Posted on Thu Aug 02, 2007 at 11:38:28 AM EST in NFL
More on: Michael Vick, reporter, idiot (all tags)

From the idiotic quotes department, it appears that Clinton Portis, Terrell Owens' publicist and Stephon Marbury will have to get a little closer in order to make room for the newest inductee into the "no mental filter" hall of fame.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter Paul Zeise appeared on the television show Sports Showdown on Sunday evening and he decided to disagree with a fellow panelist concerning the current Michael Vick situation. Apparently, the other guy said that the commish, Roger Goodell, should suspend Vick for the entire season because of the recent indictment. Here's what Zeise had to say about that:

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," Zeise said. "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.

It's pretty damn hard to find something more reprehensible than dogfighting/slaughtering, but we feel confident in saying that rape is an even more disturbing and sickening act. And, of course, once Zeise realized the magnitude of what he had said, probably thanks to some serious backlash from everyone who heard the statements, he immediately issued a carefully constructed apology.

I regret the poor choice of analogies I used to characterize a professional athlete's legal situation," Zeise said.

But, despite the weak apology, the station that aired the program said they considered the comments to be "insensitive and offensive" and that Zeise won't be appearing on the show again. In our opinion, that's all well and good, but it's basically just a slap on the wrist. So, we propose a stiffer, more unpleasant punishment for the dumb ass; throw him in a prison cell with some lonely lifer named Meatball and let him find out first hand just how horrible rape can be. Or stuff a ferret down his pants; whichever.

Links:
[Philly.com]: Reporter sorry he said: `Vick would have been better off raping'

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