I was tempted to save this piece for my own blog as I began my tirade on the subject over there, but I cannot wait!

This weekend on Fox NFL Sunday, my BF said he saw them do a piece where they visited a HS to speak with HS athletes about the recent controversy surrounding Joe Horn's recent endzone antics and answer the central question: 'Are touchdown celebrations getting out of control?'



Now this pisses me off more than just a little bit. Did Fox think it was doing some sort of public service by doing this piece? Don't they feel that the NFL and sports in general have bigger issues they could have discussed with these kids? Like, oh... for instance Matt Millen's highly offensive homophobic remarks? Doesn't Fox think these kids might be better served learning why hatred and intolerance is wrong more so than talking about why showboating is wrong?

This is part of the problem with the NFL, the media and sports in general. A senior executive of an NFL team can repeatedly call a player a "faggot" and the NFL does nothing. This is a person who is responsible for managing hundreds of employees associated with an NFL team. His remarks have created a hostile working environment for any gay employees within the organization. He should be fined, fired and banned from the NFL. But instead... nothing from the NFL. Now Joe Horn makes a cellphone call to his mom from the endzone after a touchdown and he gets fined $30,000. Where is the justice or common sense in that?

And what was Sean Kosofsky (policy director for the Triangle Foundation, a gay and lesbian advocacy group) thinking when told the Detroit Free Press that Millen's apology alone was a strong enough message against the type of language he used. I read his explanation and fumed... "We are pleased that so many voices in the sports world have condemned the statements, but we feel it unnecessary to call for his resignation, as some have done," Kosofsky said. "He has apologized several times, and for a visible leader in professional sports to apologize sends a strong signal that anti-gay epithets are never appropriate, even in the locker room. Sometimes we all say things we don't mean. We don't believe Millen harbors any animus toward gays or lesbians." BULLSHIT!

I plan on sending emails to the Detroit Lions, the NFL and Fox Sports to express my displeasure! Gawd-damn-it!