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Gay group calls for Dan Hampton to apologize for Cowboys 'Brokeback' comment
Posted at 11:26 PM on Tue., Sep. 7, 2010 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has called for Hall of Famer Dan Hampton to apologize for referring to the Dallas Cowboys as more 'Brokeback' than Eastwood.
In a statement on its blog, a GLAAD official writes: "Hampton was trying to insult the Cowboys by comparing them to gay people - simple as that. Hampton wasn't actually saying the Cowboys players are gay, but by making this comment, Hampton telegraphed to his audience that gay men are not good enough, just as he doesn't believe the Dallas Cowboys are good enough. Hampton needs to apologize for this offensive and defamatory statement, just as he needed to apologize for his Katrina comment. We will be calling Pro Football Weekly to voice our concerns."
Pro Football Weekly editor Hub Arkush told AfterElton.com, "We will be responding to the "Brokeback" comment as well, and it absolutely will include an apology. In our horror over the discomfort caused by the "Katrina" comment we rushed to offer the most sincere apologies we could and some folks took even further umbrage at our apologies. As badly as we feel about both situations we are trying our very best to be sure we don't do anything that might offend anyone even more."
On Tuesday, Hampton issued an apology for using Hurricane Katrina in his game preview on Pro Football Weekly's TV show. But he did not apologize as of Tuesday evening for the 'Brokeback' comment.
As he previewed Thursday's game between the Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints, Hampton said, "The Vikings need to go down there and hit that town like Katrina."
Many SportsDay readers were upset and criticized Hampton. Read the reader reaction.
Here is Hampton's apology, according to the PFW Web site:
I would like to offer my most sincere apologies to everyone who was offended in any way by my reference to Hurricane Katrina in our most recent "Pro Football Weekly" TV show.
It was a spur-of-the-moment comment intended strictly as a metaphor for the storm-like intensity I believe the Vikings will bring to their rematch with the Saints, and it simply never occurred to me that anyone could read anything more than that into it.
I have nothing but the deepest respect and greatest admiration for the people of the Gulf Coast, and I am horrified that even one of you would think I would make light of the terror Katrina wrought, and that I have clearly offended so many of you.
I realize now it was a terrible choice of words, and I offer absolutely no excuses. I screwed up, about as badly as I could, and I am deeply and profoundly sorry.
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Posted at 11:26 PM on Tue., Sep. 7, 2010 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
SportsDayDFW sports Bio | E-mail | News tips
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has called for Hall of Famer Dan Hampton to apologize for referring to the Dallas Cowboys as more 'Brokeback' than Eastwood.
In a statement on its blog, a GLAAD official writes: "Hampton was trying to insult the Cowboys by comparing them to gay people - simple as that. Hampton wasn't actually saying the Cowboys players are gay, but by making this comment, Hampton telegraphed to his audience that gay men are not good enough, just as he doesn't believe the Dallas Cowboys are good enough. Hampton needs to apologize for this offensive and defamatory statement, just as he needed to apologize for his Katrina comment. We will be calling Pro Football Weekly to voice our concerns."
Pro Football Weekly editor Hub Arkush told AfterElton.com, "We will be responding to the "Brokeback" comment as well, and it absolutely will include an apology. In our horror over the discomfort caused by the "Katrina" comment we rushed to offer the most sincere apologies we could and some folks took even further umbrage at our apologies. As badly as we feel about both situations we are trying our very best to be sure we don't do anything that might offend anyone even more."
On Tuesday, Hampton issued an apology for using Hurricane Katrina in his game preview on Pro Football Weekly's TV show. But he did not apologize as of Tuesday evening for the 'Brokeback' comment.
As he previewed Thursday's game between the Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints, Hampton said, "The Vikings need to go down there and hit that town like Katrina."
Many SportsDay readers were upset and criticized Hampton. Read the reader reaction.
Here is Hampton's apology, according to the PFW Web site:
I would like to offer my most sincere apologies to everyone who was offended in any way by my reference to Hurricane Katrina in our most recent "Pro Football Weekly" TV show.
It was a spur-of-the-moment comment intended strictly as a metaphor for the storm-like intensity I believe the Vikings will bring to their rematch with the Saints, and it simply never occurred to me that anyone could read anything more than that into it.
I have nothing but the deepest respect and greatest admiration for the people of the Gulf Coast, and I am horrified that even one of you would think I would make light of the terror Katrina wrought, and that I have clearly offended so many of you.
I realize now it was a terrible choice of words, and I offer absolutely no excuses. I screwed up, about as badly as I could, and I am deeply and profoundly sorry.
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