Comments on: Step into McNabb’s cleats

By: kb

kb — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:00:20 +0000

Tim Davenport you are brain dead. Watch any number of coach’s tirades hurled at male reporters. Heck, didn’t Mr. Rome once get physically assaulted by an NFL quarterback. You, like Jenni, probalby never played the game or had to put up with nerds, know it alls, and armchair quarterbacks saying they could do the job better having never strapped on pads in the middle of summer, getting your body beat to hell, and putting your heart and body on the line, week in and week out. Go back to your Dungeons and Dragons where you can save some fantasy world. And Jenni, if you did have kids you would know what the coach is talking about. His comments could have been directed to a male or female reporter and to take them as sexist is silly. Or are you pulling a Johnny Cochrane here to get out of Oklahoma? Heck, you’ve already received (undeserved) national attention.

By: KT

KT — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:29:26 +0000

If playing major college football is such a sacrifice and hardship on the players and the public scutiny the “kids” endure is so damaging, why not just end the entire OSU football program and Coach “I’m a man” Gundy can become a motivational speaker.

By: howie

howie — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:23:32 +0000

jenni – you should chose another profession. you’re just not very good at this.

By: chris

chris — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:38:16 +0000

ever heard of rex grossman? eli manning? peyton before he won it all?

Fact is, QBs get scrutinized on their performance, its not racial issue anymore.

Seems like you dont know squat about sports. Give it up.

You are in same class as Kim Jong il

By: Tim Davenport

Tim Davenport — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:45:32 +0000

The analogy of female sports reporter to black NFL QB is a good one. Does anyone seriously think that the Coach would have gone off in that way on a male reporter? I seriously doubt it. Good entertainment, sure, but the whole “You don’t have children” thing struck me as profoundly sexist.

That said, the original piece was indeed pretty lame, I have no idea where the “feeding him chicken” idiocy comes from…

We’re not talking about the female journalistic equivalent of Donovan McNabb here, more like a female Seneca Wallace.

By: V

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:27:30 +0000

Please excuse the ocassional typo. It seems I am always hurrying through these

By: V

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:26:00 +0000

Matt there is a word that is used on a regular basis, that is so inaccurate. Minoritiy and Minorities. Referring to women and people of color. So in other words if one is not a white male then they are labled as a minority? Consider this take all the people of color form Asia (including the 1/4 of the earth’s population in China, Africa, The Carribean Islands, the idigenious people of Australia. All the ethnic people born in Europe, and the countries of the Middle East, not to forget Native Americans including all native tribes Navajo, Ojibwe.. Pacific Islanders, and people from above the Artic Circle (Eslimos)and you compare that number to the number of people on this planet with and of strictly European heritage (white folks) and you will find yourselves greatly out numbered. As fare as women they outnumber us 6 to 1 on Earth. So look in a mirror Matt, and there you will see the true Minirity, but as for me I will jsut call you Matt

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:05:38 +0000

Hello, this is America. It doesn’t matter what color or gender you are. If you want to be on top in your profession, then you have to give that extra effort. I hate the use of the gender or race card. Do you know how many immigrants from other countries came to this country with nothing. At one point the Irish were considered to be equal to the so’called suppressed african americans. Where is the equality laws for the polish, irish, etc.. By the way you don’t help your cause when go after a young athlete. Even if a male writer wrote the article, there would still be hostility toward the author. Everyone claims that they just want to be equal, when really they just want an advantage over the competition (Equal Opportunity Employer’s, numerous scholarships to minorities).

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:59:26 +0000

Now…about the Reid/Gundy issue…

All this talk about Reid being a defenseless “kid” who has suffered at the hands of a newspaper columnist. I call BS! This same “kid” has fellow “kids” who are male AND female and carrying weapons and live ammo in Iraq and Afghanistan. These are MEN. These are WOMEN. These are grownups. These people are Reid’s age AND younger. They suffer great stress and great loss. They do it because of honor and duty. Reid is a QB on a D1 program and a Big12 school. He is BMOC. He sleeps in a soft, warm bed with full, hot meals every day. He has fraternity guys and sorority girls chasing him all day and all night. Everybody worrying about pity-poor Reid need to think again about how tough our young women on the ground in the heat of Iraq and in the cross-hairs of Al Qeada are EVERY DAY OF THIE LIVES, and stfu.

Reid’s job is to Man Up. Gundy’s job is to lead him there. Carlson’s column means nothing.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:02:08 +0000

Jenni,

Watching you respond to criticism, with your editor at your side. I don’t think that you should compare yourself to Donovan. He is a highly trained professional. After reading your article critical of a college QB – filled with “rumors” from ” sources” – your work is that of a hack.

We had a son play D-1 football, I’m glad he never had to deal with an unprofessional “columnist” (not reporter) like you.

Jim in Pennsylvania