The NFL has released a statement to all 32 teams regarding the Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini scandal that has come has a bit of a shock. Over the last month Vrabel and Russini have seen their personal lives make front page headlines day after day as photos and videos of their alleged affair continue to leak to the internet.
Now, the league has issued a statement that came as a bit of a surprise.
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NFL Won’t Limit Teams When It Comes To Schedule Release
While tabloid headlines are swirling about Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini, the NFL is taking a strictly hand-off approach when it comes to teams making fun of one another during Thursday night’s schedule announcement.
During the annual schedule release, NFL teams are permitted to mock each other unofficially. It would seem that the league would attempt to declare the Vrabel scandal off-limits in light of TMZ Sports and the New York Post still posting regularly about them. However, that’s not the case:
The NFL is taking the opposite approach, sources tellFront Office Sports. The league is not reviewing videos in advance. Instead, clubs will continue to control the content of their memes and videos from start to finish. The young, aggressive, social media wags at all 32 clubs will be free to mock Vrabel and the Patriots if they wish.
Either way, executives from NFL headquarters are not getting involved in the annual Super Bowl of social media. Especially since Charles Barkley’sInside the NBA already went there on ESPN by showing Vrabel and Russini in the pose made famous by the movieTitanic.
“This is the day when teams are licensed to poke fun at each other. The (Vrabel story) has become such a public matter that teams can take the shot. You may get a call from the Patriots. But the league is not going to get involved,” one source tellsFOS. “The only time Park Avenue messages the teams is around labor, CBA, or the refs. The moments when they’re trying to negotiate—and they want everyone on message. If the Jets, Bills, or Chargers choose to ridicule Vrabel, that’s an issue between the teams. The league doesn’t need to mediate that.”
This is a rather shocking update from the league given the amount of media attention that Vrabel and Russini have received.
Here are some reactions from fans:
The chargers ignoring numerous calls from the league office tonight and the rest of the week after their schedule release
NFL said “freedom of speech” right before 32 social media teams started warming up Photoshop.
Please tell me the chargers play the patriots
Chargers social media team just got the green light from the league office. This is their Super Bowl. We eating good tonight
NFL basically said y’all are adults, tweet responsibly Thursday’s schedule release about to turn into a full comedy roast session.
Stay tuned for the NFL schedule release, there could be some fireworks on the way.
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