I find this post offensive. What are you insinuating?? :thdn:
Yeah, looks like you’re right on that one. My bad.
i’m not insinuating anything. i’m asking a question.
does anyone have the answer?
The B.C. Lions showed guts in suspending Khalif. Khalif got the message- say offensive inappropriate things on line and you miss playing a game and getting paid. That is a deterrent that works. He got it.
Lewis, on the other hand, gets a slap on the wrist and a small fine. Not much of a deterrent.
Good on Wally Buono for putting values and sport responsibility as role models ahead of winning at all costs.
Some things are bigger than football.
The Stamps showed no guts, no values / morals and did not send much of a message to Mr. Lewis.
Too bad and so sad. :cowboy:CFL Forever
This is exactly what I meant. Mitchell got a suspension. So should have Lewis, but because its the playoffs CFL stated values/morals were given the week off.
Lewis did what far too many celebrities of all kinds are doing these days, engaged his fingers before his brain.
Brain?!?!? hahahaha
Are there any white athletes who have gotten themselves in hot water with twitter comments?
I can only think of mitchell and lewis specifically, but do remember a bomber player ripping his GM via twitter in the off season. Cant think of who it was, but im sure he was black as well.
Is it only black athletes sticking their feet in their mouths via twitter?
That was Heffney, and given how bad the Bombers were this year I think he had a point.
oh yea. he most definitely did.
i agreed with him ( as did most ), but one should not publicly criticize his employer. he should have addressed his concerns in house.
Nik Lewis: "I will be donating my West Final game cheque to the Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter."
good on Nik Lewis!
O.K. Good on him. Hopefully he learned something.
Cant think of who it was, but im sure he was black as well.
Is it only black athletes sticking their feet in their mouths via twitter?
Was this meant as a joke?? :thdn: :thdn:
I don't think the league could have done much more legally than it already has... as for the white player getting into trouble over twitter comments, I can't think of any... for me, this is done, lets move on...
Are there any white athletes who have gotten themselves in hot water with twitter comments?
I can only think of mitchell and lewis specifically, but do remember a bomber player ripping his GM via twitter in the off season. Cant think of who it was, but im sure he was black as well.
Is it only black athletes sticking their feet in their mouths via twitter?
Does the name Sean Avery ring any bells? Insensitivity does not recognize any race, sex or age.
Nik Lewis: “I will be donating my West Final game cheque to the Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter.”
good on Nik Lewis!
Good for Nik Lewis to step forward and get some positive yardage out of this. Yes we need to condemn the original tweet but we should also recognize this gesture. There is no undoing the deed but it is nice to see the effort to make amends.
what was it that avery said?
i can remember his calling broudeur fatso, but thats it.
i'm googling for the answer, but no quotes are coming up.
all i've found is, a former teammate of avery's accused him of making racist comments, then flipflopped saying he never accused avery of it at all...and a player called avery 'gay' during a game, which earned him a fine. and a player agent was upset with avery for supporting gay marriage.
i don't see anything that avery said.
if that's all he ever said, i don't see that in the controversial level of racist, homophobic, insubordinate, making light of a tragedy type comments. it only made headlines because it was directed at a minor-celebrity, and because canadian media is insane over anything hockey-related.
i put it in the same category as shaq singing, "kobe couldn't do it without me".
A punishment must fit the crime and have a rehabilitation component to be of any value. I see he has donated the pay for the West Final to a shelter - He should also do a few weeks working at a shelter to get a better grasp on what impact domestic violence has on women.
I do not believe his debt is to you or me - his debt for his stupid comments are to those impacted by them. The only one who should have a right to remove him is the Owner of the Stamps - if they want to fire him that's their right. The CFL should buddy him up in the off season for a few weeks and then make him work as a spokesperson for a local shelter next season... That way he does some time - he learns and gives back... that's what punishments are suppose to do.
oh yea. he most definitely did.
i agreed with him ( as did most ), but one should not publicly criticize his employer. he should have addressed his concerns in house.
Good point drummer_god!
Former Hockey Night in Canada anchor Dave Hodge can tell you what happens after you diss your employer publicly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx33a0u3gmgHe was instantly replaced the next airing!
haha...i've never seen that video.
thanks for sharing.
A punishment must fit the crime and have a rehabilitation component to be of any value. I see he has donated the pay for the West Final to a shelter - He should also do a few weeks working at a shelter to get a better grasp on what impact domestic violence has on women.
I do not believe his debt is to you or me - his debt for his stupid comments are to those impacted by them. The only one who should have a right to remove him is the Owner of the Stamps - if they want to fire him that’s their right. The CFL should buddy him up in the off season for a few weeks and then make him work as a spokesperson for a local shelter next season… That way he does some time - he learns and gives back… that’s what punishments are suppose to do.
Ok, so did Eric Tillman’s $50 fine for pleading GUILTY to sexual assault on a 16 year old fit the crime? Was that as you say “an acceptable rehabilitation component of any value”? Probably not considering the Riders continued paying him his full salary on “paid administrative leave” until he RESIGNED nearly a full year after he was charged. Did the CFL buddy up with Eric and “ensure he gave back to the community”? I dont think so. Hey, maybe Nik was on prescription drugs at the time of the tweet and that led to this indiscretion?
My point here is not to throw Eric under a bus, but to bring things into perspective a bit… everyone is making it sound like Nik is the one who slashed a couple throats and owes this great debt to society. Was his tweet tasteless? yes. Did he hurt anyone but himself? no. Did he learn his lesson? hopefully.
Look at it this way… if this is the worst thing a CFL player does I think we’d all have to agree we’re fortunate to support the most respectful/sane league in the world. Geez… let it rest.
I’ve been to 3 of the last 4 Grey Cups. Up until today, I loved the CFL and the game. In the case of Nik Lewis, and what he did, though, the CFL and Calgary Stampeders did the wrong thing. Nik Lewis definitely should have been suspended. His stupid tweet and his response that he regrets money being taken out of his pocket is disgusting. In just fining Lewis and not pulling him from the game the CFL and Stamps are stating that a football game means more than women’s lives. It’s sad that with the 100th Grey Cup looming, a very long term fanatical fan like me won’t even want to watch the game if the Stamps make it into the big game (and I was backing them over BC in the finals). If Nik Lewis ends up with a Grey cup ring on his finger it will certainly be a disgrace to the 100th cup. This has completely turned me off the game and the league. It’s time to step up and do the right thing. Sorry to my beloved Als.
Where is your outrage over the ALS player getting charged with domestic violence last week in south carolina, Ventil Wilkins beat up his fiance to the point she was unrecognizable?? Why isn’t that thread been started ?? Nik made a bad joke, he was fined , get over it !