Apologies issued for PG reporter's remarks
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
By Bob Smizik, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Post-Gazette, KDKA-TV and Post-Gazette reporter Paul Zeise have apologized for remarks Zeise made on "Sports Showdown" Sunday night.
"We apologize for the insensitive and offensive remarks made on Sunday's "Sports Showdown," the Post-Gazette said in a statement issued yesterday. "Paul Zeise's comments do not represent the view of the Post-Gazette."
Zeise, who covers Pitt football and college basketball for the Post-Gazette, said, "I regret the poor choice of analogies I used to characterize a professional athlete's legal situation."
KDKA also apologized on its 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts yesterday.
The "Sports Showdown," which runs for 30 minutes beginning at 11:35 p.m., is a weekly discussion show with three or four members of the local media with KDKA sports anchor Bob Pompeani as the host. Panelists Sunday were Zeise; Paul Alexander, an anchor-reporter for FSN Pittsburgh; and Ellis Cannon, a talk-show host on WPGB-FM.
The subject for discussion was Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, who has been indicted by the federal government on dogfighting charges.
In introducing the topic, Pompeani said NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is "probably going to suspend [Vick] for the rest of the season, the whole year. Is he right to do that given the fact this guy has not been convicted of anything?" Alexander answered: "Absolutely. When you're indicted by the federal government, you're going down. Since 1987 they have a 92 percent conviction rate."
Zeise took an opposing view. "It's really a sad day in this country when somehow ... Michael Vick would have been better off raping a woman if you look at the outcry of what happened. Had he done that, he probably would have been suspended for four games and he'd be back on the field. But because this has become a political issue, all of a sudden the commissioner has lost his stomach for it."
KDKA general manager Chris Pike said, "We apologize for the inappropriate and insensitive comments that do not reflect the view of KDKA management and staff."
Pike said Zeise, who was among a group of eight to 10 rotating panelists, will not be invited back on the show.
guy brings up a valid point.... i couldn't agree with him more....
He didn't say anything that bad, although I completely disagree with him. If Vick was facing a serious trial for rape he wouldn't be playing this season due to the negative pub and the constraints the trial would put on his time and energy. No way an NFL QB can play through a trial in which they are required in court often if not daily.
I understand what he is saying and in a way I agree..still he was stupid for going on air with it.
I don't think its fair to compare rape and dogfighting and I also don't think you should get into a "what is worse" debate because both are horribly in their own respects.
Dude ed up and is lucky to still have a job.
Roger Godell wasn't commish during the times football players had legal problems with beating the out of their women, so the whole thing doesn't make sense.
Trust me, if Vick would've raped a woman or been accused of doing so, Godell would have banned his ass.
How do you know that for sure?Roger Godell wasn't commish during the times football players had legal problems with beating the out of their women, so the whole thing doesn't make sense. Trust me, if Vick would've raped a woman or been accused of doing so, Godell would have banned his ass.
Because he leveled a one year suspension to players who've been accused of less.
You're my favorite poster, but I have to admire you secretly
Eh, I'd have to see him level a suspension to players that have more star power than Pacman Jones, then I'll believe a changing of the old guard has occured.Because he leveled a one year suspension to players who've been accused of less.
I don't think it is so much about what Goodell has done. Its more of how everyone has reacted outside of football. With the way this has been blown up its like he is a blew up a building with children in it..
There is a story about two dogs mauling a man to death at actor Ving Rhames house today, and yet we care more about those pitts than him.
A woman who is raped usually lives. The dogs were brutally beaten and some were killed. They won't be coming back. I understand we hold human beings to a different standard, but should we? I'm not any kind of animal rights activist or anything, but for what he did, he should be at least be beaten for. Maybe let some of his pits he trained gnaw on him for 35-45 minutes while he's tied down to a chair.
So you are saying we should act in a violent way in order to demonstrate how violence is wrong and to punish the act of violence?A woman who is raped usually lives. The dogs were brutally beaten and some were killed. They won't be coming back. I understand we hold human beings to a different standard, but should we? I'm not any kind of animal rights activist or anything, but for what he did, he should be at least be beaten for. Maybe let some of his pits he trained gnaw on him for 35-45 minutes while he's tied down to a chair.
I'm not saying that at all, and I'm not sure where you got that impression. I'm saying if he can kill a defenseless dog, he should at least get the piss beat out of him for it. Or have some of the dogs he abused have a crack at him, while he's tied up, defenseless in a chair.
anyone,
ANYONE
that tries to spin this, politically, racially, and like Deion Sanders, defending it.
Is ed up,.
PERIOD.
Anyone that tries to defend dog fighting, or defend Vick for dog fighting, is a mouth breathing, doesn't belong to live moron.
Period.
Or for racist pieces of crap like you string him up a tree!!!I'm not saying that at all, and I'm not sure where you got that impression. I'm saying if he can kill a defenseless dog, he should at least get the piss beat out of him for it. Or have some of the dogs he abused have a crack at him, while he's tied up, defenseless in a chair.
Or that.
The Authority
If I wanted to lynch blacks, do you think I would have a Tim Duncan sig and avatar?
Oh please David Duke, even racists such as yourself can cheer for a black man when they play for their favorite team.If I wanted to lynch blacks, do you think I would have a Tim Duncan sig and avatar?
If Michael Vick is found guilty of dogfighting, then I would love to see this happen to him. Not because he is black, but because I find dogfighting disgusting and have no sympathy for those who do it. Bear in mind though, I feel the same thing about rapists and child molesters. To me, no punishment is too harsh for those three crimes.I'm not saying that at all, and I'm not sure where you got that impression. I'm saying if he can kill a defenseless dog, he should at least get the piss beat out of him for it. Or have some of the dogs he abused have a crack at him, while he's tied up, defenseless in a chair.
Ho-ho-ho, I see a little boy who needs a present to cheer him up.
Hey Santa Claus, the parades coming to town!!!
The funny thing about TLWisfoine is that he's a 14 year old white kid that lives in plano.
The funny thing is that this Authority guy can make blatently racist comments in other threads and I'm the bad guy, and I don't have to prove to you believe whatever you want!!!
Yea, so anyway, Godell would have banned his ass . . . and it could still happen.
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