Damon Bruce: "sports has lost its way because women are giving directions"

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Wow. I don't know if I'll ever listen to him ever again. His show runs during the Thom Hartmann show anyway. I've posted segments of his show on V&M before though. But wow, it's like Rush Limbaugh came back to KNBR! (During the 1990s, KNBR was the San Francisco affiliate for the Limbaugh show, and Limbaugh was the one non sports show on the lineup, before Limbaugh moved to KSFO around 2001.)

The Richie Incognito flap has left a lot of people upset. Some are mostly upset at Incognito. Others (including yours truly) have turned their anger toward the Miami Dolphins organization for creating a culture where harassment, extortion and intimidation in the name of “toughness” are allowed, if not encouraged. I talked to someone today who’s simply tired of the whole story, and that person certainly isn’t alone.

But some believe that there’s something wrong with Jonathan Martin, because he’s a large adult man who supposedly should’ve stood up to Incognito’s behavior with verbal and/or physical force. These people think the NFL is a rough, uncaring world that Martin couldn’t or refused to handle.

...BASG writer Wendy Thurm came through with several quotes from the first hour of Bruce’s Thursday show.

“I am re-masculating sports.”

“I plant a flag back in sports for the boys.”

“Sports has lost its way because women are giving directions.”

“I’m willing to share my sandbox as long as you realize you’re in MY sandbox.”

“Ultra-feminine opinions interjected into the world of sports.”

“If sports injuries are too gruesome for you, go write a restaurant column.”

“Everyone’s coming to my view of Incognito … that Jonathan Martin can’t handle a professional locker room environment.”

“I know how professional sports works.”

“I see these tweets by LOLKNBR and @hangingsliders. That’s Wendy Thurm. I like Wendy Thurm. I’ve had her on my show. She’s very smart. She knows baseball. I enjoy her contributions to the sport she covers.”

“But very few small handful of women who are very good at this at all.”

“Message for all the women, all the guidance counselors, the sensitive males … all of this world of sports, especially the world of football, has a setting. It’s set to men. Women, ladies, sensitive guys, you can observe, be offended, report on it all. But we’re not changing it for you.”

“It’s a man’s world. Guys can get away with locker room talk.”

“Ladies, don’t think you’re re-writing the rule book for us. Don’t think we’re going to your sensitivity training.”

“It’s unfair in the world of men. You’ll learn that early.”

“Sports are set to the dial of men. And I’m not going to allow it to be changed.”

“That’s why guys like Richie Incognito exist. Jonathan Martin is distracting in the locker room more than Incognito.”

“You are all high and overly sensitive.”

“I’m willing to share my sandbox as long as you realize you’re in MY sandbox.”

Way different tone from January, after Chris Culliver of the San Francisco 49ers publicly said he wouldn't tolerate a gay teammate. Bruce strongly condemned Culliver as insensitive and called for the 49ers to cut him.

But defending Incognito is very convenient for Bruce, since Incognito doesn't play for a local team and Bruce can go on with his typical misogynistic wannabe-alpha-male sports-radio shtick. If Incognito were on the 49ers or Raiders, Bruce would've been calling for his head because the negative media attention is affecting his local teams.

And he had an excellent commentary on the Steubenville case back in March. He should know the toxic side of jock culture. But it turns out he's the typical hollow-brained sports media personality.

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1. I had 6 kids,3 of each. The best natural athlete was 1 of my daughters.