Specifically, a recent history lesson.
On Saturday morning in the 10 AM hour on 1050 ESPN New York, Rothenberg was discussing the NFL Players Association's decertification from the NFL, when he posed a question to his producer or call screener or board runner of whomever it was. Sounded a little something like this:
"Now, the season is scheduled to start September 11th. If there's no football, would that be the darkest day in your life?"
First of all, Rothenberg should have realized that not only is September 11th a "dark" day unto itself in New York City alone, but this year happens to be the tenth anniversary of the horrific terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. So for him to point out that day and it being "dark" for reasons other than the attacks is absolutely mind-numbing.
Especially when you consider that, shortly after 2001, the NFL started its annual "kickoff" of the year, not on the first Sunday of the season, but on the first Thursday night of the season. So what Rothenberg should have said was that the season would start on September 8th, and not September 11th. And if that were the case, then perhaps I wouldn't have given him a lot of flak for the way he worded his question to the person on the other side of the glass.
By the way... I waited about 24 hours since hearing the above exchange because I wanted to see if there would be any audio or podcast available of the show so I could include it with my post. I guess Dave Rothenberg isn't that important enough of a host on ESPN to warrant his show being podcasted.
On Saturday morning in the 10 AM hour on 1050 ESPN New York, Rothenberg was discussing the NFL Players Association's decertification from the NFL, when he posed a question to his producer or call screener or board runner of whomever it was. Sounded a little something like this:
"Now, the season is scheduled to start September 11th. If there's no football, would that be the darkest day in your life?"
First of all, Rothenberg should have realized that not only is September 11th a "dark" day unto itself in New York City alone, but this year happens to be the tenth anniversary of the horrific terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. So for him to point out that day and it being "dark" for reasons other than the attacks is absolutely mind-numbing.
Especially when you consider that, shortly after 2001, the NFL started its annual "kickoff" of the year, not on the first Sunday of the season, but on the first Thursday night of the season. So what Rothenberg should have said was that the season would start on September 8th, and not September 11th. And if that were the case, then perhaps I wouldn't have given him a lot of flak for the way he worded his question to the person on the other side of the glass.
By the way... I waited about 24 hours since hearing the above exchange because I wanted to see if there would be any audio or podcast available of the show so I could include it with my post. I guess Dave Rothenberg isn't that important enough of a host on ESPN to warrant his show being podcasted.
