Comments on: League reminds teams of policy regarding female reporters

By: DonnyBoy

DonnyBoy — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:12:55 +0000

Maybe she wanted to get into the locker room before showers to see if she could get a Dirty Sanchez.

By: shallowfan

shallowfan — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:36:23 +0000

The league will never ban reporters from the lockerroom. The league gives the media anything they want…
Why not require all reporters to bring beer and bikinis and have a party…it’s not like any real work is getting done by reporters in the lockerroom anyway…

By: Codebeard

Codebeard — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:27:37 +0000

ANUoldman says:
September 15, 2010 11:55 PM
wow what a bunch of dumb comments.
1- she is a member of the media
2- she dressed casually for a casual event, jeans and a blouse being normal attire for human females last time I checked
3- her mode of dress is entirely normal for Latin American culture and would not be considered abnormally provocative by her peers
3- she should have been treated professionally by the NFL…
she wasn’t
the NFL again proving that the players will try to be the worst role models possible and the owners and league won’t do anything serious about it.
and now, because she had the nerve to be beautiful, NFL fans are telling her the same things the Jets and CP did: she isn’t professional and was looking for it…. nice
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1 – You have two #3s.
2 – Showing up to work is NOT a casual event. This isn’t a company picnic; this is her job.
3 – Her heritage is irrelevent. She was working in a professional capacity and was dressed unprofessionally. Your standard employee doesn’t walk into work in shorts and a t-shirt. She should at least be dressed business casual, if not full on business professional – not like she’s going to the club.
4 – Yes, she should’ve been treated professionally, but she is dealing with a bunch of men on a testosterone high. Does it excuse them? No, but it’s not surprising – especially given her choice in attire.
The solution, as has been suggested several times, is to ban all reporters from the locker room.

By: Deb

Deb — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:53:09 +0000

@longestlegs …
Amen. I thought Portis was hysterical … doesn’t really understand the female psyche, does he?
@EVERYONE
YES, male reporters are allowed in the WNBA locker rooms. They have a designated time period when reporters of both genders go in to interview the athletes. It’s supposed to work the same way in the NFL.
Sainz has been interviewing soccer players for years without any problem. Apparently only NFL players (and fans) are unable to control themselves around her backside.
She’s Latina. Her wardrobe is not unprofessional in her culture. Not everyone in the world wears button-down IBM.
She doesn’t wear bikinis on the sideline. But I believe Jillian Barberie Reynolds has worn them on air on Fox NFL Sunday. Did you guys complain then?

By: palewook

palewook — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:21:12 +0000

nfl needs to ban all reporters from the locker room. just end this pointless discussion about players locker room conduct now.

By: longestlegs

longestlegs — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:42:19 +0000

@Colts18
Give me a break.
@owl
You too.
The attitude of someone ‘deserving’ to be treated disrespectfully because of the way they dress in a locker room is complete bullhonky. The arguement is hopefully how people SHOULD treat one another, not how they DO treat one another.
Regardless of dress, this person was doing her job and should be treated accordingly. Not catcalled because datt assssssss.
Clinton Portis was totally wrong btw, and way off base. @ the dude who posted support up there.
Majorly disappointed as a Skins fan and huge Portis fan. Thought he was smarter than that.

By: steveoz49

steveoz49 — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:21:01 +0000

So if women are allowed in men’s lockerrooms while they are changing, showering… naked. Are men allowed in women’s lockerrooms during these same times? It’s all about equality people.

By: Dirka28

Dirka28 — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 03:47:27 +0000

For all of those saying that the reporter is being unprofessional at work, I disagree. She’s doing her job perfectly her job is to get the attention and one on one time with a group of men. In any situation who would any of us men like to sit down and talk with an attractive woman, or a guy who looks like most sports writers. The harassment issue in this case is seeming to come by harassment by association. According to federal law it is harassment even if a bystander is offended by the treatment towards someone else. The female reporter in this case posted on her twitter account that she wasn’t offended the day the news of this broke. Someone else is the one who complained and started this. This woman has made it her goal to achieve in her job and knows what it takes to do it. She’s getting a lot of flack she probably doesn’t deserve seeing as how she wasn’t the one that started all this. Also since everyone is proposing a solution to this situation how about just waiting until all of the players are dressed to perform interviews in a designated area of the locker room. Please do this NFL we don’t need another Vishante Shiancoe I felt bad enough about myself before seeing that on a Sunday where I had lost a few hundred bucks betting (legally in Las Vegas of course) on that game.

