This story is dominating sports-talk radio today in the US as ESPN, Fox Sports and Sporting News Radio have been all over it. The argument being made in favour of Jeff Ireland is players are a multi-million dollar investment and Dez Bryant already had baggage going into the draft. Read the story and then decide if Jeff Ireland crossed the line.
Miami Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland has apologized to former Oklahoma State receiver Dez Bryant for asking whether his mother was ever a prostitute.
The apology Wednesday came after Yahoo! Sports reported that Ireland posed the question during a pre-draft interview with Bryant.
"My job is to find out as much information as possible about a player that I'm considering drafting," Ireland said in a statement. "Sometimes that leads to asking in-depth questions. Having said that, I talked to Dez Bryant and told him I used poor judgment in one of the questions I asked him. I certainly meant no disrespect and apologized to him.
"I appreciate his acceptance of that apology, and I told him I wished him well as he embarks on his NFL career."
Bryant's background received extensive scrutiny from NFL teams before the draft. He was taken by the Dallas Cowboys with the 24th pick in the first round last Thursday.
"My mom is not a prostitute," Bryant told Yahoo! Sports. "I got mad — really mad — but I didn't show it."
3 comments:
there a lot of questions you can ask in that situation, even some that get close to the line.
that one crossed it.
shame on him.
with all the kid has had to deal and then a question like that on the eve of being drafted ?
brutal
While I don't disagree with asking the question, I think you could certainly take a more tactful approach to asking it.
Gary
I would love to hear how that question could be phrased tactfully!
"So Dez...........your mom........does she date a lot? Does she ever get paid for it?"
Sorry Gary, can't be done.
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