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Warren Sapp Should Be Fired For His 'snitch' Comments

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From John Talty of the International Business Times:

...Sapp wasn't willing to back down, though. He took to the NFL Network airwaves, a network owned by the league, to say he was positive that Shockey was the one that initially told the NFL about the bounty system.

"My source that was close to the situation informed me that Jeremy Shockey is the one that was the snitch initially," he said. "I trust my source unequivocally." There are a lot of things wrong with Sapp's comments and should be severely punished, if not fired, for airing them on the NFL-owned television network.

What matters is that someone had the gumption to realize that a bounty system wasn't right and that the league needed to intervene. But who is going to want to come forward when the next scandal develops if a NFL employee is going to publicly shame them as a "snitch."

It's disgusting behavior for the league to allow, especially for an on-air personality. Sapp was undoubtedly hired for his outlandish personality and not his journalistic chops, but it's still embarrassing for any so-called journalist to bash a source as a snitch.

That's not to say that Bountygate is quite at that level of importance, but it still never would have been discovered had someone not gone to the league about it. Sapp, as a former NFL player, should be praising whoever went forward and not attacking him with some pseudo macho jock anger.

I love Sapp as an analyst, but I do think he's crossed the line. At the very least, he should be suspended as not only did he make a slanderous accusation with zero evidence, he did on the NFL Network, which is owned by the league.

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blaming your source for bad information is such a NJpanther thing to do. We don't forgive NJ for being a dumbass, the NFL shouldn't forgive Warren Sapp. That is, if the NFL actually sees something wrong here in the first place.

I think a firing may be harsh. I think they need to sit down with him and remind him that he's not an analyst, he's an official NFL analyst and employee, and that his words carry more weight because of it.

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I actually like Sapp as an on air personality...this crossed a weird line I can see termination being an option.

This.

I've always like his boisterous, almost stupid personality on the network, especially on Sunday mornings to complement the always pissed off and dour Faulk.

He pretty much went to the air and slandered a current player in relation to a very important event going on with the NFL.

Maybe suspended, but I doubt he gets fired.

Honestly would rather see him stay too.

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I actually think that......

......actually I don't care at all

you thought enough to post

is it really much different than guys like schefter, mortenson, etc who throw vague sh*t against the wall and see if it sticks as 'insider info'?

good point, drawing a line with reporting and slander though

So is Sapp a snitch now?

another good point...if you asked for his definition of a 'snitch' , probably yes.
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