It’s been more than 15 minutes before someone has gotten offended over something trivial, so here we go again.
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP)—New York Jets coach Rex Ryan apologized Sunday for making an obscene gesture at a mixed martial arts event.
Ryan was booed Saturday night while doing a TV interview at the MMA event in the Bank Atlantic Center, the Florida Panthers’ home arena. He was smiling when caught making the gesture by a cell phone camera.
“It was stupid and inappropriate,” Ryan said. “I wouldn’t accept that type of behavior from one of the coaches or players and it’s unacceptable from me. I apologize to the Jets organization, the National Football League and NFL fans everywhere.”
So let’s get this straight – it’s alright to drink gallons of beer and watch two guys beat the living shit out of one another, but once someone flips the bird, then some sort of line has been crossed. This is the world we live in, America: a grown man has to apologize for extending his middle finger in response to a hostile crowd gathered to watch a fight. Amazing. At this rate, coaches and athletes are going to be apologizing for sneezing.
And the article doesn’t say so, but of course the “obscene gesture” is the middle finger. Which is a shame, because I would have really loved it if Rex Ryan was pressing his tongue against the inside of his cheek while making a fist next to his mouth. That’s how it’s done, cousin.
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