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| Name: | c swanson |
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I'm with mike and jmd on this one. Maybe another good case for video replay help for officials.
posted by THX-1138 at 02:13 PM on November 20
Good. It couldn't happen to a nicer school.
posted by THX-1138 at 01:32 PM on November 20
After seeing all of the flop artists in futbol why would I be surprised that Thierry Henry didn't run up to an official and immediately admit to the touch? And why should he? That's not his job.
posted by THX-1138 at 11:13 AM on November 20
A lot of male sports fans love to mock female sports, and this gave them a golden opportunity to do so.
I personally saw none of it, so I am either obtuse or hang out with a different crowd. And her playing the gender card only hurts the cause of female athletics, so I don't think it is an issue for little regard.
posted by THX-1138 at 06:24 PM on November 19
Not really, rcade. The goalposts might move a bit in the wind but the same basic stance is there. The orginal claim that more was being made of the situation due to gender was from Lambert herself. I was paraphrasing her for my purposes. My point is that I don't see it as a gender issue but rather as an issue of a person who has clearly lost their grip on normal behavior, even if it was just for the duration of the game.
In a nutshell, I am bristling at the suggestion that Lambert has somehow been victimized by what were her own actions.
posted by THX-1138 at 06:02 PM on November 19
They have to be generating a dozen incidents of equal "quality" annually, but they don't make it onto ESPN.
Objection: Speculation and assumption.
How many times have you seen a men's college athlete in a sport that gets no love from ESPN making news for atrocious sportsmanship?
Of course you could simplify that statement to read: "How many times have you seen a sport that get get's no love from ESPN make it on the air." I don't think it's any secret that ESPN has a tendency to hype the outrageous and ignore the less popular. How many violent outbursts by female athletes in, say, college basketball have gone unreported? Certainly nobody is suggesting that they never happened, are they? Point being that nobody can say with any degree of certainty that the hype is because she is a woman. It's unprovable.
posted by THX-1138 at 05:40 PM on November 19
Remember, the only reason for the uproar is that a compilation video of her belligerence was posted online -- not because the world was actually tuned in to the game.
Um, I don't think it's the ONLY reason. It might have something to do with how absolutely outrageous her actions were.
If I may redirect a bit.
I'm calling B.S. on the argument that this incident garnered more publicity because it was a woman who did it. This human being, during the course of one futbol match, kicked, punched, tripped, and performed the single most violent hair pull I have ever witnessed. I don't think that if she were a man and this was a men's match we would have acted any less outraged. Are we to presume now that males are to be blamed in some part for this?
This bears the smell of some blame deflecting based on gender.
posted by THX-1138 at 02:53 PM on November 19
Is this the first rock in a landslide that will sweep Eric Mangini and Tom Cable to the exit door too?
Mora's Seahawks are big 3 game winners so far. Can he next too? Please?
Sorry, venting.
posted by THX-1138 at 04:47 PM on November 17
Who's opinion matter's to me more here: Doug Farrarrarrarr or Fran Friggin' Tarkenton.
Umm, yeah, I'm going to say Fran. But I admit to being completely biased. Before Seattle had a team, my heart bled Puple and Gold. Tarkenton was my childhood hero. If someone told me he was running buddies with Maddux I would still put him on a pedestal.
posted by THX-1138 at 11:31 AM on November 16
rcade, you should have added that he wants to switch to #6, which was Dr. J's and Bill Russell's number.
I was thinking something similar. Bill Russell would come to mind before Jordan as a likely candidate to have his number retired. If one was to retire numbers. But in truth I don't think anybody's number needs to be retired just yet.
And Jordan has already been honored with his Hall induction.
posted by THX-1138 at 04:14 PM on November 13
Spread a little mustard and you have yourself a snack for later on.
So the "sorority broad's" name was little mustard?
you can't just jump right into Megan Fox's thumbs without a proper transition. Have you seen them suckers? You can't even jump into them with a Husqvarna.
posted by THX-1138 at 04:04 PM on November 13
OOOH YEAH, Tommy!
(Oops, wrong wrestler.)
posted by THX-1138 at 04:45 PM on November 12
And this is a case that I might have to take issue with celebration of the athlete. Charity contribution notwithstanding.
Choreographed end zone dances I'm OK with. Choreographed endzone dances that are adverts for product I'm not so much.
Now I sound like I can't make up my mind after the Chad 85 thread.
posted by THX-1138 at 03:59 PM on November 12
Brett Favre Mic'd Up
"They payin' you overtime?"
That's a great line, dusted. "Pardon me while I hand the ball off for a touchdown now." should have been the next words out of his mouth. As much fun as it is to bag on Mr. Indecision, you have to like the guy a bit. I mean, it seems to me that it is just a game to him and he is a kid out there, ya' know, playing it.