Kam
10-04-2005, 07:14 AM
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/ncaa/10/03/bc.fbc.vick.apology.ap/index.html
Marcus vick made an obscene gesture at the fans and issued an apology (at the vatech v. wvu game). Now i understand that's the politically correct thing for him to do, to hold the student-athletes to a higher standard than to hold the students-students, but.... why? so it's ok for all the students and fans to yell obscenities, curse, obscene gestures, etc. down at the field, but if those self-same pure and innocent fans are the subject of the same treatment from the field.... lord help us all. what's up with that? if a player did give the fans a finger right back for all the fingers and other gestures they received, all it would do is rile up the fans and make them cheer louder for their team. done. that's all. the fans would all think of that person as a big 'ol jerk and badman for losing their cool and doing that back to the fans... umm.... why? isnt that exactly what we're all doing to the players on the field? yet we feel truly insulted when they flip us back off? ummm... again, why? is it right for them to lose their cool, no, they're putting on a show, entertaining us, and having fun or getting paid or about to get paid for doing so. but to have to issue an apology? am not quite sold on that. the only time school admin even attempts to discipline students and fans is when actual assault occurs and they are throwing things down on the field, and then... only barely.
I was at Miami for Wide Right II, and had fsu's tamarack vanover (sp?) given the entire student section the finger after running the opening kickoff back for a touchdown, he'd have every right to (he didnt), because every one of us was giving the um version of fsu's tomohawk chop right back at them whenever their band played on, including our own version fo their lyrics. i dont recall a single apology from a single student or from um in general for the collective insult to fsu. and we were all fine with that, and they were all fine with that, because the next year when we were all up in doak campbell, the exact same was being done back to us.
was it the right thing for vick to apologize? sure, IF he meant it (there's another article on SI or ESPN which i loved, about not saying sorry when you dont mean it, which inspired this rant.) but how about a lil relaxation on the thought police.
and the most assinine rule in college football (while am ranting) why these kids cant celebrate when they score, yet the pros can. you're telling me an 18 year old kid who just scores in some of the biggest sports events in the country cant do a lil dance? but a multi-multi-multi-multi-millionaire prima-donna wide reciever can do any number of antics they want when they score in meaningless games when they are PAID to get into the endzone?
and (while i continue ranting) OU-TX is no longer called the Red River Shootout because that's not PC either?????? WTF????
peace
k2
Marcus vick made an obscene gesture at the fans and issued an apology (at the vatech v. wvu game). Now i understand that's the politically correct thing for him to do, to hold the student-athletes to a higher standard than to hold the students-students, but.... why? so it's ok for all the students and fans to yell obscenities, curse, obscene gestures, etc. down at the field, but if those self-same pure and innocent fans are the subject of the same treatment from the field.... lord help us all. what's up with that? if a player did give the fans a finger right back for all the fingers and other gestures they received, all it would do is rile up the fans and make them cheer louder for their team. done. that's all. the fans would all think of that person as a big 'ol jerk and badman for losing their cool and doing that back to the fans... umm.... why? isnt that exactly what we're all doing to the players on the field? yet we feel truly insulted when they flip us back off? ummm... again, why? is it right for them to lose their cool, no, they're putting on a show, entertaining us, and having fun or getting paid or about to get paid for doing so. but to have to issue an apology? am not quite sold on that. the only time school admin even attempts to discipline students and fans is when actual assault occurs and they are throwing things down on the field, and then... only barely.
I was at Miami for Wide Right II, and had fsu's tamarack vanover (sp?) given the entire student section the finger after running the opening kickoff back for a touchdown, he'd have every right to (he didnt), because every one of us was giving the um version of fsu's tomohawk chop right back at them whenever their band played on, including our own version fo their lyrics. i dont recall a single apology from a single student or from um in general for the collective insult to fsu. and we were all fine with that, and they were all fine with that, because the next year when we were all up in doak campbell, the exact same was being done back to us.
was it the right thing for vick to apologize? sure, IF he meant it (there's another article on SI or ESPN which i loved, about not saying sorry when you dont mean it, which inspired this rant.) but how about a lil relaxation on the thought police.
and the most assinine rule in college football (while am ranting) why these kids cant celebrate when they score, yet the pros can. you're telling me an 18 year old kid who just scores in some of the biggest sports events in the country cant do a lil dance? but a multi-multi-multi-multi-millionaire prima-donna wide reciever can do any number of antics they want when they score in meaningless games when they are PAID to get into the endzone?
and (while i continue ranting) OU-TX is no longer called the Red River Shootout because that's not PC either?????? WTF????
peace
k2