Alledged Sexual Harrassment complaint on jets, followed by Clinton Portis comments

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Yet another age old issue of a woman trying to do her job and then to add insult to injury, someone who wasn't even there speaks his mind only to 'apologize' for it later.



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Now while I agree that a person has a right to wear what they want to wear without fear of backlash, I am ALSO a fan of, "You get what you give."

Also, that is why there are dress codes.

And while this story may be new to some people, this isn't the first time that she has been called out for her outfits while 'reporting' NFL news and also she really isn't a 'competant' NFL reporter.

And Clinton Portis...STFU...idiot.


A sampling of reporting and opinion from around the Web regarding Ines Sainz, the TV Azteca television reporter who was reportedly sexually harassed by the Jets at practice on Saturday:

Sainz did not initially lodge a complaint against the Jets. Her cause was taken up by at least one reporter on the scene, and the N.F.L. is investigating.

The Jets’ owner, Woody Johnson, apologized, and the apology was accepted.

Jets Coach Rex Ryan said the team was open to sensitivity training.

Redskins running back Clinton Portis restarted the controversy with remarks in a weekly radio appearance on 106.7 The Fan, which serves the Washington area:

“I think you put women reporters in the locker room in position to see guys walking around naked, and you sit in the locker room with 53 guys, and all of the sudden you see a nice woman in the locker room. I think men are going to tend to turn and look and want to say something to that woman.”

“You know, somebody got to spark her interest, or she’s going to want somebody.”


The N.F.L. and the Redskins condemned Portis’s remarks, and Portis later apologized.

“The comments are clearly inappropriate, offensive and have no place in the NFL,” league spokesman Greg Aiello said in a statement. “We have contacted the Redskins and they will discuss the matter directly with Mr. Portis.”

Dan Wetzel of Yahoo Sports said the league had made little progress in dealing with sexism:

That Clinton Portis of the Washington Redskins has spent nine seasons in the NFL and still assumes that female reporters are eager to look at the players’ “packages” speaks to an ignorance and an arrogance that still, sadly, permeates the league.

Does Ryan need to run a tighter ship?

Tim Dahlberg of The Associated Press says the Jets have been undisciplined on the field and off:

The New York Jets will soon get together to learn how to act like real men in a locker room where frat boy hilarity apparently reigns.

After Monday night’s debacle against Baltimore at the $1.6 billion New Meadowlands Stadium, it may be time to teach the team’s offense a few new tricks, too. Acting like real football players would be a good start.

Tara Sullivan of The Record of Bergen County says the Jets need to understand that it’s her workplace, too.

She expressed disappointment that at least two members of the Jets’ public relations staff reportedly did not stop what was said to be catcalls directed at Sainz in the locker room. She also quoted the Giants’ Mathias Kiwanuka as saying, “The guys the Giants would bring into the organization wouldn’t behave like that and that’s the biggest difference.”

Eric Deggans of the National Sports Journalism Center says there is a worthwhile debate to be had about how television networks sell the sex appeal of some of their sideline reporters. But, he said, that issue would have to wait for another day — it shouldn’t be confused with the problem of workplace harassment.

No matter how provocatively a woman is dressed, she never invites sexual assault or harassment.
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