandal that will plague the league is random people on the sidelines not doing their job. By now, you’re aware of what happened between San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw and Philadelphia Eagles Chief Security Officer Dom DiSandro.
The ejection has to be one of the more ludicrous things to have happened on an NFL sideline in recent memory. It’s also a huge problem. 49ers fans can be spoiled, entitled brats and I rarely agree with them about anything. But they have a very valid reason to be upset about this. Before you start with your DiSandro was defending his players rant, there are two major questions we have to ask ourselves here.
1) Why is he next to the field of play?
2) Why was he not doing his job?
The NFL loves the phrase “do your job”. His job is to protect Eagles players. Taunting the opposition is not his job.
DiSandro is being treated like some sort of folk hero in Philadelphia. Stop celebrating sports security officials not doing their jobs. These are employees there to do a specific task. Dozens of security guards are at every game and fulfill their duties with no fuss.
The NFL is a copycat league. And right now, every coach and front office sees something to exploit. If the tradeoff is a player from the opposition getting ejected when in an altercation with non-essential football staff, why not have them goad players at every opportunity? Throw in a 15-yard penalty and the deterrent is still minor when compared to the upside of having a key player on the other team booted.
Even if the person involved gets a season or lifetime ban from the sidelines, none of that matters. Having your chief security officer near the field won’t win or lose you a football game. Not having a key starter is an entirely different scenario.
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