Posted on 04/04/2014 11:31:40 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
Sports talk radio personality Mike Francesa is standing by his comments after criticizing New York Mets player Daniel Murphy for taking two games off because of the birth of his son. Francesca made the comments on WFAN, which is owned by CBS.
On Wednesday, Francesa spent 20 minutes of his talk show to paternity leave, ranting that no man should be allowed a 10-day leave, calling it a "gimmick" and a "scam."
On Thursday, he responded to his critics, standing by his comments, including those about first-time dad Murphy.
Francesa said his comments about paternity leave have been taken out of context. "I was really speaking to someone who has a job like a Major League player like Murphy," he said. "Or, someone like me, you have a unique job, and you have the wherewithal to maybe afford care that some people may not, stuff like that, then you get back to work."
However, Boomer Esiason, who also criticized Murphy on a separate WFAN show, apologized on Friday's broadcast. Esiason, who said Wednesday that Murphy should have arranged for his wife to have a Caesarean section before Opening Day, said he reached out to the Murphy and the Mets and is "truly sorry" for his "insensitive comments."
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Geez.... Everyone is different. These are personal, private decisions well within Murphy's bargained for Union Rights.
Besides, his attendance wouldn't help the pathetic Mets anyway....
The Mets suck and Fransayso is wrong alot of the time but in this case he’s right about the 10 day scam.
Back then? His kids are like 10 years old, tops. At least the twins....
Count me among those of that persuasion.
In fact I brought our first child home with mrs p6 holding him.in a basket in the front a Pacer wagon.
Then I went back to work.
Isn’t this paternity leave thing a part of the contract that the players union has with MLB?
Just who the hell do these people think they are? Where do they get the idea that watching baseball gives them the right to tell a man how to act at the time of his child’s birth. Boomer is a f%^king moron IF he was serious when he said that.
I admit not knowing much about him personally, other than listening to his sports show of SiriusXm occasionally, but I assumed when I listened to his rant on the issue his first child was born in the 1970's or 1980's, the way he was talking about "back in the day".
If the pendulum is swinging back towards families rather than corporations then I don't see that as a bad thing.
When you hear people, at the end of life, express their regrets there seem to be two constants - I spent too much time at work & I did not spend enough time with my kids.
In any case, his contract gives him paternity leave & the Mets appear to be fully supportive.
Francesa must have ratings trouble to be stirring up this hornet's nest.
How about Boomer Esaison? That was a pretty bad thing, worse to say. Even if these guys are just sort of being shock jocks or saying this in jest.
He's milking this for ratings. Big man.
mike fatcessa weighs 350lbs, does not have a speck of athletic ability and has made a career bashing athletes....the clown is a complete zero (think bob costas plus 250lbs)...
Mike Francesa is an idiot who likes to create controversy. Nothing new here.
Yes.
Boomer Esiason appears to be even stupider than Mike Francesca.
That is how I feel about it.
3 games out of a 162 game season? Come on. It is not like any team is in a pennant race at the moment.
The season is too long anyways.
9:00 am to 1:00 pm is four hours.
That’s about how much time it takes to play a baseball game.
I think he was, but was coming more from the angle of his NFL days - as in, a QB is more important than a 2B - especially when it’s 16 games versus 162.
He apologized rather profusely on the radio this morning. Still, it was a moronic thing to say.
He doesn’t have ratings trouble. His show is huge. It’s #1 for Sports Talk in the country by a wide margin - he’s won several Marconi awards, he was just signed to a lengthy extension and announced his show is simulcasting on FoxSports 1 & 2.
What he has, is an arrogance issue.
Have you ever seen this guy, Mike Zaun (Mike's On) on You Tube? Hilarious and spot on: click here
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