By: Mark0226

Mark0226 — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:20:59 +0000

jtsacksyou says: Simple solution.. ban all reporters from locker rooms. Its the player’s private area to get dressed and hang out as a team. The media really has no place in it.
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I agree 100%. There is a press room for reporters to interview players. No need to be in the locker room at all, no matter what the sex of the reporter.

By: east96street.

east96street. — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 01:47:22 +0000

What Florio and all the other “journalists” aren’t telling you, is they are “pro” woman reporters because they don’t want journalists banned from locker rooms. It’s the easy solution and it is the decent thing to do, which is why they are all against it. Anyone who has ever played sports at a high level can tell you that you come into the locker room after a game filled with emotion. If you won, you’re sky high. If you lost, you’re angry and upset. That’s why they want to be in there. When your emotions are at their extremes, that’s when you’re most likely to make a mistake and say something you’ll regret. The “journalists” are playing “gotcha” with the players. If all reporters are banned from the locker room, guys can shower in peace, get dressed, and collect themselves before speaking to the press. That’s a reporters worse nightmare! The NEED the raw emotions so they can bait these guys into making a mistake. They want the players to get upset, ideally violent, and go off on a rant. It generates rating or “hits” or sells papers – it’s what these vultures live for. You let a player clean up in peace and get their emotions under control and the “show” won’t be as entertaining. And they can’t have that. Look at the average sports reporter. These guys were NEVER athletes. They were the guys who got stuffed in lockers by the athletes. This is their “payback” for never having the stones to get on the field and play. Those jocks tortured them in High School, so now it’s their turn.

By: seanx

seanx — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 01:21:30 +0000

The players acted unprofessional. They should have known better.
That said Sainz was completely unprofessional. This is her attire for that day.
http://cdn02.cdn.thesuperficial.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/0913-ines-sainz-07-480×624.jpg
I agree with everyone else. Ban all reporters from the locker rooms. Have a press room that players can address the media if they chose to after the game.
But, that ass could start a war

By: piemaster

piemaster — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 01:18:33 +0000

“Bottom line is men are unable to control themselves where women are concerned”
Sexually sterotype much Kye? There is not one thing in your post that is actually true.

By: ANUoldman

ANUoldman — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:55:40 +0000

wow what a bunch of dumb comments.
1- she is a member of the media
2- she dressed casually for a casual event, jeans and a blouse being normal attire for human females last time I checked
3- her mode of dress is entirely normal for Latin American culture and would not be considered abnormally provocative by her peers
3- she should have been treated professionally by the NFL…
she wasn’t
the NFL again proving that the players will try to be the worst role models possible and the owners and league won’t do anything serious about it.
and now, because she had the nerve to be beautiful, NFL fans are telling her the same things the Jets and CP did: she isn’t professional and was looking for it…. nice

By: Nosredna

Nosredna — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:23:49 +0000

Use the link below to see just how "professional" Ines Sainz is at work. Scroll down past the bikini pic(s) This is only one example of how this "professional" reporter shows up for work. Just google her name using google images and you can find hundreds of pics just like this one. http://fwgnfl.com/?tag=ines-sainz

By: Kye

Kye — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:07:31 +0000

Yes, why AREN’T male reporters allowed in lockerrooms at female sporting events? Hmmm. Maybeeee it’s because they’d have to sue to get in and maybeeee that hasn’t happened because, oh I don’t know, men don’t give a rat’s ass about professional female sports??? Ya think??
Bottom line is men are unable to control themselves where women are concerned, therefore women must be punished. Instead of a man being expected to control himself, women need to be covered. The muslim women have to be wrapped up in a burqa and STILL if something happens — it’s her fault.
Fundy’s make their women wear skirts, believing that covering their legs makes them less of a temptation to men.
If a woman in any culture gets raped — “she was asking for it.” It’s her fault. She must have dressed the wrong way, sent the wrong signals, done something to make the poor man lose control.
It’s the same misogynistic garbage in different forms, down through the centuries, evolving and changing form with the culture but still, always there. It’s so ingrained that women even turn on each other.
Whatever. Same circus, different clowns. Carry on.

By: Tenebrous

Tenebrous — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:00:44 +0000

As with all liberal “journalists” run amok, it is not surprising that this issue has been framed through politically correct lenses. The Real Reality of the Ines Sainz Situation is that women have no place in a men’s locker-room while it is in use no more than men have a place in a women’s locker-room while it is in use. Period – end of story.
Of course, such a common-sense approach was nowhere to be found in numerous articles about the situation. What is worse, is that Clinton Portis was forced by politically correct pressure to issue a retraction/apology for being correct. Yes, Portis was crude in his comments, but he ultimately, was correct and it is a shame that he had to retract his crude, but correct comments. This is the frightful power of political correctness; a man, who is ultimately correct, is forced to apologize while an outrageous and erroneous policy is vigorously defended by all the so-called “journalists.” Through political correctness wrong is made to look right and right is made to look wrong.

