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RE: NFL: Jets conduct toward reporter unprofessional... Matthew 18:9

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NFL: Jets conduct toward reporter unprofessional

FILE - This Sept. 13, 2010, file photo shows Ines Sainz, a reporter for the Mexican... (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)

 

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL chastised the New York Jets on Friday for unprofessional conduct but found no evidence that a female television reporter was "bumped, touched, brushed against or otherwise subjected to any physical contact" by any member of the team or coaching staff.

Commissioner Roger Goodell said while the "conduct of the Jets clearly should have been better" team owner Woody Johnson and his staff acted promptly to correct the situation that arose last weekend when TV Azteca reporter Ines Sainz said she felt uncomfortable in the team's locker room.

Goodell said that, as a result of the incident, the league will implement a training program for all 32 teams on proper conduct in the workplace and that the program would be underwritten by Johnson, who personally apologized to Sainz.

The NFL came to its conclusion after interviewing 17 people who were present — including Sainz — when she visited practice on assignment for her Mexican TV network.

In a letter to Johnson, Goodell said that while "there seems little doubt that passes were thrown in Sainz's direction at last Saturday's practice, it is also clear that she was never bumped, touched, brushed against, or otherwise subjected to any physical contact by any player or coach.

"Sainz herself was unequivocal in saying both that no physical contact occurred, and that no player or other Jets staff member made any comment or gesture that could be construed as threatening, demeaning or offensive," he said.

Sainz said on her Twitter account last Saturday that she felt "very uncomfortable!" in the Jets' locker room, where a few players made catcalls as she waited with two male co-workers to interview quarterback Mark Sanchez, who is of Mexican descent.

"Of course you feel it when you are being stared at and when you are being spoken of in a certain way," Sainz told The Associated Press. "I opted to ignore it ... I tried to not even pay attention."

She tweeted in Spanish on Saturday night that she tried "not to look anywhere!!"

I'm going to quote the person on the news program where I first heard about this...

"Let me get this straight. So a woman, dressed like a hooker, walks into a men's locker room and is offended because she felt uncomfortable with them gawking at her?? And now the whole NFL has to undergo a training program on proper conduct?? What's wrong with this picture?" "Isn't this like punishing a shark for eating a fish that swam in front of it?"

MY 2 CENTS: Wouldn't it be a more sane thing to address one's attire as a reporter and have a basic dress code for a "professional" reporter? When did it become acceptable to dress like this in the public eye?  I left the picture out because it was a too risque for me. This is why I can't even watch football live anymore. Personally, I like my eyes and want to keep them in place. Matthew 18:9. In order to not see things I prefer not to, I have to watch football games recorded. The cheerleader shots and Cialis/Viagra and the other inappropriate commercials with jiggling models can be skipped with the touch of a button. We must watch our eye gate very carefully. There will probably be a day soon when I will have to cut out everything on TV... it won't be missed much.

Come Jesus, SOON!

Comments (8)

Gary & Melynda Wolter, Since 2001, 480-269-1164
ProSmart Realty - Mesa, AZ
Reliable, Premier Personal Service since 2001

You have obvously never have watched Latin TV where woman are allowed and enjoy dressing this way. She is an entertainer/reporter. We are christians too and don't understand what you would like as a dress code. Its a culture that is different. Do you go to the beach? -Gary

Sep 18, 2010 07:38 AM
Bob & Bonnie Horning
Mount Joy, PA

Gary, Yes I go to the beach maybe once a year for a few hours. I try to avoid it as much as I can. It's a real challenge to stay focused on the beauty of the place other than the hardly covered women. I don't buy the culture excuse, it's just that, an excuse in my opinion. EX: Our daughter, who is hardly a prude, (just ask our kids if we ever talked about sex here... they'll tell you "Yeah only every night at dinner!") was in a talent show in MIDDLE SCHOOL and they complained about another group of kids shaking their real tight fitting clothed "bootys" to a very risque rap tune. Again, keep in mind, the kids complained about it not the parents, to which the teacher replied, "It's a cultural thing." and laughed about it obviously enjoying it. They won the show. She and her friends were very offended, not by losing, but by the reaction to the very sensual display... in a MIDDLE SCHOOL.  So yes, I'm aware of what is in other cultures and I'm painfully aware of the impact it has had on our culture. My dress code wishes for someone in the public eye would be: think G rating that's all. I'm not asking for burquas... just clothes you don't need a shoehorn to get into and less cleavage... a lot less. The one great by-product I've heard from this economy is that elective surgeries are way down. I've said enough.

And we've only been saved a few years... our kids saw many things growing up I would prefer they didn't, but by the grace of God they are very righteous young women. We've been through a lot of ministry training, counseling of our own and this sexual immorality thing even in the church is really epidemic. I have the unique position of having been on both sides of this issue. Many Blessings Gary thanks for commenting.

Sep 18, 2010 09:12 AM
Alexander Harb
Knights Investing - Mesquite, TX
Dallas, Texas Real Estate Investing

I totally agree with you, brother... this is not latin america... it is the United States..... professional attire is needed....

SHE invited the cat calls and other things that happened.....

Granted the guys prob should not have done what they did.... BUT she was an instigator of it.....

=-P

Sep 18, 2010 11:19 AM
Hugh Krone
Weichert Referral Associates - Hamburg, NJ
Realtor, Sussex County NJ

Bob,

Skipping the whole attire question, One women should not be alone in a roomfull of men anymore than one man should be alone in a room with a women

Sep 18, 2010 04:28 PM
Bob & Bonnie Horning
Mount Joy, PA

Alex: Yes and Amen. What many are unaware of is a very bad spirit that is rampant in our world today and the driving spirit behind this kind of thing... it's called the Jezebel spirit. It is a very nasty spirit and is extremely hard to get rid of once it has a foothold. Let me know if you want further info on this. Thanks for your comments.

Hugh: You are absolutely correct. On our ministry team at church there is one pretty hard rule, Men pray for men and women pray for women. If there is no one else or if someone really wants a certain person of the opposite sex to pray for them there must be another present to observe. It's a wonderful rule and works very well.

Sep 20, 2010 09:17 AM
Alexander Harb
Knights Investing - Mesquite, TX
Dallas, Texas Real Estate Investing

Bob... I know all about that nasty Jezebel spirit... I have seen first hand what it can do to a family, workplace and a church.....

An "Ahab" spirit goes hand in hand with it usually......

=-P

Sep 21, 2010 03:19 AM
Bob & Bonnie Horning
Mount Joy, PA

ALex: As if Jezebel alone weren't enough! I love that story of Jehu having her thrown down, trampled her with his horse then went in for some lunch! Fill me in on the Ahab spirit. I think I've heard of it but have nothing in writing on it. Thanks, Bob

Sep 21, 2010 03:24 AM
Alexander Harb
Knights Investing - Mesquite, TX
Dallas, Texas Real Estate Investing

Ahab was spurred on by Jezabel to do all kinds of idolitous stuff....

She even murdered a person who lived close to him because Ahab wanted the guys land for a vegetable garden, but the guy would not sell his land to Ahab.

Ahab was prideful, fleshly and arrogant... Jezabel catered to those qualitys in him to satisfy his fleshly lusts.

Where there is a Jezabel, there is an Ahab giving her the authority to do what she does and in return he is satisfied in one way or another by her giving him his fleshly lusts.

Look out for those two...

=-P

Sep 22, 2010 01:49 AM