BlitzburghRockCity
12-13-2006, 06:28 AM
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06347/745642-66.stm
"I would just like to say it was a poor choice of words ..." -- Joey Porter
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
By Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Linebacker Joey Porter apologized yesterday to anyone he might have offended over some crude remarks he made Thursday, except for the target of his comments -- Cleveland Browns tight end Kellen Winslow.
"I would just like to say it was a poor choice of words in the comment I made toward Winslow," Porter said. "If I offended anybody, I apologize for that."
Porter twice called Winslow a name considered derogatory when used to describe gay men.
"I guess how we used that word freely, me growing up using it, I didn't think nothing of it like that," Porter said. "Like I said, I apologize to anybody I offended on it.
"I didn't mean to offend nobody but Kellen Winslow. Pretty much, that's it about that."
Porter said he was not worried about possibly hearing from the league regarding his comments, and he does not plan to talk to Winslow about what he said. Porter has appealed a previous $15,000 fine the league levied on him for comments he allegedly made to an official on the field in Oakland Oct. 29.
"Man, once they take it they're not giving it back. You can appeal it all you want to. They take it, so it comes down to your word against theirs and their word is always bigger than ours.
"I appealed it. They said we'll get back at you when we get back at you, so that means they're not going to get back at you."
Porter, who made the cover of Sports Illustrated early this season when the magazine called him the most feared man in the NFL, said he's not surprised at the reaction over his latest comments.
"Not really, because whatever I say is going to go to an extra level anyway. I didn't think nothing big of it when I did it and it's over with. I don't want to keep harping on it and make a story out of nothing."
Winslow is an assjack, he doesn't deserve an apology ! If anything he should be apologizing to us because he's such a jerkoff !!
Personally this whole situation with what Joey said has been blown way out of proportion anyways if you ask me !
"I would just like to say it was a poor choice of words ..." -- Joey Porter
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
By Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Linebacker Joey Porter apologized yesterday to anyone he might have offended over some crude remarks he made Thursday, except for the target of his comments -- Cleveland Browns tight end Kellen Winslow.
"I would just like to say it was a poor choice of words in the comment I made toward Winslow," Porter said. "If I offended anybody, I apologize for that."
Porter twice called Winslow a name considered derogatory when used to describe gay men.
"I guess how we used that word freely, me growing up using it, I didn't think nothing of it like that," Porter said. "Like I said, I apologize to anybody I offended on it.
"I didn't mean to offend nobody but Kellen Winslow. Pretty much, that's it about that."
Porter said he was not worried about possibly hearing from the league regarding his comments, and he does not plan to talk to Winslow about what he said. Porter has appealed a previous $15,000 fine the league levied on him for comments he allegedly made to an official on the field in Oakland Oct. 29.
"Man, once they take it they're not giving it back. You can appeal it all you want to. They take it, so it comes down to your word against theirs and their word is always bigger than ours.
"I appealed it. They said we'll get back at you when we get back at you, so that means they're not going to get back at you."
Porter, who made the cover of Sports Illustrated early this season when the magazine called him the most feared man in the NFL, said he's not surprised at the reaction over his latest comments.
"Not really, because whatever I say is going to go to an extra level anyway. I didn't think nothing big of it when I did it and it's over with. I don't want to keep harping on it and make a story out of nothing."
Winslow is an assjack, he doesn't deserve an apology ! If anything he should be apologizing to us because he's such a jerkoff !!
Personally this whole situation with what Joey said has been blown way out of proportion anyways if you ask me !