NFL Network suspends Ian Rapoport for tweeting about his ball shaving

RIpats88 · Oct 10, 2020

But the tight end of the Tampa bay bucs is in a manscaped commercial looking for his balls. Im confused why they would be against this.

jah · Oct 10, 2020

I thought we were clamping down on politics in here, but this thread is currently being dominated by the same ******** from the same people as always.

Wheelman · Oct 10, 2020

Elijah said:
I thought we were clamping down on politics in here, but this thread is currently being dominated by the same ******** from the same people as always.

Which people? Start naming and maiming them!

patman12 · Oct 10, 2020

betterthanthealternative said:
The OP, or Joker's response?

The OP was clear as day, Rapaport is proud of his hairless chihuahua look. Good on him.

As for the suspension, it seems there’s a policy with the NFL or NFLN and he failed to get clearance. At least one NFL player (Gronk) did a commercial for the gadget and didn’t get suspended, so clearly, it is or was allowed.

I personally find the suspension too long but I don’t have any information on Rapaport’s work history or how consistently this rule has been applied to other employees.

reflexblue · Oct 10, 2020

Joker said:
and Social Justice Moron Nation goes wild with 26 gendered ecstasy...Bruce Jennifer was quoted saying "he's a disgusting toad of a man who should be castrated and hung by his ankles over a boiling hot steam vent" while the face that stopped a million clocks, Joyless "Manface" Behar called for a nationwide boycott and month long penitential march against "Manspeak!"....meanwhile, the HEAD of NFLN, Roger "Hi I'm severely re-tarded" Goondell continues on with his 14 year long organized criminal conspiracy. Yeah,Ian Rapoport..outrageous...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

Here here, well said. what ever it was you were trying to say.

PATSYLICIOUS · Oct 10, 2020

That’s pretty nuts. At least they didn’t sack him

n6249c · Oct 10, 2020

patman12 said:
I feel like I need Google translate and a hit of acid to understand this statement.

Remember, there’s a warning out about the brown acid. Might want to stay away from it.

Kontradiction · Oct 10, 2020

@Joker killed it. He was on a roll early on. Thread can get locked now. Nobody is outdoing that. How dare you even try. LMFAOOOO at “the face that stopped a million clocks.”

n6249c · Oct 10, 2020

patman12 said:
The OP was clear as day, Rapaport is proud of his hairless chihuahua look. Good on him.

As for the suspension, it seems there’s a policy with the NFL or NFLN and he failed to get clearance. At least one NFL player (Gronk) did a commercial for the gadget and didn’t get suspended, so clearly, it is or was allowed.

I personally find the suspension too long but I don’t have any information on Rapaport’s work history or how consistently this rule has been applied to other employees.

Rappaport works for the league. No CBA. Gronk is contracted to a team, under the CBA. The league can control their employees, not so much players covered by the CBA.

Patriot_fan989 · Oct 10, 2020

Gronk/gf commercial is cringeworthy, but they made a lot of money from it so good for him

Wax Frog · Oct 10, 2020

RIpats88 said:
But the tight end of the Tampa bay bucs is in a manscaped commercial looking for his balls. Im confused why they would be against this.

I'm just going to go back to sleep now...

Dr Pain · Oct 10, 2020

He is suspended till it grows back out.

Bill Lee · Oct 10, 2020

Wheelman said:
Oh you actually think the corrupt 32 and NYJFL* care about social justice?

I'm not sure my post said that.

I did suggest that NFL Network does care about its employees discussing the products of a firm that is not an NFL advertiser.

I do think NFL is making a mistake publicly slapping down a very prominent employee over they way they used social media.

Publicly demonstrating that their employees need NFL approval of their posts is a bad look, IMO.

Bill Lee · Oct 10, 2020

PATSYLICIOUS said:
That’s pretty nuts. At least they didn’t sack him

Given his habits, I think Ian will be pretty "blue" after two weeks of not posting to social media...

Wax Frog · Oct 10, 2020

Wheelman · Oct 10, 2020

RIpats88 said:
But the tight end of the Tampa bay bucs is in a manscaped commercial looking for his balls. Im confused why they would be against this.

I wonder what's Gronk's preference. Manscaped trimmer, razor, waxing, sugar waxing, tweezer, electrolysis, laser. Did I miss anything else? @fnordcircle what are the odds?

patman12 · Oct 10, 2020

n6249c said:
Rappaport works for the league. No CBA. Gronk is contracted to a team, under the CBA. The league can control their employees, not so much players covered by the CBA.

Totally agree that there is a clear difference. I do think that if this was some sort of “embarrassment to the brand” issue for the league, there is language in the CBA that could have been used to go after a player. But I don’t think that’s the motivation here.

Bill Lee · Oct 10, 2020

Mike Florio suggests:

Logic suggests that there was an issue with Rapoport doing a deal directly with Manscaped without receiving all appropriate clearances and permissions from the league.

That would explain NFL's strong reaction, they want their "cut"!

God, I hope we're not heading towards a world where popular Twitter posters start posting ads.

Florio concludes with:

While he may have violated business rules relating to when and how on-air talent can cut their own deals, it seems that there could be a remedy short of whacking him for two weeks.

I see what he did there!

NFL suspends Ian Rapoport two weeks

The NFL usually suspends players.

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borg · Oct 10, 2020

Does Manscaped Inc. have a ladies version?

MuffBeGone ?

An Irish lady's version?

McMuffBeGone?

OT: I might need an intervention

BelizePats · Oct 10, 2020

Elijah said:
I thought we were clamping down on politics in here, but this thread is currently being dominated by the same ******** from the same people as always.

This, only double!

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