Kudos to ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown’s Cris Carter for putting Ray Lewis on the spot this morning when discussing the Ray Rice saga. Lewis fails miserably though in his attempts to explain himself and ascend to the moral high ground. Unintentional comedy ensues as Lewis tries to defer everything to God. (Is that what he’s doing?) His incoherent ramblings also eschew some platitudes that would fit well on a motivational cat poster.
Enjoy:
Then Chris Berman and Mike Ditka chime in with some meaningless leadership cliches. If you haven’t set your television on fire by this point, you are a stronger man than I. Also, on the same exact program, Ditka again shows us why he’s become a laughable parody of himself by giving us his backward opinion on Adrian Peterson, and the child abuse charges against him.
There were Bristol talking heads this morning that did not dumb you down however. On the 9 a.m. Sunday morning SportsCenter, anchor Hannah Storm also offered a strong and emotional commentary on “What Does the NFL Stand For?” Video. It’s a must watch.
Ray Lewis on ESPN talking about violence. Irony.
— Mary Chastain (@mchastain81) September 14, 2014
If you’re listening to Ray Lewis preach about personal conduct issues, I can only assume you’re too drunk and/or lazy to reach the remote.
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) September 14, 2014
Also, Suzy Kolber and Bob Ley said intelligent things regarding the social issues surrounding the NFL right now:
Kolber: “Since last Monday, who’s been the No. 1 target in all this? Roger Goodell. Are we losing sight of who the real villain is here? The villain is domestic violence. So, Roger Goodell, you want to do something? You want to make a difference now? Why not find yourself a million dollars. Why not make that the first move. … Fine yourself. Use that money to put it toward a program and let’s get this started in the right way, and let’s not lose our focus on what’s really important.
“Think of the NFL muscle and what the NFL was able to do with changing the way the game is played physically. You have to go back to the grassroots level to change how the game is played physically. How about if we change the mentality? Go back to as kids, little boys need to learn how to treat women, and that’s where it has to start. The NFL has the power to do that. Instead of growing better players, let’s go grow better people.”
Bob Ley: “I think the league could count itself fortunate Saturday Night Live is not in production because we’d be playing 10 minutes of skits just skewering the league.”
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