Boley situation is no joke

There’s a shocker. Frankly their commentary on Boley is a lot less skewed than their ridiculous expectations for their team. A poll on that blog asked “Do you think we’ll soon find that the Eagles are in a position to be THE dominant NFL team of the next decade?” to which 85% of the vote responded “Yes.” I guess the optimism-floodgates flew open when that crappy little city ended its streak of 100 championship-less seasons.

never threw a snowball, damaged private property, got in fights, etc., or ever acted irrationally before, during, or after a game.

and don’t bring up the santa incident. just proves you do as much research as ESPN did into the incident..

also, most of us instantly equated the whole myers incident. one blog’s forgetfullness does not speak for those of us who didn’t say a damn thing.

This is beyond Giants and Eagles, beyond Phillies and Mets or whatever. Beating your wife is inexcusable. Boley and Myers (and any other athletes for that matter) deserve to be punished for what they have done and if part of that punishment includes public ridicule and a tarnished reputation, than so be it.

To be fair, that’s the only post on the matter that didn’t say “yeah, we know, Brett Myers”. I was defending a little bit, then I realized I didn’t actually read the report. Kinda sickening.

Let me preface this by saying that beating your wife is an awful thing. BUT there is a difference between a heated argument and abuse. Abuse is terrible. No woman should have to live in fear of her husband. A close friend of mine was in an awful marriage to an Army guy who had that tough guy “I can get away with whatever I want” attitude and serious jealousy issues. Those relationships are terrible.

But… Ive seen situations where the husband went to jail for restraining his wife who was going off (throwing things, breaking things, hitting him) and Ive been in the house when the woman in the situation calls the cops not to defend herself, but as an aggressive way to get back at her husband when no physical contact happened. If there is no history of it, Im not going to pass judgment as quickly as the people on this site.

That was a blue collar, nothing to gain situation. How often do women marry rich guys only to divorce them a year later for half their net worth? An accusation like this in a heated moment gets the woman a settlement like that and more.

It happened to Eric Devendorf at Syracuse, where he was accused of punching his ex in the face, then it came out that he never punched her (no shit there were no bruises) only pushed her when she got out of her car and came after him… while thats not right, there is a big difference from protecting your personal space and assault, namley intent.

Im not saying he didnt do it, or that he is a good guy… but in a lot of these situations, the guy was not getting some sadistic pleasure out of dominating his wife as one may think reading these comments, but rather got caught up in an argument that many couples have, the difference being that in a blue collar situation, it blows over; when there is big money and fame involved, it only gets worse.

my 2cents

I don’t know why Jason spent as much effort as he did on the issue (I guess it struck a nerve).

But anyway a cheap shot in this situation would be like saying “Giants sure love signing the thugs,” or something of that nature.

supporting my earlier post, an mma fighter was accused of a similar thing… just cleared of any wrong doing.

“Lame cheap shot?”

He beat a woman, dude. Are you serious with this post?

I am just about the only person over there calling out everyone on their ignorance. It’s really sad, actually.

I quite clearly acknowledged my disgust with Brett Myers as well. So your implication that I was singling him out because he was a Giant and would excuse the same behavior from a Philly player is flat wrong. If anything, I’d be even tougher on that guy. I feel and reacted the same way to Myers as I did Boley. This is no “anti Giants” bias. It’s an anti domestic violence bias.

This has nothing to do with “inflaming” Giants fans. This is an issue that I care about and I would have talked about regardless of what team the guy played for. Michael Boley is a bad guy and it deserves to be said. If you guys don’t like hearing that from an Eagles fans, then sorry. If a Giants fan wrote exactly what I did, would it have annoyed you so much?

Frankly, I can’t figure out why you guys are so focused on what someone else is saying about this guy and not talking about him…

This is ridiculous! Look at this whole argument – and we all actually basically agree: beating a woman is wrong and a transgressor deserves to be punished and ridiculed. Jason reported on the situation of another NFC East team, and added his own emphasis and comment because he finds it a despicable act. Seems like that fits into the category of ridiculing.

The usually first-class Jason over at the Eagles’ blog

Wow. Interesting to see that standing up against the abuse of women impacts his “first classness” negatively. Stop crying over nothing.

But next week tune in for our “Every terrible thing a Redskins player has ever done” series!