Volume II No. 20
 12-23-03
 An Intoxicated Joe Namath Wants
 A Kiss From Sideline Reporter Suzy Kolber
 { So Sad. So Very, Very Sad }
 author: Vance Cureton
 © Copyright 2004

 What an unfortunate spectacle that was over the last weekend.
 During an NFL broadcast yet another ex-jock EMBARRASSED
 himself in front of the entire nation. Joe Namath, quarterback of
 the upstart 1969 New York Jets champion football team, disrespected,
 if not sexually-harassed an NFL sideline reporter by stating. 
 And these are Joe's exact words. "I want to kiss you."

 Joe didn't say it once. He said it a second time during the interview. 
 "I really want to kiss you." 

 How sad.

 For those who did not actually see the brief interview, Joe was 
 obviously feeling very good. Too good. Probably the result of 
 some kind of liquid intoxicant. -- Beer maybe. But who can say. 

 It was all just so rediculously sad. 

 Joe Willie Namath - during his younger years - may have had the 
 reputation of being a wild playboy. But he was generally a nice 
 guy. And a progressive guy. In fact, he once did a commercial for 
 a popular brand of panty hose -- by actually appearing in the panty 
 hose. That takes real guts for an ex-jock. And we're talking years 
 ago. When what Joe did might not have been so understood, as 
 today.

 Mr. Namath never had a reputation for getting in trouble with the 
 law. Or for being a bad teammate. Or for acting like an a-hole when 
 a reporter asked him a tough question after a loss. Joe Namath was 
 just a devil-may-care kid from Alabama with a smile. And with an 
 arm that could spiral that football ball sixty-yards downfield on a 
 rope.

 Joe Namath's spirals were as tight and narrow as you'd ever see
 on a football field.

 That's why what happened during that interview Saturday night 
 was just so sad. Seeing Joe that way. Out of control. -- Quite a fall
 for a man who once occupied the booth on Monday Night Football
 broadcasts.

 In his day, Joe was a hero to many. The people of New York for a start. 
 He gave them an NFL crown after Frank Gifford, and before a man named 
 Parcells walked on the scene. Before Joe, the old American Football
 League was a joke. But by beating Johhny Unitas and the Baltimore 
 Colts, a new day for the NFL was ushered in. Joe Namath became an 
 instant star. A national celebrity. -- The toast of America.

 The other night, Joe's victim was none other than Suzy Kolber. Let's 
 be clear about something. Suzy is a babe. She's a real cutie. She is hot. 
 But, in a wholesome girl-next-door kind of way. 

 Heck we're glad she's there for the world to see!

 But while Suzy's at work, she deserves more respect than to be reduced 
 to a mere sex object. Which is what Joe did by regarding her as nothing 
 more than a pretty woman to kiss. And not as a  "journalist" trying 
 to do her job.

 There is just no excuse for this kind of boorish behavior. Surely 
 Joe meant no harm. But he should have known better. First for being 
 intoxicated in public. And secondly for agreeing to appear on camera. 
 -- And what were Suzy's superiors thinking, when they failed to pull
 the plug on Joe's sloppy proposal. Before it went out over the nation's
 airwaves.

 Were the guys in the truck asleep? Couldn't they see the man was
 in no condition to do an interview?

 Ms. Culver, along with the likes of Pam Oliver, Robin Roberts, Pam
 Ward, Cheryl Miller, { basketball } and Leslie Visser are all talented
 female broadcasters who know what they are doing. They are not 
 just window dressing on a television broadcast. Or eye candy for 
 the studio. 

 But, this kind of incident was bound to happen sooner or later. 
 { In another recent incident a college football coach insulted a male 
 sideline reporter by saying words to the effect..."why did you ask 
 a dumb question like that?" } Sheesh! Sideline reporters and 
 particularly journalists who lack a sports background, are generally 
 looked upon with contempt by some of the troglodytes who put on 
 a uniform.

 This was not the case in Joe Namath's misstep. He was just an old
 football warrior who'd had too much to drink.

 Women reporters in sports are here to stay. Like it or not. 

 Although there is nothing wrong with admiring their beauty. Do it 
 quietly. These women deserve respect when in front of the camera.

 Joe, you owe Suzy a major apology.
 

 { editor's note: A couple of days after Joe embarassed Suzy
   and himself, he phoned her an offered an apology. She accepted. }
 

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