12-04-2010, 07:39
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Booing NFL Players Same As Booing Returning Soldiers
And in the open mouth - insert foot news category...we have a winner!!!
Jacka@$!
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Antrel Rolle compares booing players to booing soldiers coming home from Iraq, later apologizes
NYPost, 2 Dec 2010
Antrel Rolle admits that he is a "bigmouth" and is unapologetic about it. Thursday, however, the Giants' safety put his foot in that mouth and had to issue a scripted apology shortly after he compared his teammates to American troops returning from Iraq.
In an attempt to defend ripping Giants fans Tuesday for booing the team, Rolle said: "They want to make it that guys paid this much money for a ticket. Yeah, I understand that, I understand completely. We risk ourselves out there on the field each and every day also. When soldiers come home from Iraq you don't boo them. I look at it the same way. I take my job seriously."
Later, in a statement released by the team, Rolle said: "I used a very poor, inappropriate example earlier today to demonstrate how seriously I take my job. Obviously there is no comparison between the men and women of our military putting their life on the line defending our country and what I do.
"They risk their lives and that gives me the opportunity to play a game for a living. After I made my earlier comments, somebody even said to me: how would your father, who is the chief of police in Homestead (Fla.) and puts himself at risk every day, feel about the comparison you made? Again, it was a very poor, very inappropriate choice of words."
(cont'd)
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/fo...rs_coming.html
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12-04-2010, 07:44
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lol "scripted apology"?!
Musta been spelled out phonetically.
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12-04-2010, 07:47
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"I used a very poor, inappropriate example earlier today to demonstrate how seriously I take my job. Obviously there is no comparison between the men and women of our military putting their life on the line defending our country and what I do.
They risk their lives and that gives me the opportunity to play a game for a living. After I made my earlier comments, somebody even said to me: how would your father, who is the chief of police in Homestead (Fla.) and puts himself at risk every day, feel about the comparison you made? Again, it was a very poor, very inappropriate choice of words."
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Penitence is good for the soul,, even if you have to be reminded by your PR agent...
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12-04-2010, 14:20
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related?
The Tampa Bay tight end made a similar reference years ago. It was pretty funny too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I82BPA5QAaQ
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12-04-2010, 21:52
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Antrel Rolle, a former Cardinal and UM Hurricane is a pretty good kid who really put his foot in his mouth here.
On a related note, I noticed after 9/11 that the NFL attempted to limit descriptions of their GAMES as 'combat,' or 'battle,' but that such efforts are now fading.
Battle, my ass...
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12-04-2010, 21:55
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Kellen Winslow went to "The U" as well. 
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12-04-2010, 22:05
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Kellen Winslow went to "The U" as well. |
That was Kellen Winslow, JR! Not the class act his dad was!
However, sometimes it is hard to be from 'The U'!
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12-04-2010, 22:21
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Originally Posted by ZonieDiver
That was Kellen Winslow, JR! Not the class act his dad was!
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Attention to details! *smacks self in head*
Didn't mean to defame the senior Winslow, or lump him in with anyone (related or not) from "The U."
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However, sometimes it is hard to be from 'The U'!
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True. Just ask Donna Shalala.
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12-04-2010, 22:27
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True. Just ask Donna Shalala.
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While she is not my favorite person... or even my favorite person from the Clinton Administration, I must admit, she has done a lot to "clean up" The U!
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12-05-2010, 11:35
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While she is not my favorite person... or even my favorite person from the Clinton Administration, I must admit, she has done a lot to "clean up" The U!
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Agreed. Miami is only a shell of what it was in the 80s, and I mean that in a good way.
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12-06-2010, 15:39
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Originally Posted by ZonieDiver
Antrel Rolle, a former Cardinal and UM Hurricane is a pretty good kid who really put his foot in his mouth here.
On a related note, I noticed after 9/11 that the NFL attempted to limit descriptions of their GAMES as 'combat,' or 'battle,' but that such efforts are now fading.
Battle, my ass...
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Agreed. Last I recall, football is a game, combat is not.
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