Posted on 08/27/2014 1:40:58 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
After it found itself at the epicenter of a storm of criticism over a report on the shower habits of Michael Sam, the first openly gay player on an NFL roster, and his teammates, ESPN responded Wednesday morning with a further statement on the report.
“ESPN regrets the manner in which we presented our report. Clearly yesterday we collectively failed to meet the standards we have set in reporting on LGBT-related topics in sports.”…
In its initial response to the firestorm, ESPN reponded Tuesday: “In response to recent questions about Sam fitting in with the team, multiple Rams brought up the shower topic and we relayed that information as part of our reporting.” Clearly, it felt it was necessary to walk that back Wednesday.
Watch the report. From the term “shower habits,” you would think one of the anchors had asked, with a smirk, “So, has Sam dropped the soap yet?” But the exchange is low key and matter of fact. The anchor wants to know, go figure, how the NFL’s first openly gay player is fitting in. Remember him? The guy whose coming out last year was international news and inspired maybe eight thousand stories asking, “How well will Sam fit in?” Here’s ESPN following up, and here’s their correspondent with an update: He seems to be fitting in fine, although one Rams player thinks he might be delaying his own showers after practice so as not to make some teammates uncomfortable. However you want to slice that, it’s news. If Sam really is waiting to shower, it shows that he senses there might still be some awkwardness in the locker room and wants to introduce himself to the team gradually. If he isn’t, it shows there’s already some misunderstanding of his behavior
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File this under: gayest story of the day.
If I were his teammate, I’d be wanting to know.
An ersatz apology from ESPN is less than worthless, it is as insulting as the offense for which they are faking the apology.
Typical lefties, knowingly offend then BS apology after.
Soap on a rope will probably be banned in the NFL. It’s homophobic.
Nobody has said this out loud that I know of. But a gay man in the locker room with other naked men puts him in a place with naked people to whom he is sexually attracted.
It would be as if a man on a sports team with females goes and showers with nude females after the game.
And that is why these locker room issues are something people are concerned about.
A question only his butt buddy can answer.
Soap on a rope is #1 seller on amazon this preseason.
Yikes! LOL
Probably using the “Other” shower with his boyfriend.
It was the report people wanted to know about, unfortunately it was not PC.
Well, what did they have for lunch?
I laughed. That story was right up to the standards they’ve set. They’re obsessed with the guy. I’m not. They want to burnish their sensitive new-age liberal guy credentials. I just sit here and laugh.
F that id go home dirty
ESPN has standards? Since when?
Now that's funny, writch ere.
Excellent analogy.
And, sorry, if I were a guy showering with nude females, I would no more able to get my penis to go limp than I would be to keep myself from falling if I jumped over a cliff.
The only way to do so would be to avoid the situation altogether. Not even as in not making visual contact. More like not even being in the same room.
Confession: I'm 58, been married for 30 years, am still deeply in love with my wife and have evenings when I have to flee to sleep in the spare bedroom when my johnson goes up and she is too tired to accommodate it. It is the only way I get any sleep.
ESPN is such PC pansy outfit that's not even worth watching because you just know some leftist bonehead commentator is going spew the Obama/DNC/PC propaganda line.
Don’t drop the soap! If you do, don’t bend down to pick it up...
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