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Originally Posted by GirlySports
The whole situation just shows how immature the Jets locker room is. Who are the captains? Who are the leaders? In the story above McNabb stood up and took care of it.
On the radio the other day Jody Vance (ex-Sportsnet) was telling a story about the first time she walked into a dressing room was with the Canucks. She had covered the team for a few years but never in the locker room. She walked in, a few players who knew her well made some comments like "oooooh, look at the pretty one in here now!" Trevor Linden immediately stood up and said "That's the last I'll hear of these type of comments in this dressing room. Treat her with respect or you'll have to go through me".
Our great captain, Iginla or ANY captain would have stepped up. This is 2010, not 1980. The reason this is a big story is because of the lack leadership from Rex Ryan himself.
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I get your point, and I agree, but it's also a matter of them seeing right through the 'reporter' facade that Sainz puts out there. She isn't a reporter, her behavior at past Super Bowls makes that quite apparent. She's a good looking girl who gets ratings and views because of it. Nothing wrong with that, but let's not pretend she's trying to be Ted Koppel. This couldn't have gone better for her. I think it was a matter of the Jets recognizing that she wasn't there to be a professional like the reporters that always cover them, and they took that opportunity to act like a bunch of high school kids. And don't forget this happened at a point in the year where these guys have been locked down with 80 other dudes for weeks on end, that makes you act crazy. 4's become 9's.
Now regardless of all of that you're right, the Jets should never have allowed this situation to occur, and the general mentality around that team seems to be quite permissive of this type of behavior. My point is that this probably doesn't happen if Erin Andrews, or another female reporter that's actually a respected professional, shows up at a Jets practice.