On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote:
> I got wrapped into something yesterday, but if you want to watch a single > video from yesterday, Adam Schefter was on SportsCenter yesterday morning > when this thing broke. Watch the second video. Schefter, who is considered > the gold standard of NFL insider stuff, was furious while talking to Hannah > Storm about it. And why was he furious? While he won't say it outright, > allow me: he (along with a lot of other reporters) was burned horribly by a > source. > > http://deadspin.com/adam-schefter-is-fed-up-with-the-nfl-1631937239 > > > (SNIP) I wrote in a Facebook post yesterday that if this video does > anything, this is truly a put-up-or-shut-up moment for NFL fans. If you > support the sport (regardless of the color jersey you root for), you're > endorsing the behavior of these assholes. Do you have a problem with this > or don't you? And if you do, are you going to alter your behavior or do you > fundamentally not care, because FOOTBALL! > I did watch the Schefter segments last night (to clarify, Deadspin calls him the gold standard of insider hacks who make their living passing on handouts from the NFL) - it will be interesting to see if people like him take a more critical, journalistic stance toward the NFL in the future (Hint: They won't). In reference to your last note, as someone else said on the list yesterday, the NFL is making it harder and harder for ethical people to remain a fan. At this point I am not ready to go as far as you have here - after all, men who do not play for the NFL beat the shit out of their wives and girlfriends all the time, and I am not aware of any evidence that this is more common among NFL players than the general population (about 1.4 million women are physically assaulted by intimate partners each year in this country; the common perception that there is a link between the Super Bowl and increased domestic violence is a myth). But the NFL consistently engages in the very worst of corporate evil, lying to its customers and exploiting its labor force, maximizing its obscene profits while diluting its product. So far I am not watching less football than I was - but I am thinking about it. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
