Okay, for all who DON’T know because apparently it is such big news, recently acquired New York Jets wide receiver Santonio Holmes disrupted a flight today…with an ipod.
Personally, this is the most ridiculous piece of breaking news I have ever seen. And as I’ve previously stated, I watched Brett Favre, his wife and Vikings head coach Brad Childress drive to Vikings’ training camp last August. The video feed was from a helicopter and followed a black SUV down a highway. Yeah, I know ridiculous breaking news.
This
afternoon I got an ESPN Alert saying that Holmes, traded to the Jets from Pittsburgh because of his troubling behavior, refused to turn off his ipod and created a disturbance on a plane to Pittsburgh from Newark Liberty International Airport. Really? Really?
Sports news is getting ridiculous. A refusal to turn off an ipod has turned into the biggest news of the day. Should he have just turned it off? Of course. Should the media have jumped on the story and blown it so out of proportion that Jets coach Rex Ryan has to have a press conference? Absolutely not.
ESPN, I don’t know if you’re just bored or if you really think this kind of stuff is news, but you should really rethink you’re idea of what the media does. Information is valuable—but not when some football player doesn’t turn off an ipod. I’m almost ashamed to say I watch ESPN, read ESPN and receive ESPN news alerts. Almost.
On a side note, as well as learning to turn off your ipod, Holmes you should really learn to keep clothes on if you’re putting pictures on the web. Absolutely no one wants to see that. No. One.
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