08-21-2020, 05:32 AM
(08-20-2020, 09:59 AM)Goalpost Wrote: Perhaps be could do some volunteer work to try and right his name. He's got no shot working for awhile. Big companies give this zero tolerance. The image of the company is always bigger than the individual. Thom is 56. I think he gaffed earlier this year when he had to apologize for calling a past player dead...was it Jack Clark? Imo he was slipping some and announcers need to be polished. It's unfortunate for him, but Fox had to do what's right.
I agree with this. Well, except for the part about 56 being old.
I don't feel like his apology adequately addressed the people he potentially offended. Also, it's a bit disappointing that he was so comfortable saying what he did in the presence of the rest of the broadcast crew. Makes you wonder about the culture.
Either way, I hate to see him lose his job over one mistake, no matter how egregious and stupid. If he makes an effort to show that he's learned from what he did, then I'm open to him returning. He'd need to do a lot, and he'd probably have to sit out for awhile, but I think people deserve a second chance. It would be a win for everyone involved if a genuine change and reflection came about from this shit show.
I'm also in the camp of others who know they'd likely lose their job for this kind of mistake. I carry a radio at work, and people key them all the time, letting the rest of us in on unintended and potentially actionable language. I'd never say what he said, especially in such an acrimonious manner, but if I did say something not intended for everyone's consumption and got caught, I'd hope to get a little bit of a break if it wasn't a repeat offense.
I'm as vindictive and nasty as anyone in political discourse, but perhaps that's the whole problem. Maybe some of us need to be willing to forgive and create some better dialogue before we break out the hatchet as a knee-jerk response. Applying that kind of thinking might make people less shitty to each other in general if it caught on.
