Bears' Harris' tweets critical of commissioner

Updated: June 10, 2011, 3:29 AM ETBy Michael C. Wright
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Chicago Bears safety Chris Harris took to social media Thursday in joining teammate and union rep Robbie Gould in voicing critical remarks regarding the NFL labor situation.

Addressing remarks made on conference calls with fans by commissioner Roger Goodell -- who essentially has said the NFL lockout might be beneficial to fans because it could lower ticket costs -- Harris voiced skepticism on Twitter.

Harris wrote: "So Roger Godell said the lockout is for fans as well. U have to be either stupid or na?ve to believe tix prices r going down after new CBA," following it up with, "Roger Godell tix prices will not go down if anything they will go up."

In replying to a fan's question regarding the matter, Harris -- the team's most prolific and outspoken Twitter poster -- broke things down with a simple lesson in economics.

"[Goodell's] argument is if they get what they want n CBA, tix prices will lower," Harris wrote. "That's not true bc demand is still there. In any business if demand is high, prices rise."

The safety could have a point, considering all the criticism and snarky remarks Goodell's comments have drawn from other players -- active and retired -- and fans on Twitter.

All the back and forth involving owners, players and fans regarding the NFL lockout will likely increase as the league and the players continue negotiations -- and argue their positions -- while the public grows anxious for what might be an abbreviated football season.

NBC NFL analyst Chris Collinsworth tweeted Thursday: "Maybe the NFL could play a few games for the Wounded Warriors. You could double my ticket with no argument."

Michael C. Wright covers the Bears for ESPNChicago.com and ESPN 1000.

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Jets QB Ainge tweets he has torn rotator cuff

Updated: June 10, 2011, 9:43 AM ETBy Rich Cimini
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New York Jets quarterback Erik Ainge, who revealed his drug and alcohol addictions two months ago in a graphic, first-person story for ESPNNewYork.com, announced Thursday night on his Twitter page that he has a torn rotator cuff in his right (throwing) shoulder.

"Found out i have a torn rotator cuff in my right shoulder today, no fun, o well, could always be worse, im sober and loved, all that matters," Ainge tweeted.

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Ainge, who turns 25 Sunday, didn't say how he suffered the injury or if he would have immediate surgery in an attempt to play football again. In the ESPNNewYork.com story, he said his future in football was uncertain and that his primary goal was to stay clean. He underwent foot surgery a few months ago to repair a stress fracture.

The former Tennessee standout, yet to take an NFL snap, still is under contract to the Jets. He didn't report to training camp in 2010 because he checked into a rehab center and spent the season on the non-football illness list.

The Jets have three veteran quarterbacks under contract and they're not expected to retain Ainge, a fifth-round draft pick in 2008.

Ainge made national headlines in March, when he revealed the depth of his substance-abuse problem.

"My addiction is with the hardest of hard drugs -- heroin, cocaine and alcohol," he said. "During my days of using, I was a really bad drug addict. I would've made Charlie Sheen look like Miss Daisy."

At the time, Ainge said he had been clean for eight months, his longest stretch of sobriety since he was 11.

Rich Cimini covers the Jets for ESPNNewYork.com.

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