L.A. Galaxy Forward and Captain Robbie Keane gave an f-bomb laden rant against Chicago’s weather today. Following the Galaxy’s 1-1 draw versus the Chicago Fire, Keane passionately railed against, in a NSFW manner, the decision to play the game in the heat and humidity. How hot was it in Chicago today? The official game temperature was 90 degrees.
Maybe it was much hotter on the field?
Robbie Keane does have a point, when the heat index is above 105, the National Weather service discourages people from exercising outside. Running around outside when the heat index is 115 or above, can be extremely dangerous.
Still, the former Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool forward plays his home games in Los Angeles; not exactly a cold weather climate. And after the winter we just had in the northern United States, hearing anyone complain about the heat seems kind of strange.
The full audio and transcript is below:
“I don’t know who makes these fucking stupid decisions. Play a fucking game at three o’clock in the afternoon. Who wants to watch that crap? Do you? I don’t want to watch that crap. These people who haven’t got a clue about soccer make these decisions when we play a game. Why not play at eight o’clock? It wasn’t on national television. It’s so stupid. They need to look at these games and use their head and be clever.
No player wants to play in that humidity. Everyone was affected by the heat. Why would you want to play at three o’clock in the afternoon? On the hottest day of the year so far here in Chicago, knowing it is going to be that hot. And you can’t blame the Kings-Hawks game because you didn’t know that was going to happen until two days ago. This is absolutely ridiculous.
We have to stop. We have to listen to the players instead of listening to people who have never kicked a soccer ball in their whole life.”
Robbie Keane more than made up for the Landon Donovan media availability; which was almost non-existent. And heavily monitored and manipulated. Journalists were given a very brief amount of accessibility time; and also told what topics not to ask.
Paul M. Banks owns The Sports Bank.net, an affiliate of Fox Sports. He’s also a frequent guest on national talk radio. Banks, a former contributor to NBC Chicago and the Washington Times, has been featured in numerous outlets including NFL.com, Forbes and the History Channel. President Barack Obama follows him on Twitter (@paulmbanks)