Sorry for shouting, but HE HAS BEEN SACKED FOR SUGGESTING TO A JUNIOR FEMALE COLLEAGUE THAT SHE PUT HER HANDS DOWN HIS PANTSJoeMercer'sWay said:to be fair why can journalists get away with slagging us as a club(hence indirectly slagging the people who work for us off) with only an apology and not be banned. Why because this official is a bird is it worse than that or any player swearing at any ref, yet they don't get severely punished?
reeks of double standards so therefore I don't agree with his dismissal when he gets such a severe punishment compared to anyone else who is completely unprofessional in their football related job.
it'sintheblood! said:sixlashes said:so would you sack me for that comment?
No, but depends on the circumstances...depends on whether it was the first time you said it, your tone and demeanour when saying it, who heard you and whether it was intended to incite trouble with female colleagues...the point being you would create an uncomfortable atmosphere which could impact on the working environment
Damocles said:It's ridiculous that he has been sacked for this.
These leaks are an obvious witchunt, he wasn't representing SkyTV during the time that the cameras were off, he was joking around with his mates. Some fucking cowardly twat decided to maliciously release this footage purely to get him the sack.
I disagree with the whole notion that him making sexist remarks, off camera, means that he should be sacked as a football pundit. Nobody is tuning into Andy Gray for ethical discussion, they are doing so for football analysis. This has never hurt the ability to do his job, and it's a woman move by Sky to do it, hope he gets picked up by ESPN as soon as. It's popular to slag him off simply because he is so popular, but at the end of the day, he's a good pundit and the voice of football in this country.
Sky has lost a top pundit here for absolutely no reason. Trust me, the 'big games' won't feel the same from now on. Gray/Tyler gave the footage a big game feel, and nobody will notice this until it's too late.
samharris said:
Damocles said:It's popular to slag him off simply because he is so popular, but at the end of the day, he's a good pundit and the voice of football in this country.
Sky has lost a top pundit here for absolutely no reason. Trust me, the 'big games' won't feel the same from now on. Gray/Tyler gave the footage a big game feel, and nobody will notice this until it's too late.
bluemanc said:
Sorry.