I honestly don't see it as a big deal. If he did that to somebody he didn't know or had a good idea that she wouldn't be okay with it, then I could take a greater issue with it.
My father did things from time to time to embarrass my mother. And guess what...my mom did things from time to time to embarrass my dad.
Ever depants a friend in public?
I have.
And almost every friend I know has.
Is that the behavior of a 'knucklehead?' Is that behavior that you really hope you wish to change and that person can 'see the light?' Is that behavior that is 'disrespectful to men?'
If so, the league has a lot of explaining to do with all of the 'hazing' incidents and rituals that virtually every team does (except for the Cowboys) each training camp. Hell, they film it on Hard Knocks every year.
To me, the St. Paddy's Day incident is weaksauce from the NFL. They are insistent that EE abused Tiffany Thompson and they know that their case is incredibly weak and want to spin the St. Paddy's Day incident as so reprehensible that it's a sign of 'disrespecting women' to help make their case seem stronger than it is.
In the end, the NFL still has to justify how they gave a white kicker a 1-game suspension who admitted to abusing his wife while they gave a black RB a 6-game suspension for something he wasn't arrested for and the accuser is on record to lying to police and witness tampering. And they still have to justify why they would trust a white woman who was caught lying to witness and tampering with a witness over a black man who does not have a criminal record. As well as why they allow a white man in Rob Gronkowski to make sexual references and demean women in public, yet never condemn him for disrespecting women.
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