See this crazy Video.......HERE.......
Posted on 01/15/2005 9:45:33 PM PST by GoldenOrchid
Apparently Randy Moss doesn't write checks. It's beneath him, he will pay his fine in cash, and next time he might even do something worse for attention.
See this crazy Video.......HERE.......
Reporter: “Write the check yet, Randy?”
Moss: “When you’re rich you don’t write checks.”
Reporter: “If you don’t write checks, how do you pay these guys?”
Moss: “Straight cash, homey.”
Reporter: “Randy, are you upset about the fine?”
Moss: “No, cause it ain’t [expletive]. Ain’t nothing but 10 grand. What’s 10 grand to me? Ain’t [expletive] … Next time I might shake my [expletive].”
There's still plenty of sports in sports. Problem is these incidents get all the coverage. There was no BS like this in 3 of the 4 wild card games last weekend, none in the 2 divisional games that have been played so far, and other than this incident the Packers-Vikings game was clean. Nearly 20 hours of playoff football and 10 seconds of it was this stupidity, while that doesn't excuse Moss behavior it's kind of dumb to go blaming the other 500ish players because Moss is a moron that's gonna wind up on the wrong side of a gun fight.
A quote from the movie, "Arthur":
"HAVE A NICE LIFE IN PRISON."
Thank ESPN, sports talk radio, etc.
Or for not completing his routes. ..........or for giving up on plays that don't involve him actually catching the ball. .........or for pushing a traffic cop with his car for a half a block.
Thank the nature of journalism. Routine plays are boring to cover. In order for something to be "news worthy" it must be out of the ordinary. There's really nobody to blame, that's just how it works. How many speeches do you think Lincoln gave, and how many are remembered today? Why, because that one was different, because of time, place, and content it stuck out, might not even be his best speech but it's the one that got the coverage.
I agree with your feelings on decency. I have 2 sons that between them garnered 3 state football titles. But my interest in watching overpaid, artificially enhanced, team to team bouncing athletes, is reaching an all time low. There are some that display real class, but their numbers seem to be declining.
If he said that to a judge, the judge would most likely say, " well lets make that $100,000 then."
Why? Just because he's an athlete doesn't mean he signed over his First Amendment rights. He's entitled to be an arrogant fool just the same as anyone else.
What Moss did was unsportsmanlike conduct. I'm surprised he didn't get a flag thrown on him when he pulled it. Likewise, I'm surprised the fine is so light. He should have been penalized for that conduct. But there's no way I'll support penalizing him for having an opinion about his penalty. That just ain't right.
Isn't it a bit odd that people are more bent out of shape over Moss pretending to moon a hostile crowd than they were about that group of chumps masquerading as basketball players who assaulted fans in the arena where they played?
[bitter? me? just 'cause I'm a GB fan? NAH]
When I 1st heard about the Moss incident, I only heard Jack Buck's comments, & thought that Moss may have actually mooned the fans, since Buck was saying how discusting it was (not just doing a symbolic, fake moon).
But once I saw the video, it bothered me only in that it was a sign of disrespect & arrogance, & I didn't consider the act itself to be THAT offensive, since he DID leave his pants on.
HOWEVER, this smart-ass comment that he made to the KARE11 reporter really aggravated me. His attitude, IMHO, is much worse than his doing a fake moon. I hope the gets his butt kicked in the next game (& that's putting it mildly!), & I hope the NFL will give him a 6-figure fine for these remarks.
How easy would it be to get an online petition started to get the NFL to dramatically increase his fine for these remarks, or even suspend him for a few games next season? Would anyone be willing to sign it, or would it be a waste of time?
Good observation. It could be, in part, that football culture has not become quite so thuggified as basketball culture. Dennis Rodman was behaving in more outlandish ways than Moss years ago. Basketball has become some sort of archetype for life in the 'hood, and at this point it's almost expected to be full of bad behavior. And to heavily criticize the bad behavior in basketball is then equated to criticizing "black" behavior in general. So thuggery in basketball has become somewhat off-limits due to a form of polical correctness. However a higher standard of behavior may be expected of NFL players by football fans.
This is another theory, and it's a little abstract, but I truly believe it. It sort of dovetails with the first theory, though. I have always found that it is much easier for folks to get all worked up about nothing than something. That's because getting hot and bothered by "something" then requires one to actually do something about it, whereas getting upset about "nothing" does not, because it's, well, nothing.
Thus, to acknowledge that the thuggish (and in this case, criminal as well) behavior that occurs so often now in basketball is wrong is to simultaneously acknowledge that it needs to be changed. That would require changing one's behavior in response to the event, such as no longer watching basketball or purchasing basketball-themed products, or actually stating one's position in the hopes of spreading a movement to clean up the sport. No one's going to do that, because that would simultaneously require criticism of a culture that glorifies thuggery (and has been made off-limits by the PC police). However, to get upset about "nothing," such as Moss' behavior in comparison, allows one to appear righteous without actually having to do anything in response to the event. In short, it's symbolic outrage over a small incident, due to the fact that so few people have the courage to express outrage over much worse behavior.
You probably didn't want to read a dissertation. Sorry. But I thought you made a good point and wanted to respond to it.
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