# Kenny Rogers, put that camera down! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 1, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kenny-rogers-put-that-camera-down/310769 "2005-07-01T22:46:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kenny-rogers-put-that-camera-down/310769/41 "2005-07-06T17:23:34Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > I’d like to have seen a suspension with some teeth in it. An athlete with known anger management problems attacks without provocation a photographer who’s just doing his job and doing it correctly and he’s to only miss 4 or 5 games and still get paid for it? I think Rogers is suppossed to make somewhere in the high 300s or low 400s over that period. His fine is 50. So he gets a rest and comes out over 300 thousand freakin’ dollars ahead and Selig calls that a punishment? What galls me even more is that he made the All-Star team, and his bonus for that feat equals $50,000. The PLayers Association _owns_ MLB. Selig is their bitch. This is just more proof. I feel he should recieve a 40 game suspension (w/o pay) and kicked off the All-Star team. I also feel that the appeals process in Major League suspensions is a joke. An appeal should be heard right away–within 3 days of the suspension–not scheduled weeks later. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kenny-rogers-put-that-camera-down/310769/42 "2005-07-06T17:32:24Z")
> [@AndyPolley](#): > > I also feel that the appeals process in Major League suspensions is a joke. An appeal should be heard right away–within 3 days of the suspension–not scheduled weeks later. I agree with this. Travel isn’t by trains anymore. There’s no reason a player can’t go to New York without missing a game. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kenny-rogers-put-that-camera-down/310769/43 "2005-07-06T18:00:39Z")
FYI - the gambler himself is going to be holding a press conference today at 1:30 PM Central time. If you want to listen to it online the local sports station is [The Ticket](http://www.theticket.com). ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kenny-rogers-put-that-camera-down/310769/44 "2005-07-06T18:19:00Z")
And my question is: why wasn’t he fired outright for his actions? And for that matter, why didn’t the cameraman have him arrested for assault? ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kenny-rogers-put-that-camera-down/310769/45 "2005-07-06T18:22:27Z")
Well that was quick - 1 minute 55 seconds. He’s “truly sorry,” and the statement was apparently “against the advice of his legal counsel.” He also said it was out of character for him, and that he was disappointed in himself. He also stubbed his pinky toe on the way out of the room, and slugged a girl scout who asked him if he was OK. ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kenny-rogers-put-that-camera-down/310769/46 "2005-07-06T18:52:39Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > And my question is: why wasn’t he fired outright for his actions? And for that matter, why didn’t the cameraman have him arrested for assault? I believe the camera man is persuing legal action. As for MLB players being “Fired,” I don’t think it can happen. Their contracts are guaranteed. He’d have to do something _really_ serious for the club to attempt to void his contract…like pitch poorly or something. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kenny-rogers-put-that-camera-down/310769/47 "2005-07-06T18:53:30Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > And my question is: why wasn’t he fired outright for his actions? And for that matter, why didn’t the cameraman have him arrested for assault? The Rangers didn’t release him because they’d still have to pay him, and their pitching staff is in shambles to begin with. I think legal action is still being explored against him. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kenny-rogers-put-that-camera-down/310769/48 "2005-07-06T19:19:35Z")
As far as insincere apologies go, that was about the most insincerest. ---
**Author:** ![Flyhalf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea5d25/32.png) [@Flyhalf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyhalf)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kenny-rogers-put-that-camera-down/310769/49 "2005-07-07T01:02:47Z")
> [@Slacker](#): > > He also stubbed his pinky toe on the way out of the room, Well I guess he’ll miss another 3 or 4 starts now, won’t he? :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kenny-rogers-put-that-camera-down/310769.md?page=2)