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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Feb 13, 2020 17:53:50 GMT
I find this fascinating TV.
Do you accept their apology as a sports fan?
Have you lost respect for them?
Would you respect them more if they stated they were sorry the for the embarrassment they brought to the game, the Houston Astro name, the city, the other teams in MLB - but all in all if they were in a position to do it again without getting caught - they would?
I find these apologies shallow. I don't believe a majority of these players are sorry - I think they're sorry they got caught.
I'd love for just 1 to come out and state 'I'm not sorry' - I think I'd have more respect them.
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Feb 13, 2020 18:04:41 GMT
I find this fascinating TV.
Do you accept their apology as a sports fan?
Have you lost respect for them?
Would you respect them more if they stated they were sorry the for the embarrassment they brought to the game, the Houston Astro name, the city, the other teams in MLB - but all in all if they were in a position to do it again without getting caught - they would?
I find these apologies shallow.Β Β I don't believe a majority of these players are sorry - I think they're sorry they got caught.
I'd love for just 1 to come out and state 'I'm not sorry' - I think I'd have more respect them.
Their apology is meaningless.
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Post by fjenkins on Feb 13, 2020 18:05:53 GMT
Give back your ring and post season money, that'll mean something.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Feb 13, 2020 18:10:45 GMT
Does anybody recall Lance Armstrong apologizing stating what he did was wrong?
Or was it more like I described above - I'm sorry to the people I let down and disappointed but there was no actual remorse from him stating the act itself was wrong?
Same with the steroid users in baseball - more sorry for letting people down or does anybody recall any acknowledgement from any of the players that the act itself of taking PEDs was wrong? Even McGwire in tears - wasn't it pretty much left at they weren't going to go into detail or divulge any of the past - and in as sense their was no formal admittance of wrong doing?
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Post by nutsberryfarm π on Feb 13, 2020 18:33:50 GMT
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Post by nutsberryfarm π on Feb 13, 2020 18:54:38 GMT
Give back your ring and post season money, that'll mean something. what's with this guy's hands?
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Post by nutsberryfarm π on Feb 13, 2020 21:11:46 GMT
I find this fascinating TV.
Do you accept their apology as a sports fan?
Have you lost respect for them?
Would you respect them more if they stated they were sorry the for the embarrassment they brought to the game, the Houston Astro name, the city, the other teams in MLB - but all in all if they were in a position to do it again without getting caught - they would?
I find these apologies shallow. I don't believe a majority of these players are sorry - I think they're sorry they got caught.
I'd love for just 1 to come out and state 'I'm not sorry' - I think I'd have more respect them.
Their apology is meaningless. brian 'mr. unwritten rule ' mccann being in the midst of this reveals what a phony that guy is.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Feb 13, 2020 22:01:12 GMT
lols
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Post by twothousandonemark on Feb 13, 2020 22:16:30 GMT
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Post by SportsFan19 on Feb 13, 2020 22:57:20 GMT
It's a sham!
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Post by NJtoTX on Feb 14, 2020 0:49:10 GMT
Notice how Altuve chokes when he says "what happened in 2017." Because it went beyond 2017. 1:15 in.
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Post by millar70 on Feb 14, 2020 1:04:13 GMT
The more I watch Mike Wilbon on PTI quickly and passionately treat this situation like it's not a big deal, the more I am totally convinced that he knows his beloved Cubs were up to no good when they won in 2016.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Feb 14, 2020 2:56:01 GMT
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Post by NJtoTX on Feb 14, 2020 3:13:27 GMT
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Post by nutsberryfarm π on Feb 14, 2020 3:19:17 GMT
Notice how Altuve chokes when he says "what happened in 2017." Because it went beyond 2017. 1:15 in. having a hat pulled down almost over your eyes while saying 'you're sorry' is a funny look.
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Post by msdemos on Feb 14, 2020 6:32:11 GMT
How does ANYONE accept their "apologies", when they aren't REALLY apologizing? As others have discussed, they're not REALLY sorry for cheating.....they're just sorry they got caught. If it weren't such a sad indictment of our society in general, it would be HILARIOUS! Especially the buffoon of an owner, Jim Crane, who ACTUALLY had the gall to state publicly that he "believed" his team's cheating didn't impact the game......and then, a few minutes after saying this, when questioned by the media directly about this VERY comment, IMMEDIATELY doing a COMPLETE '180' by stating, "I didn't say it didn't impact the game....." (as mentioned above). What I would like to know most about this, was there ANYBODY on the team who was appalled at what their teammates were doing? Has anybody heard anything at all about teammates who had a REAL problem with what was going on, and may have actually spoken up AT THE TIME (not to the media, of course, but to ANYBODY else, even if it was just somebody inside the clubhouse?) ?? SAVE FERRIS
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Post by NJtoTX on Feb 14, 2020 19:28:38 GMT
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Post by Xeliou66 on Feb 15, 2020 0:48:15 GMT
They arenβt sorry, they are just sorry they got caught. They are a disgrace and should have their title rescinded.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Feb 15, 2020 1:11:08 GMT
I think my favourite apology was from Warren Ryan. He made the mistake of stating the character referred to as " ol' darky" in Gone With the Wind was referred to as "ol' darky" in Gone With the Wind. He was stood down pending an investigation.
The next day he released a statement something like this. "I deeply regret that ABC has stood me down from my position pending an investigation, however, I have decided to save them the trouble and have resigned. I refuse to apologise to "offended" parties whose sole goal is to take offence; or to dignify such pandering with my participation. To everyone else, continue to enjoy the great sport of Rugny League, preferrably not on ABC Radio. Cheers."
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Post by twothousandonemark on Feb 15, 2020 5:54:24 GMT
Justin Verlander⦠guess his mic ran outta juice.
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