Comments on: Panthers’ private workouts draw public criticism

By: goombar2

goombar2 — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:08:57 +0000

Wouldn’t go to Yahoo! sports if Silver wasn’t there. He’s probably the best writer on football now. Miss Z (my second fav), but what are you gonna do? Hope he gets well.

And the guys knocking Silver here are the same guys that are always talking nonsense and think the football is round and you kick it past the goalie.

Silver is about the only writer now with courage and conviction to tell the truth. These Pather jokers ought to be finding ways to reach their fans instead of alienating them. Hiring cops? Last guy I heard doing that was Big Ben down in Georgia and he wasn’t up to anything good there.

PS – Wrote a great article about the decertification. Turns out the owners FORCED the players to organize a union and then told them if they (the owner) ever opted out of a CBA the union could decertify without reason.

I wonder if that has anything to do with the peanut gallery acting out as petulant children here?

By: pantherfan89

pantherfan89 — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:56:37 +0000

hobartbaker says:
Jun 2, 2011 4:55 PM
As far as fashion accessories go, those shades do about the same for Newton’s public image as Al Davis’ band aids.

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5 stars for working Cam and Al Davis in the same joke. Personally i like the shades but damn that was funny.

By: catman72

catman72 — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:17:51 +0000

It’s a good thing the Panthers players don’t give a damn about Michael Silver and what he thinks.

By: whatswiththehate

whatswiththehate — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:58:06 +0000

NOW, this has got to be one of the only GOOD thing to comes out of this lock-out. These players aren’t forced by the corporate run NFL to kiss the behinds of the spoilt brats and the “we need to to know every move these athletes make so we can keep our 24/7 news cycle going” corporate run sports media cause the athletes are no longer under the power of the NFL to do so. YES…

Why should these athletes and fans be the only ones suffering due to this lock-out; while you sports writers get to go on like business as usual.

If the fans and the athletes have to suffer through this lock-out because of corporate greed, then so should our coporate run sports media.

Stop trying to bully lock-out players, who are forced to find alternative ways to help out the rookies and stay in shape during this lock-out, into letting you have your way.

By: billionsvsmillions

billionsvsmillions — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:41:02 +0000

In other words, the fans of the Carolina Kitty cats realize there is nothing this team can do to become a contender. I don’t blame them, that team sucks, and to many egos to deal with, now add a QB that already has a ego problem.
“Nobody wants to steal any of your secrets, unless they’re looking for a primer on how not to play professional football.” HAHAH I LOVE THIS LINE… Although I think the Cleveland Browns fit this one better.

By: oxnard4

oxnard4 — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:29:38 +0000

you can always count on flo having the players backs…”they have enough to worry about”…poor babies

By: canadianvikingfaniii

canadianvikingfaniii — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:21:26 +0000

Yahoo is garbage for news, let alone anything to do with football.

By: bunjy96

bunjy96 — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:21:14 +0000

The players right to privacy is more important than any media hack trying to find out whats going on.

Screw all the media. They are just a overall pain in the ass trying to subject their own opinion on everyone else.

By: pdxpanther

pdxpanther — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:17:13 +0000

This is the same guy that said the Panthers don’t “deserve Andrew Luck,” as if he is some sort of commodity that only Michael Silver deems worthy. Even though Carolina cut all the vets to save money to pay their stadium employees during the eventual lockout. He’s made it clear that the niners are worthy of Luck which is coincidentally where Silver is from. This guy gives real journalists a bad rap.

By: j0esixpack

j0esixpack — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:04:57 +0000

The media is desperate for stories – but unless some players feel its in their interest to invite them, it seems like a no-brainer that they’re better off conducting workouts in private.

The fewer football stories there are the angrier fans are going to get and the quicker this is going to be resolved – so as much as I’d love to know what’s happening in the player practices, I’d much prefer more pressure on both sides to get a deal done and play real football.

By: duffer58

duffer58 — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:04:53 +0000

bpaze
No that is not the reason. Good God

By: hobartbaker

hobartbaker — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:55:35 +0000

As far as fashion accessories go, those shades do about the same for Newton’s public image as Al Davis’ band aids.

By: hobartbaker

hobartbaker — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:52:48 +0000

Newt never going to give up that jersey number. He feels it gives him the “OO”! factor.

By: ponderqb

ponderqb — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:49:58 +0000

Not a huge fan of Cam, but i would love to see him do well simply because good football is more fun to watch and i think we are do for another GREAT QB. Also… sick sunglasses!

By: pittman2052

pittman2052 — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:48:20 +0000

The media is out of hand. It’s a private session for a reason. Guys like him think the media is God and should be able to cover anything and everything and get upset when they can’t.

By: abengalfan

abengalfan — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:30:44 +0000

So M Silver has gone from being one of Sports Ills top NFL writers to complaining about not being allowed in a private workout on Yahoo Sports.
Not exactly an upward career path.

By: ampats

ampats — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:27:23 +0000

“The Patriots have kept the media away, from apparently less than organized back yard throw the ball”

Maybe you should read ESPN Boston is update your site. Seems the Patriots held practice at BC which is as close you can come to a professional facility unlike other teams that practice at the local HS

By: sterilizecromartie

sterilizecromartie — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:10:11 +0000

Why is the Silver so obsessed with being at these workouts in the first place? He seems really upset that he doesn’t get to watch a bunch of shirtless guys in gym shorts playing catch and doing jumping jacks…. not that there’s anything wrong with that.

By: tombradyswig

tombradyswig — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:09:09 +0000

Yes, Yahoo is so like 1999!!
Silver is a joke too!

By: biggerballz

biggerballz — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:01:00 +0000

good for the panthers keep the annoying fat guys from writing bs.

By: bird2jasun

bird2jasun — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:00:40 +0000

Silver is a cry baby that got his lil feelins hurt! Smh

By: duanethomas

duanethomas — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:00:23 +0000

Its not the media birth right to cover a private workout by players. They make think it is, but sorry Charlie.

By: tombradyswig

tombradyswig — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:57:11 +0000

Cam is wearing a double zero jersey, how fitting!!

By: datdude420

datdude420 — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:53:49 +0000

Awwww, Michael Silver and his unibrow sound a tad butthurt

By: flapjackdaddy

flapjackdaddy — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:53:38 +0000

Silver is a cholo.

By: Eternal Optimist

Eternal Optimist — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:50:30 +0000

I’m with the players on this one. This is not at all like the regular training camps of the NFL teams where the NFL dictates that the coaches and players have to be available for so much time each day. Each team has professionals on staff to make sure that it happens with the least amount of discomfort to the coaches, the players and the media. In this case the players are out there on their own with no media relations safety net. I say let them be.

By: xxwhodatxx

xxwhodatxx — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:49:52 +0000

The media acts like it’s their RIGHT to be everywhere and in everyones face, it’s out of control.

By: beatnik25

beatnik25 — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:48:15 +0000

Michael Silver is a hack. Always has been and always will be. Does anyone here actually go to Yahoo anymore?

By: mpayne12

mpayne12 — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:46:30 +0000

Can’t say I blame players for not wanting to deal with media and just wanting to play football. Perhaps Silver should go and work for fox news instead you don’t even need real material to come up with stories for them.

By: hobartbaker

hobartbaker — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:44:44 +0000

It’s O.K., Newt is disguised behind dark glasses.