Tony Dungheap: Still an Asshole

[joeybee12]

Tony Dungy made history as the first African-American head coach to win a Super Bowl in 2007. But there's one barrier Dungy admits he wouldn't want to touch — drafting the NFL's first openly gay player.

“I wouldn't have taken him,” Dungy said about Michael Sam in an interview Sunday with the Tampa Tribune. “Not because I don't believe Michael Sam should have a chance to play, but I wouldn't want to deal with all of it.”

Sam, a rookie defensive end on the St. Louis Rams, was drafted 249th overall in May. But Dungy thinks there's a downside.

https://tv.yahoo.com/news/nbc-analyst-tony-dungy-never-drafted-michael-sam-224100802.html

[Scuba]

1. Dumbgy.

[Yavin4]

2. This is coming from the guy that championed Michael Vick's return to the NFL

He wrote a passage in the forward of Vick's booK:

Finally Free tells an amazing story. It's not all pretty, but it's real. If you're like me – if you've ever done something in your life you wish you could take back -- it will encourage you to learn that we serve a God of second chances and live in a country of second chances.

The story is not complete, by any means, but this book will let you know why I’m so proud of Michael Vick and honored to call him a friend – because he has made the later chapters of his life better than the earlier ones. And isn’t that what life is all about?

-Tony Dungy


http://www.michaelvickstory.com/foreword.html

[theHandpuppet]

3. Dungy is an extreme Xtian fundy

Has been a vocal opponent of gay rights for a long time. Damn bigot.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?id=2808705
http://www.outsports.com/2013/2/20/4010368/tony-dungy-raising-money-for-anti-gay-organization

[Iggo]

12. Mike Vick likes girls, though.

That makes him A-Okay with Tony Dungy.

[Yavin4]

13. And Ray Rice likes to punch girls in the face

And that's fine as well. Just don't kiss a guy on the mouth. Cause that will bring distractions.

: :

[RockaFowler]

4. Keith had a good take on it last night

#t=133

Go to the 2:00 mark and you will see why Dungy is the Wosrt Person in Sports

[theHandpuppet]

5. Keith nails it again!

[Auggie]

7. Yep

[fishwax]

6. pathetic

The generous reading, I suppose, is that he simply doesn't think he's capable of the kind of personal and moral leadership that this would require. Or it could just be the bigotry.

[frylock]

8. Jim Rome is taking him to task this morning

[Fix The Stupid]

9. I am as straight as they come... but...

he pings my 'gaydar' off the meter...

Does anyone else think this is a lot of projecting on his part?

I'll say it. Tony Dungy is in the closet and can't reconcile this with his faith...

Must be hell to live a life like that.

[theHandpuppet]

10. No.

Sometimes heterosexuals just have to face the fact that there are bigots among 'em. Claim them.

Pray tell, just how good is your "gaydar" and what makes you think Dungy is a closet case? Are there any particular mannerisms or something that you believe give him away?

As a lesbian, I have to say that I'm really quite sick and tired of homophobes being dismissed as self-hating gays. We hear that shit all the time and I'm doing my best to be civil here.

[Iggo]

14. Nope.

I read him as your standard run-of-the-mill god-loving gay-hating heterosexual.

[Auggie]

11. Time to kick him off NBCs Football Night in America

Bob Costas (and his sanctimonious tired act) can join him.

[RockaFowler]

15. Michael Sam Delivers Perfect Reaction To Tony Dungy’s ‘Distraction’ Claims

http://thinkprogress.org/default/2014/07/23/3463222/michael-sams-perfect-reaction-to-tony-dungys-distraction-claims/

“Thank god he wasn’t the St. Louis Rams coach,” Sam joked to the media. “But I have a great respect for Coach Dungy, and like everyone in America, everyone is entitled to their own opinions.”

“I mean, it is what it is, what you gonna do?” Sam added. “My focus is on making this team. I’m so excited to be back with the guys. Football’s fun.”

Sam’s choice to take the high road is admirable, but his response is also telling. His focus, as he said, is on “making this team.” That’s what he’s in camp to do, that’s what the St. Louis Rams drafted him to do.

[joeybee12]

16. Sam is smart, too...

He's not letting himself become the story...Dungheap still is, and others are rightfuly dragging him over the coals for it!

[RockaFowler]

17. Olbermann goes after Dungy again

And he gets him caught in a lie again