Jetfan13 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Trash-talking athletes finally need to realize there's no room for their garbage in game Dave Hyde | Sports Columnist December 6, 2008 While the sports world was busy trashing the trash talking of hockey's Sean Avery this week, there was something more compelling to note beyond his potty mouth: The muzzling of trash talking. Or maybe it's what in this Jerry Springer world constitutes an attempt for "clean trash talking," a sporting oxymoron along the lines of "fun run" and "draft expert." There's a line being drawn out there, somewhere, and it began before Avery's tasteless comments regarding a former girlfriend dating an opponent. The week before, for instance, the NFL fined the Dolphins' Channing Crowder and Joey Porter for in-game bile directed at the New England Patriots. Crowder and Porter went over the NFL-drawn line by spewing racial venom and attacking an opponent's family, according to sources. The specifics? Well, they were listed by two sources and won't make the family newspaper. Cel Avery's poison toward race and an opposing family member and you've got the general idea of the Dolphins' riffs. It's telling that veteran Dolphins such as Vonnie Holliday, Yeremiah Bell and Jason Ferguson were critical of their two teammates' comments. Look how seriously the league is taking this, too. Patriot tackle Matt Light punched a helmetless Crowder several times in the head, even grabbing Crowder's hair to hold him. But Light's fists were fined the same $15,000 as Crowder's words (Porter got fined $7,500). It goes back to the summer when teams received a memo from the league that reads like a football version of George Carlin's Seven "When it comes to comments on the field or anywhere in the work place by players or coaches or others that cross racial, ethnic, religious, sexual orientation or are personal attacks or comments about personal families members' mental, emotional or substance abuse addictions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFSIKH Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Light's outburst and lack of punishment makes a little more sense. I guess Garb was right when she said that last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Light's outburst and lack of punishment makes a little more sense. I guess Garb was right when she said that last week. Please don't ever suggest that Garb was right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 "When it comes to comments on the field or anywhere in the work place by players or coaches or others that cross racial, ethnic, religious, sexual orientation or are personal attacks or comments about personal families members' mental, emotional or substance abuse addictions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 I guess Garb was right when she said that last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyjetsjetsjets Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 it is all very stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garb Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 it is all very stupid. ....except the ME being right part. I usually am, btw.....it just pains you all to admit it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
war ensemble Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 I guess Garb was right when she said that last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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