By: robert ethen

robert ethen — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:00:06 +0000

Ines can’t be barred from the locker rooms, but she will be required to wear a Surgeon General’s warning posted on the back of her jeans in future.

By: dwntwnbadboy

dwntwnbadboy — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:55:01 +0000

She was checking out packages! Its human nature, lol..

By: JoeSixPack

JoeSixPack — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:51:26 +0000

Rule XIV. A 1.) d. iv. now reads as follows:
“Don’t think with your dick.”

By: robert ethen

robert ethen — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:20:55 +0000

Dig out your college notes, Florio, there’s gotta be a law against that ass, somewhere.

By: dietrich43

dietrich43 — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:45:35 +0000

Do they let male reporters into a female locker room? Or do they ban all reporters? I vote for banning all reporters, and making the players available in a separate room.
The players were inappropriate.
She was dressed unprofessionally and inappropriately for a journalist. And I’m convinced she’s only doing this to get attention.

By: slegeir

slegeir — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:38:12 +0000

I’m a female and I absolutely hate female reporters on the sidelines interviewing players. They all loaded down with makeup, that’s all you notice. Why don’t men get those jobs? Just curious.

By: Nosredna

Nosredna — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:37:12 +0000

Why is it that this so called reporter can dress how she wants, no matter how unprofessional, then others must act professional in her presence? Now that is a double standard?
Curious….are male reporters allowed in the WNBA locker rooms?

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:30:30 +0000

Florio, Ines Sainz DID NOT file that complaint. She simply posted a tweet saying she was embarrassed. Someone from the Association of Women in Sports Media filed the complaint. Ines thought she overreacted. Either that organization was:
1. trying to create a stir for the NFL, or
2. trying to create a stir for Ines Sainz.
She may wear provocative clothing on her Web site, but in the locker room she was wearing jeans and a blouse. I’ve seen Pam Oliver in the same outfit. Ines represents a Mexican television network and has interviewed athletes in many sports. Am I supposed to be offended by her when Fox has Jillian Barberie Reynolds on the payroll? Let’s be real: Andrea Kremer, Suzy Kolber, and Michele Tafoya are the exceptions. At least on the broadcast side, most female football reporters are sideline Barbies. Why pick on Ines for looking the part?

By: superb owl

superb owl — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:29:51 +0000

and, 18, a society like that produces NOTHING.

By: Phenom

Phenom — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:28:20 +0000

For all of you who asked if male reporters are allowed in women’s locker room (I was wondering this myself), I did a Google search and came up with this:
“Men are, indeed, allowed in women’s locker rooms. Driving into work on Monday I heard a nationally syndicated radio commentator lamenting the fact that he couldn’t go in women’s locker rooms. Apparently he’s never attempted to cover women’s sports — sadly, not too surprising. But as this particular radio talker works for a network that covers both the WNBA and the women’s NCAA basketball tournament — and also employs several high profile women sports reporters — you’d think he might have checked his facts.”
link: http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/chrono/24597500
BTW, I don’t think that ANY reporters should be allowed in ANY locker room. Interviews should be done once the athletes have a chance to shower and compose themselves.

By: RexR#1

RexR#1 — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:27:52 +0000

douible standard. if female reporters are allowed into female sports lockerooms then male reporters must be too or this AP reporter or feminist talk is absolute hogwash !

By: Gautam

Gautam — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:25:30 +0000

does somebody have a pic of how this woman was dressed like ?
the way some people are posting about it here, it would seem that she turned up dressed as a street hooker

By: slegeir

slegeir — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:24:44 +0000

I’m all for a dress code. That goes for cheerleaders too. I’m sure that will open up a whole can of worms. They’re all looking for attention from men so why are they complaining when they get it. As far as being in the locker room, they don’t belong in there. Where is the professionalism in sports now? Everyone from cheerleaders to reports to players. Seems like anything goes. A little common sense would go a long way.

By: BobsCountryBunker

BobsCountryBunker — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:19:44 +0000

@Smiley
Why did I take a shot over this? All I did was bounce a peso off her “money-maker” a couple of years ago.
Tony Romo