Bob Costas is a idiot (Page 5)

Haha my bad, I'll remember for next time.

It's like raaaaaa eeeeee aaaaaaaaiiiiiinnn, on your wedding day.

It's like good adviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice .....

Dontcha think??  A liiiiiittle toooooooooooooo ironic.

[/hijack on]  And you know that IS ironic that she did it that way??  Smart lady, isn't she?  [/hijack off]

 This Leroy Brown, is he a bad man?

He was the baddest man in the whole damn town.....but then Tuwood got a gun, some mace, a knife, and carries them everywhere. Leroy Brown is rat forked if he decides to escalate.

Not if we outlaw forks...

And I got razzed on once for admitting to having a Bento Box on my bike!  I can't imagine what it must be like for you in transition.

As long as NBC keeps sending that $1 billion check over each year, I doubt the NFL cares what Costas said.  NBC might start to regret it if their advertisers start bailing.  But that's not gonna happen as long as ratings are high, and ratings are the result of good games, not the announcer.

but Leroy carries a 32 gun in his pocket for fun and has a razor in his shoe.

Privately? Who knows? What do you think?

Edited to seperate my response from your last ,,,,,

I think it would be interesting to see what percent of the NFL players commit crimes including domestic violence compared to the rest of the popultion. I would also be curious see the same thing with regards to drug/alochol abuse.

I guess others wondered the same thing... I'll let you make the conclusions...

http://www.stat.duke.edu/~dalene/chance/chanceweb/123.nflviol.pdf

 Wonder if he's ever squared off with this Tony fellow, rumor has it he is baaaad too. Really really really forking bad.

I carry a gun and a knife.  I think it's simply prudent to have a pocket knife on you at all times.  I've used that knife so often it has paid for itself a thousand times over.  Opening boxes, loosening screws.  I was taught by my grandfather to always have a knife on me.  A valuable tool that you end up smacking yourself in the head when you don't have it.

believe it or not MrTony there are individuals that are not law enforcement who carry because they have been specifically threatened or are employed in such a manner that makes them specific potential targets of violence.  I am such a person.

Paranoid?  Perhaps.  But of course i've had my life threatened several times by people that were capable and more than likely willing to carry out their threats.

I was watching the game and heard Costas' words live...I just knew it would cause a "you-know-what" storm here at the Joe!  

Personally (and I do believe we need stricter gun control) I didn't think this incident was the best example to use, and therefore I was even a bit put off by Bob's editorial.  As was mentioned earlier, this dude could have (and probably would have) taken her out with his bare hands.  Guns sure do make it easier though.

I still love Costas...he is not an idiot.  One more thing, TriR, you seemed to imply this may have been an example of the NFL wanting to deflect attention away from head injuries, I disagree.  I am pretty sure Costas has ultimate say in how he editorializes.

Unfortunately, Belcher's brain likely can't be studied as that's where he shot himself.  A lot of the other NFL suicides intentionally did it in their chests so their brains could be studied.  It's all very sad.

Edited to seperate my response from your last ,,,,,

I think it would be interesting to see what percent of the NFL players commit crimes including domestic violence compared to the rest of the popultion. I would also be curious see the same thing with regards to drug/alochol abuse.

Oh my God.  Do you people read what I write?  I have NEVER once said that the NFL had ANY control over what Costas said.  Never.

I have said that I believe Costas has chosen (on his own) to deflect the attention away from the issues the NFL has.

Those are two very different things.

ETA: In my original posts I did say "Of course the NFL will do anything to move the focus away from the possible brain damage that the game is causing these players."  

Poor choice of words.  I was talking about Costas then switched to the NFL.  I can now see the confusion.

While I do believe that to be true I can see how it could be confused that I thought Costas was working at the behest of the NFL.  I think both the NFL and Costas want to deflect this away from the brain injury problems.  But they are not colluding in their actions to do so.

OK, is that clearer now?

 Wonder if he's ever squared off with this Tony fellow, rumor has it he is baaaad too. Really really really forking bad.

As I suspected, the assault rates are  lower for NFL players than for the genral population....so much for the head trauma defense.  Looks like I'll be sticking with my "he's an azzhole control freak" explanation......it generally holds up in all quarters when it comes to domestic violence.

Costas makes an idiot out of himself anytime he speaks about any topic outside of baseball.

See: coverage of the Olympics.