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re: Why is this Dolphins story getting this big?
Posted on 11/7/13 at 9:15 am to lsutigers1992
Posted on 11/7/13 at 9:15 am to lsutigers1992
There's no reason that it shouldn't be a big story.
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Posted on 11/7/13 at 9:18 am to Jcorye1
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I've seen more of a anti-bullying stance than a racist stance.
If Incognito didn't say the N-word, do you really think this would be talked about as it has been on every news outlet imaginable for as long as it has or will continue to be?
Read all the Deadspin articles to this. It's about race
Posted on 11/7/13 at 9:20 am to Spaulding Smails
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If Incognito didn't say the N-word, do you really think this would be talked about as it has been on every news outlet imaginable
Exactly. Had RI called him a piece of shite, this story would be dead already.
Posted on 11/7/13 at 9:21 am to lsutigers1992
If he left the team because of an injury, already that's a story.
The fact that he left because of a work environment he found unmanageable makes it huge. Regardless of what the whole story is, I can't remember an NFL starter leaving a team because he can't work with someone.
Then the Dolphins suspended a player, which on its face is a big story.
So, one starter leaves the team because of a difficult working environment, and then the team suspends the player accused of making it so difficult. I can't remember this ever happening before.
I've used no media buzz words here, and I've given you a perfectly good explanation as to why the story is so big.
Pretty obvious.
The fact that he left because of a work environment he found unmanageable makes it huge. Regardless of what the whole story is, I can't remember an NFL starter leaving a team because he can't work with someone.
Then the Dolphins suspended a player, which on its face is a big story.
So, one starter leaves the team because of a difficult working environment, and then the team suspends the player accused of making it so difficult. I can't remember this ever happening before.
I've used no media buzz words here, and I've given you a perfectly good explanation as to why the story is so big.
Pretty obvious.
Posted on 11/7/13 at 9:23 am to lsutigers1992
You can think it's stupid that people still care about the story, but ESPN doesn't have to puppeteer anything to keep the public interest in it. It's also the top sports story on several media outlets with no stake in MNF because of its sensational elements.
Posted on 11/7/13 at 9:24 am to Spaulding Smails
quote:Wait till we find out that they screwed.
Read all the Deadspin articles to this. It's about race
Posted on 11/7/13 at 9:27 am to ballscaster
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Wait till we find out that they screwed.
Thats when shite gets real
Posted on 11/7/13 at 9:30 am to lsutigers1992
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2. the Dolphins play on ESPN this week against a winless team and nobody would give a shite about it otherwise.
I'll take #2
Posted on 11/7/13 at 9:33 am to Jcorye1
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I've seen more of a anti-bullying stance than a racist stance.
There were several shows yesterday discussing "Bullying in the Work-place".
Posted on 11/7/13 at 9:37 am to tidalmouse
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I've seen more of a anti-bullying stance than a racist stance.
There were several shows yesterday discussing "Bullying in the Work-place".
Race is a secondary issue here. Bullying is the main issue.
Posted on 11/7/13 at 9:43 am to A2
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Race is a secondary issue here. Bullying is the main issue.
Race is the number one issue for people who are "team Incognito". If they can make it about race, he wins because the racial element here is pretty much non existent.
Posted on 11/7/13 at 9:45 am to Jcorye1
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Patriots/Atlanta/Greenbay were all playoff contenders that have lost a ton of starters.
yea and everyone loses them to injury. not many teams have a guy walk out and another suspended.
obviously not the same but like aaron hernandez got more attention than the others on the list.
its major players lost unconventional ways.
Posted on 11/7/13 at 9:45 am to ZereauxSum
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Race is the number one issue for people who are "team Incognito". If they can make it about race, he wins because the racial element here is pretty much non existent.
the bully element seems to be hardly existent as well shitface.
Posted on 11/7/13 at 9:46 am to Spaulding Smails
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If Incognito didn't say the N-word, do you really think this would be talked about as it has been on every news outlet imaginable for as long as it has or will continue to be?
it gave it an extra spark but it was a noteworthy story already. an nfl player walking out due to bullying was going to get major attention.
Posted on 11/7/13 at 9:51 am to tidalmouse
I couldn't sleep last night and was flipping channels.
Dr. Drew had his panel of crazy woman and his call-in guest was Ricky Williams.It was pretty funny.Ricky Williams marches to the beat of his own bong.
Dr. Drew had his panel of crazy woman and his call-in guest was Ricky Williams.It was pretty funny.Ricky Williams marches to the beat of his own bong.
Posted on 11/7/13 at 9:54 am to Chad504boy
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the bully element seems to be hardly existent as well shitface
Why? Because his teammates say so?
Martin still text messages and voicemails. Incognito has a bunch of guys saying he was just joshin'.
Posted on 11/7/13 at 10:12 am to ZereauxSum
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Martin still text messages and voicemails. Incognito has a bunch of guys saying he was just joshin'.
But Incognito was just joshin', and the sentiment in the locker room is that it was horse play between two good buddies and Martin thought it was comical.
I don't know about y'all, but my friends and I talk shite to each other like that all the time. We know we aren't serious about what we say, and we brush it off. But if someone does strike a nerve, we are man enough to confront one another, and say "Hey man, I didn't like what you said. Can you maybe not do that in the future"
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Posted on 11/7/13 at 10:27 am to Spaulding Smails
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But Incognito was just joshin', and the sentiment in the locker room is that it was horse play between two good buddies and Martin thought it was comical.
Maybe. I'm just having a really hard time understanding what context one can say he is going to slap your mom, shite down your throat and kill you, and have it taken as a joke.
Maybe this is the way things work on NFL locker rooms. I have no idea. Maybe Martin went along with it as a rookie because he thought it would end after that year.
Posted on 11/7/13 at 10:28 am to ZereauxSum
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Maybe. I'm just having a really hard time understanding what context one can say he is going to slap your mom, shite down your throat and kill you, and have it taken as a joke.
really you don't understand how that can be taken as a joke?
Posted on 11/7/13 at 10:32 am to ZereauxSum
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Maybe. I'm just having a really hard time understanding what context one can say he is going to slap your mom, shite down your throat and kill you, and have it taken as a joke.
No one here has heard the call...If Incognito has that tone in his voice where you can hear the jest in it, then it will prove he was joking all along.
If he is intense in the call, sounds like pure rage, then yeah, Martin has a case.
But saying your going to "shite down someone's throat" can't be said without laughing about it at some point
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