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Originally Posted by Mc2guy
And for those of you saying "it's just words, he didn't do anything wrong" I have to disagree. His words, which will continue to air on every sports broadcast from here to August, put the league in a negative light in the public, which contributes to the perception that the NFL is a haven for criminals (which we all know is not the case 99% of the time). His words make a bad situation worse because it brings more negative attention. The commish was right to say something to try and diffuse the negative press, and I support him 100% in his effort to turn around the current trend of malfeasence with the players.
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Ok, but this leads me to ask 'why was a microphone was shoved in CP's face in the first place?'
This is a small time news station that they asked him this stupid question and he gave a stupid answer, and then it gets out to the rest of the world (as these things always do) and people run with it. Think how happy WAVY or whatever it's called is to be getting this kind of national coverage. Hell, this could land that reporter a sideline job on ESPN.
To me, this is very similar to Hardaway's (I think that was his name) comments about gay players in the NBA. I feel like sports reporters ask these ridiculous questions of athletes
hoping to get a controversial answer that will get them more coverage. No good can really come from asking/answering questions like this.
Who gives a flying f*** what these guys think about dog fighting, homosexuality, the war in Iraq, dinosaurs, American Idol, or whatever else happens to be in the news that week? They are paid to play a sport or possibly analyze it after their playing time is done; we don't need them to tell us what is right and what is wrong with the world around us, because that's Bill O'Reilly's duty.