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Steelers' Porter Fined For Using Gay Slur
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| 12/14/06
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Posted on 12/15/2006 3:16:56 AM PST by beyond the sea
Pittsburgh Steelers' linebacker Joey Porter was fined $10,000 by the NFL on Thursday for a gay slur he made towards Cleveland Browns' tight end Kellen Winslow after the game on Thursday.
During the game, Winslow was flagged for a personal foul for hitting Steelers linebacker James Farrior after a play. In a post-game interview, Porter referred to Winslow with a derogatory word used to describe homosexuals.
On Tuesday, Porter apologized, saying he didn't intend to offend anyone but Winslow.
"I guess, how we used that word freely, me using it growing up, I didn't think anything of it," Porter said on Tuesday. "I apologize to anyone I offended. I didn't mean to offend nobody but Kellen Winslow."
This was Porter's second fine of the season. During a game against the Atlanta Falcons in October, Porter was fined $15,000 for comments he made to an official.
There is no word on whether Porter will appeal the fine.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Ohio; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: aids; childmolesters; disease; fined; football; gay; gaystapo; sodomites; sodomy; steelers
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To: ShadowDancer
61
posted on
12/15/2006 5:22:24 AM PST
by
sport
To: Bender2
62
posted on
12/15/2006 5:22:50 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
To: beyond the sea; All
The NFL just bent over forward for homosexuals.
Are these people THAT stupid in the marketing department?
Who complained?
Is the NFL THAT infested with pansy boys?
63
posted on
12/15/2006 5:23:00 AM PST
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: twhitak
Interesting position for a gay guy to play, huhI don't think he's gay.
See post # 35 to see his wife.
Pretty nice.
64
posted on
12/15/2006 5:24:52 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
To: mcg2000; Dallas59; martin_fierro
Ahhh the irony. Has anyone met Hollywood Henderson? OMG ... you would be hard pressed to meet a less educated person. I just kept thinking: annunciation, past tense/present tense, single/plural form, his lips haven't touched during the past 30 minute conversation, etc, etc. WOW!LOL. Yea, Henderson was a real Norman Einstein.
****
"The word 'genius' isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein." -- Joe Theisman
65
posted on
12/15/2006 5:27:37 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
To: SIDENET
"How gay."
Reminds me of a George Carlin quote.
"A fag is a guy who won't go with you to beat up queers."
Or something like that. :-)
66
posted on
12/15/2006 5:28:43 AM PST
by
gate2wire
(Merry Christmas.)
To: Williams
Yes, I noticed that. What a bunch of P.C. wimps.
67
posted on
12/15/2006 5:28:57 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
To: Labyrinthos
Which should come as no surprise in a game that starts play with one guy snuggling his hands into the butt of another guy and yelling "hut!" LOL
68
posted on
12/15/2006 5:29:36 AM PST
by
org.whodat
(Never let the facts get in the way of a good assumption.)
To: ShadowDancer
I'm assuming he called him a fag?I wondered the same thing. Is it now one of the words we can't say. If so, that's really gay.
69
posted on
12/15/2006 5:30:51 AM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(Where is my Reagan, Don't say it's John McCain. Where have all the conservatives gone? - P.Shanklin)
To: longtermmemmory
The NFL just bent over forward for homosexuals. Are these people THAT stupid in the marketing department? Who complained? Is the NFL THAT infested with pansy boys?The country has gone GAD..... gay/mad.
70
posted on
12/15/2006 5:31:24 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
To: gate2wire
71
posted on
12/15/2006 5:31:55 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
To: beyond the sea
What if he called him a "moron" or an "idiot". Would he have been fined for that? An insult is an insult and it's part of sports.
72
posted on
12/15/2006 5:33:29 AM PST
by
Tigercap
To: org.whodat
"Which should come as no surprise in a game that starts play with one guy snuggling his hands into the butt of another guy and yelling "hut!"
Imagine how Kordell Stewart's center must have felt.
73
posted on
12/15/2006 5:33:54 AM PST
by
gate2wire
(Merry Christmas.)
To: beyond the sea
Earth shaking behavior. Pretty mundane stuff considering all the trash talk these guys throw at each other all through a game.
I'll care when someone punishes libs for calling conservatives Nazis.
Matter of fact, I think the NFL has just earned this famous award:
To: beyond the sea
PC hitting football. Soon players will have to take sensitivity classes for cursing.
75
posted on
12/15/2006 5:40:57 AM PST
by
baltoga
To: ChildOfThe60s
Great post.
This "Nazi/Conservatve connection crap is pretty nasty!
And it's working with a large segment of the ignorant voting public.
76
posted on
12/15/2006 5:42:07 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
To: ShadowDancer
I'm assuming he called him a fag? Why would one person refer to another person by using an old English colloquialism for a bundle of sticks?
</sarcasm>
77
posted on
12/15/2006 5:42:55 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(This is my tagline. There are many like it but this one is mine.)
To: Tigercap
What if he called him a "moron" or an "idiot". Would he have been fined for that? An insult is an insult and it's part of sportsI totally agree.
What if Winslow were white and Porter called him a "chump whitey"? What would the fine have been there??
Everybody is so uptight.
78
posted on
12/15/2006 5:44:32 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
To: beyond the sea
"That's really gay" or "You're really gay" is something you hear at least 10 times a day if you're around many young people. Lock em all up!
79
posted on
12/15/2006 5:44:37 AM PST
by
showme_the_Glory
(No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody want a peanut.....)
To: beyond the sea
I don't think that is a picture of his wife. The link says Nelly Furtado. She's a pop singer.
80
posted on
12/15/2006 5:45:51 AM PST
by
Risha
(Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God)
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