Landry is not good judge of what is ‘too severe’

IS EVERYONE entitled to their opinion? Every

one? I guess, but some seem less entitled than others. Last week, Browns wide receiver Jarvis

Landry made national news and noise when he complained to ESPN that the open-ended suspension of teammate Myles

Garrett is “too severe.” Landry also supported Garrett’s unsubstantiated, specious and perhaps defamatory weeklater claim that Steelers QB Mason Rudolph precipitated the helmetswinging brawl by calling Garrett an unspecified racial slur, something that went unheard by the half-dozen players — Landry was nowhere close — in the midst of the pile-turned brawl.

Naturally, none of these reports mentioned that Landry, in 2016, was the beneficiary of the absence of NFL severity after he, then with the Dolphins, ended the career of Bills defensive back Aaron Williams with a vicious, illegal and excessively dirty leaping crack-back hit to Williams’ head.

That shot, brutality in the first degree, can still be seen on the Internet. Landry’s punishment fell far short of severity. He was flagged and later reportedly fined.

After the game, Landry apologized for injuring Williams, but he never acknowledged the flagrant illegality of the hit. He did, however, excuse himself with, “Call it what you want. It’s football.”

I read, heard or watched several reports carrying Landry’s complaint of NFL severity on Garrett’s behalf, but not one included a mention of Landry’s career-ender against Williams. If everyone’s entitled to their opinion, Landry’s belongs in the pile labeled “Least Entitled.”

The long list of expensive demands made by Greg Schiano to return to coach Rutgers football is unintentionally perversely comical, given that RU is a publicly funded college — and one that once proudly put academics far ahead of sports, especially pre-Big Ten, when its football teams were able to compete.

No, he doesn’t want ownership of the Turnpike toll nearest the Goethals Bridge, but close.

According to The StarLedger, Schiano wants a membership in a private country club. Rutgers has its own tennis courts, swimming pool and golf course — the latter not bad, either, but apparently not nearly good enough for Schiano.

In addition to the usual perks — a car, housing, travel costs for him and his family, $100,000 for relocation fees — his buyout terms would total $25.2 million. That’s in addition to a $4 million per salary plus $400,000 every two years in “retention bonuses.”

The average salary for a fully tenured RU professor is $161,000, but most RU academicians make far less.

As for his unlimited use of a private jet, that reportedly created some blowback among those assigned to recruit Schiano regardless of what it will cost taxpayers and students. Their feedback is unsolicited and irrelevant. They’re just dupes. And RU student “activity fees” already well exceed the national average.

But perhaps opposition to Schiano’s private jet demand is preemptive to prevent him from demanding a private airport.