And there you have it, they were refreshingly on-topic. Good for them.
Really? And what category of sport does “commentary about guns” fall under?
According to you, they weren’t commenting on guns, they were commenting on a comment about guns and saying it was inappropriate. Did they discuss their personal views on gun control? No? Then they were right on.
Complaints abut the complaints? I haven’t heard many. Thankfully the shows I listened to today stayed away from this event for the most part.
You just got done telling us they were talkijng about Bob Costas. Were you being truthful then or now when you claim they were talking about guns?
A couple of my friends on Facebook posted pics of Costas with OJ Simpson (they worked together) wondering if he was for knife control. 
this was one of our local newscast’s call-in editorial for the night.
nearly all thought costas was wrong, about what he said, and for having said it.
i disagree on both accounts, but there you go. turns out everyone in oklahoma are really against gun control. ::SHOCK::
Surely they would if it had the same ratings. Do they?
Again, wrong place and the wrong time. Worse, it deflected from the actual crime of, you know, murder.
The Costas discussion honestly seems mostly a front to me to help the NFL avoid talking about the issue of Belcher’s potential traumatic brain injury from playing, which could very well have left him unstable enough to kill. I don’t believe the NFL wants much discussion of safety and “dialing the game down” a notch, as player safety might make the game a little less exciting. But this discussion needs to be had, and would be far more on topic for the half-time show. I don’t own a gun and have no interest in owning a gun, but I think this is a case where gun violence actually is being used as a bit of a scapegoat.
The discussion was on NBC. The NFL didn’t have anything to do with it.
There’s no evidence for that right now. It’s not an unreasonable theory, but there isn’t any evidence (and there may never be any). But if any evidence turns up, it’ll probably be months from now and Bob Costas talking about guns for 30 seconds on Sunday won’t make it go away.
No but it might deflect from it. Costas had no real knowledge of what happened and it was selfish and inappropriate for him to insert himself into the conversation. This isn’t about gun control, it’s about Bob Costas being an idiot.
They were talking about how they shouldn’t be talking about guns during a sports show, knowing full well that a good number of callers would then proceed to talk about…gun control.
Speaking of inappropriate venues to discuss serious issues during a sports game.
Can we ditch the pink uniforms and let women hunt for funding for their lady parts cancer some other way. Pink armbands are ruining my viewing experience and their dirty reality is harshing the vibe on my game day 56" in Casa de Sitnam.
Right-wing echo chambers consistently perform better than left-wing echo chambers. But that’s a whole different can of worms.
Right-wing echo chambers have larger advertising budgets because of the symbiotic relationship with big business. Anyone here have the cojones to claim that advertising doesn’t work?
it annoys me, too, especially in light of the fact so little of it goes towards anything even remotely cancer related. i can’t figure out the point of “awareness” programs like this. are there women who are unaware breast cancer is a thing…?
…if so, are these women avid football fans, and do they make the connection pink gloves=i should check my tits for lumps?
i also don’t know why they don’t have “movember” programs for men’s health or things of that nature. i guess it’s because boobs are more fun.
which i guess we can all get on board with that sentiment. so never mind.
I’d say that gun control advocates consider this a “hole in the roof” problem. They see it as a problem, but since it’s not raining, they can’t convince everyone else to fix it. When it rains, they start jumping up and down, and they’re called out for “politicizing” the water damage.
I’ll also be among those amused by sports talk stations not talking about sports all day so they can complain about Costas not talking about sports for 30 seconds.
Surely though advertisers will follow the audience? If there is a big enough audience then they will advertise.
That’s what they did though. Costas had no real insight into the murder yet he choose to politicise it. That’s unconscionable and that’s the real issue here, not gun control.
Bob Costas said what he believes using the forum given to him by his bosses. If his bosses don’t have a problem with it neither do I. If his bosses do, then he’ll be fired. If sports media feels like talking about his comments for the next week, then I’d say “Mission Accomplished”.
As to the content of his comments, I don’t see anything blatantly false about them. If Javon Belcher didn’t have a gun he may not have killed his girlfriend (although possibly would have, depending on the number of people around and their strength in fighting him off and timely response to her wounds) and certainly wouldn’t have killed himself in front of the coaching staff (although he may have in the privacy of his own home/car/wherever).
If nothing else it was refreshing to hear somebody talk about Belcher as a murderer rather than a victim of the NFL.