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Warren Sapp Should Be Fired For His 'snitch' Comments

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This.

I've always like his boisterous, almost stupid personality on the network, especially on Sunday mornings to complement the always pissed off and dour Faulk.

He pretty much went to the air and slandered a current player in relation to a very important event going on with the NFL.

Maybe suspended, but I doubt he gets fired.

Honestly would rather see him stay too.

Couldn't agree more about Faulk, he's an arrogant ass.

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i hadn't thought about it, but it makes sense. there is a huge conflict of interest here. he's an employee of NFLN. owned by the NFL...that means that sapp is an employee and representative of the NFL.

you read this:

The accusation by Sapp threatens to undercut the NFL’s policy of protecting sources. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has repeatedly said the league would protect “whistleblowers” who reported violations of league policy.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=jc-cole_jeremy_shockey_warren_sapp_bounty_snitch_032112

and see that whether sapp's source was right (which has been pointed out to many with knowledge of the situation isn't the case) or wrong doesn't matter.

he crossed a line that shouldn't have been crossed that undermines any efforts by any player who wants to do the right thing and not get harassed or fired for trying to make the league better and safer.

sapp absolutely did the wrong thing and should have consequences brought on him as well for this. shockey has the right to sue if needed because this could be detrimental to his career, whether he did or didn't. he could also sue the league if he doesn't get picked up by any teams and could say that the reason he wasn't was because of what sapp said and because of what the NFLN condoned by allowing sapp to say it and not do anything about it.

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Bunch of pussies. Quit whining and being so sensitive . I bet Shockey doesn't give two fugs about what Sapp said. Why do you or anyone else? Hell they've said worse to each other on the field.

Has nothing to do with that. Sapp should stick to his job, not make false accusations on air. And he does give a fug about what Sapp said, he went on SportsCenter to denounce it. And if he feels compelled, he has a case to sue him.
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Trust you know it certain neighborhoods, you don't want to be called a 'snitch' ...it goes deeper than that. You know exactly what I'm talking about. In those locker rooms, you don't want to be called a 'snitch'

and really to be honest, its an archaic mindset to have anyway.

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Bunch of pussies. Quit whining and being so sensitive . I bet Shockey doesn't give two fugs about what Sapp said. Why do you or anyone else? Hell they've said worse to each other on the field.

ummm...he does and he should because this could very well have an effect on him being given another contract and his relationship with future teammates.

this isn't some little deal. it's got very widespread implications that go beyond the immediate disrespect. it's a big deal to shockey and any other future whistle blowers. it says that if you turn a/your team in to the league for breaking league rules but you don't want to deal with repercussions from your employer or teammates then you can't count on the league protecting you even though they said they would.

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Bunch of pussies. Quit whining and being so sensitive . I bet Shockey doesn't give two fugs about what Sapp said. Why do you or anyone else? Hell they've said worse to each other on the field.

“It’s reckless, it’s careless, it’s hurtful to me and the great time I had with the Saints,” said Shockey, who was accused by Sapp of being the “snitch” in this story. “Sean Payton is a father figure to me. I would never do that to him or to the Saints.”

Of course he doesn't care. It's not like he responded to the comments or anything.

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@Rayzor(my ipad cannot seem to quote in a reply btw) - the conflict of interest by the a NFL is a huge concern by Florio in PFT(I know..not a huddle fave..but) In which they mention that they put Sapp on the air without confirming info or permission...essentially outing a potential whistleblower that helped the league!

Id overcome my lazy and post a link but again..pictures, quotes...links I know not how to do..on the ipad... Regular windows desktop im fine apparently..

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@Rayzor(my ipad cannot seem to quote in a reply btw) - the conflict of interest by the a NFL is a huge concern by Florio in PFT(I know..not a huddle fave..but) In which they mention that they put Sapp on the air without confirming info or permission...essentially outing a potential whistleblower that helped the league!

Id overcome my lazy and post a link but again..pictures, quotes...links I know not how to do..on the ipad... Regular windows desktop im fine apparently..

gotcha covered.

It’s our understanding that Sapp’s source is wrong, and that the person he identified isn’t really the whistleblower. Still, it’s a topic that never should have been discussed on the network owned by the league.

No matter how the hairs are split, some people who heard what Sapp said will believe that the person he identified as the whistleblower was the whistleblower. And they won’t regard him as a whistleblower — they’ll regard him as, as Sapp called him, a snitch.

And snitches get stitches and the Saints’ Super Bowl win has indeed been tarnished and their shot at another Super Bowl win in 2012 has been significantly undermined and it only takes one crazy or otherwise unstable Saints fan to decide to do something crazy or unstable to the person identified as the suspected whistleblower.

So the next time the NFL is trying to crack the locker-room Omerta and someone is considering the possibility of doing the right thing and coming clean, that person should legitimately be concerned that his name eventually will be broadcast to the world on the TV network owned by the NFL.

One final point: This isn’t Sapp’s fault. This is a failure by NFL Network to understand the potential consequences of discussing on the air in any way the name of the person who did the right thing and exposed a bounty system that the Saints brazenly continued to utilize for two years after the NFL conducted a failed investigation into the question of whether the Saints were using a bounty system.

Instead, someone at NFLN saw Sapp’s tweet and Sapp was brought on the air to discuss it and Sapp just answered questions that never, ever should have been asked.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/21/nfl-outs-suspected-saints-whistleblower-on-its-own-network/

he has a point about how those questions should never have been asked on air.

it was just bad form all the way around.

sapp should have kept his mouth shut and no one should have brought it up on air.

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