Let the CYA begin!

This story has blown up in the NFL's face, and it might not be finished blowing up. It seems as if the NFL's (and the Baltimore Raven's) contention that it did not see the video from inside the elevator is a lie. I figure that reporters are scrambling to find some way to confirm that both the league and the team had the video (Sports Illustrated's Peter King had implied in an early report that the league had seen the video, and tried to clumsily walk back the claim this afternoon). If they do confirm this, the league is facing a serious backlash, not the least from all of those reporters whose glamorous "NFL insider" status just became "you're a shill for a despicable bunch of woman-hating assholes."

The issue of domestic violence among sports professionals is now front-and-center and may remain so for some time, especially in light of situations like this one and the brutal assault by an MMA fighter, who savagely beat his ex-girlfriend for the crime of being his ex-girlfriend. The NFL attempted to have its cake and eat it, too. They may wind up choking on it.

I note a curious silence from the "family values" assholes who just can't seem to keep their cakeholes shut when the subject is Michael Sam.

(September 8, 2014 at 3:38 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I note a curious silence from the "family values" assholes who just can't seem to keep their cakeholes shut when the subject is Michael Sam.

Honestly can't remember the last time one of the family values groups said a damn thing about domestic violence. Too focused on gay marriage I suppose.

(September 8, 2014 at 3:40 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote:

(September 8, 2014 at 3:38 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I note a curious silence from the "family values" assholes who just can't seem to keep their cakeholes shut when the subject is Michael Sam.

Honestly can't remember the last time one of the family values groups said a damn thing about domestic violence. Too focused on gay marriage I suppose.

Psst - It's because they think gay sex is icky.

(September 8, 2014 at 3:42 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:

(September 8, 2014 at 3:40 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Honestly can't remember the last time one of the family values groups said a damn thing about domestic violence. Too focused on gay marriage I suppose.

Psst - It's because they think gay sex is icky.

Apparently dick touching an asshole is horrid, but a dick punching the shit out of his girlfriend isn't notable.

And Josh Gordon is suspended for 1 year for smoking pot. The NFL needs to get their priorities straight.

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Just heard them say on ESPN something to the effect of "The Ravens realized they had to release him because of the negativity attached." So, not because he punched his wife, but because it looks bad....*slappy forehead emotiguy*

(September 8, 2014 at 3:38 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I note a curious silence from the "family values" assholes who just can't seem to keep their cakeholes shut when the subject is Michael Sam.

FOX thinks its a joke.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/08/fo...he-stairs/

Quote:Fox hosts giggle that NFL player’s abused girlfriend should learn to ‘take the stairs’

(September 8, 2014 at 4:36 pm)Minimalist Wrote:

(September 8, 2014 at 3:38 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I note a curious silence from the "family values" assholes who just can't seem to keep their cakeholes shut when the subject is Michael Sam.

FOX thinks its a joke.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/08/fo...he-stairs/

Quote:Fox hosts giggle that NFL player’s abused girlfriend should learn to ‘take the stairs’

Quote:“Rihanna went back to Chris Brown right after [he assaulted her],” co-host Brian Kilmeade noted. “A lot of people thought that was a terrible message.”

“I think the message is take the stairs,” he added, as co-host Anna Kooiman giggled.

“The message is, when you’re in an elevator, there’s a camera,” Doocy concluded.

How about don't beat your wife shitheads. Didn't have to read it to know it was Brian Kilmeade.

He doesn't see the irony of spewing every idiotic thought in his head on a tv show in front of cameras?