# Warren Sapp to be dropped from NFL Network over his Jeremy Shockey comments. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 10, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-sapp-to-be-dropped-from-nfl-network-over-his-jeremy-shockey-comments/618374 "2012-04-10T15:45:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-sapp-to-be-dropped-from-nfl-network-over-his-jeremy-shockey-comments/618374/1 "2012-04-10T15:45:14Z")
[Source: NFL Network to drop bankrupt Sapp](http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/nfl-network-to-drop-bankrupt-analyst-warren-sapp-040812) Yeah yeah, loose lips, etc. But here’s my question: They say that Sapp has $6.45 million in assets, has an analyst’s contract worth $540,000 for this year, owes “several hundred thousand in child support”, and over $1 million to the IRS. I’m no accountant, but this does not add up to “bankrupt” in my book. If he liquidates assets and pays all of his debts, he’s still left with several million dollars. I should be so bankrupt. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-sapp-to-be-dropped-from-nfl-network-over-his-jeremy-shockey-comments/618374/2 "2012-04-10T15:49:55Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > But here’s my question: They say that Sapp has $6.45 million in assets, has an analyst’s contract worth $540,000 for this year, owes “several hundred thousand in child support”, and over $1 million to the IRS. > > I’m no accountant, but this does not add up to “bankrupt” in my book. If he liquidates assets and pays all of his debts, he’s still left with several million dollars It says right there that those are only “among” his debts. As the article says, he’s claiming $6.7 million in total debt and $6.45 million in assets (he’s lost his Super Bowl ring, he says). If he’s losing that job, then he may really be in trouble. And he does probably deserve to be fired over the Shockey thing. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-sapp-to-be-dropped-from-nfl-network-over-his-jeremy-shockey-comments/618374/3 "2012-04-10T15:53:24Z")
Sigh. How did I manage to miss the third paragraph? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-sapp-to-be-dropped-from-nfl-network-over-his-jeremy-shockey-comments/618374/4 "2012-04-10T17:33:45Z")
This is quite a dilemma for me. I don’t know what to be happy about and what to be sad about. The only thing that could make this story even more difficult to get a handle on would be if they threw Ray Lewis into the mix somehow, then we’d have the perfect trifecta of NFL Pro’s I hate with a burning passion. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-sapp-to-be-dropped-from-nfl-network-over-his-jeremy-shockey-comments/618374/5 "2012-04-10T17:37:05Z")
Warren Sapp forgot he worked for the _NFL_ Network, not any of the others. Only approved stories allowed. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-sapp-to-be-dropped-from-nfl-network-over-his-jeremy-shockey-comments/618374/6 "2012-04-10T17:43:26Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Warren Sapp forgot he worked for the _NFL_ Network, not any of the others. Only approved stories allowed. The real problem is that Sapp is not a reporter, and he named Shockey possibly incorrectly and without verification _and_ mocked him for being a “snitch.” ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-sapp-to-be-dropped-from-nfl-network-over-his-jeremy-shockey-comments/618374/7 "2012-04-10T18:22:09Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > This is quite a dilemma for me. I don’t know what to be happy about and what to be sad about. The only thing that could make this story even more difficult to get a handle on would be if they threw Ray Lewis into the mix somehow, then we’d have the perfect trifecta of NFL Pro’s I hate with a burning passion. And maybe they’d all be Tebowing!