Jets addressing alleged harassment of female reporter

[Do Work Son]

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Shutdown Corner ShareretweetEmailMon Sep 13 03:27pm PDT

 

Jets addressing alleged harassment of female reporter

By Doug Farrar

 

 

With all the hubbub about "Hard Knocks" and the season opener against the Baltimore Ravens on Monday Night Football, the New York Jets have something else to deal with – and unlike your average Rex Ryan soundbite, there's nothing funny about it. Inés Sainz of the Mexican television network TV Azteca, claimed that she was harassed by players and coaches in practice and in the team's locker room last Saturday. From the New York Times:

 

The New York Post reported that during drills, Dennis Thurman, the team's defensive backs coach, purposely overthrew passes that landed near Sainz on the sideline. The Post also reported that linebacker Jason Taylor(notes) volunteered to join the defensive backs. Players also reportedly made sexually suggestive comments in the locker room after practice ... In a statement released by the Jets, Johnson stressed to Sainz that "he expects all members of the Jets organization to conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times."

 

Defensive tackle Kris Jenkins(notes) also reportedly told Sainz that "this is our locker room!" when another reporter asked Sainz if she was okay.

 

"I die of embarrassment!" Sainz wrote in Spanish on her Twitter account. "I am in the locker room of the Jets waiting for Mark Sanchez(notes) while trying not to look to anywhere!"

 

Team owner Woody Johnson has said that interviews with players and coaches will begin after the season opener as part of an investigation that also involves the league office. "Right now, we're working with the league and we're doing all the fact-finding, checking the facts, doing the interviews," Johnson said. "Interviews with the players will start [Tuesday]. We've talked to some of the non-players, but [Tuesday] we'll get into it all."

 

Johnson offered Sainz what was described as an "open apology."

 

"I called her the minute I found out about it, and I finally spoke to her later on in the day," Johnson told the media. "We take this very, very seriously, as you can imagine. We want all of our reporters, female or male, to be comfortable wherever they are, on the sideline, in the locker room or at a game. We have to make the working environment professional, representing the New York Jets well."

 

Sainz told CNN.com that she has acceped the Jets' apology. "I said thanks to him for the concern and all the rest of the team, because he promised that he is going to make everybody on his team respect ... women," she said. "And I think the important point is that women deserve respect in any profession, so I think it's going to happen."

 

The Association for Women in Sports Media has filed a complaint on Sainz's behalf, and Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum has spoken with Joanne Gerstner of the organization.

 

Judy Battista, the NFL writer for the New York Times, told me Monday afternoon that as the alleged incident would have been ongoing, she was most surprised that the PR staff wouldn't have put a stop to whatever was supposedly going on.

 

Battista also said that she's never encountered such behavior from the players she's covered, and that she's not aware of any other female reporter (she estimates that there are at least four who cover the New York football teams on a regular basis) dealing with stuff like that.

 

Tara Sullivan of the Bergen County (N.J.) Record wrote an interesting article in which she enlisted the opinions of several New York Giants players on the matter. "Just be respectful," defensive tackle Justin Tuck(notes) said. "Some guys might not like it, but it's not that big a deal. For me, I've got six sisters. I know how I would want them to be treated. Not like that."

 

Giants executive VP of public relations Pan Hanlon spoke to Battista's concern.

 

I would expect [the PR staff] to intercede and make sure it doesn't go beyond the line. That's one of the many things we talk to the players about, that if they have an issue with the media, they should come to us. That's what we're here for. ... When we talk about the media, we don't make a distinction between male and female reporters. We remind our players that as a group, the media is to be dealt with professionally.

 

"No matter what you say about it, whether you want to try to be politically correct or whatever, it's uncomfortable," Giants center Shaun O'Hara(notes) said. "It's uncomfortable to me to have any media in the locker room and I think it's also for the women in the locker room. But all they want is to do their jobs and be treated fairly."

 

The real danger in this scenario is that amateur moralists will undoubtedly climb up on their soapboxes and claim that whether this incident happened or not, Rex Ryan's cavalier attitude toward profanity in public forums lead to a "loose" environment that would somehow predicate such incidents. That's the easy way out, for those who don't want to acknowledge that the Jets can run a professional organization and color outside the box when it comes to the "Miss Manners" stuff. Those who spend time around the Jets, as Battista does, seem to be far more surprised that this could happen at all.

 

It's an odd situation, and one that will get far more coverage in the days to come.

[buddahj]

There's a topless photo of her floating around, but I'll refrain from posting it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited September 14, 2010 by buddahj

[jayp]

Honestly, I can't

 

If she showed up to the locker room in pic 4, which looks possible, I would likely be sporting wood.

 

The fat Jets coaches were probably closer to an attractive woman than ever and acted like 6th grade boys towards a classmate just getting breasts.

Edited September 14, 2010 by jayp

[Seahawks21]

Best booty on the planet?

[Chavez]

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Yeah, IMO they didn't go far enough, they should've pulled a train on her. Yeee-haw.

[cdrudge]

 

Best booty on the planet?

I would need to see her's as well as any other potential candidate's, up close and in person, before I could make an accurate determination.

[Duchess Jack]

wow... how is it that we get sea-hags as sideline reporters. this lady would be the bomb on the sideline even if she speaks English as well as a immigrant kicker. its not like we listen to them anyway

[lkirc]

This is silly. Does she expect not to get harrassed dressing like that while doing interviews? Anyone not harrassing her should lose their man card.

[Square]

Isn't this the chick that showed up to the Superbowl press conference in a wedding dress to interview Tom Brady? She was like a former Ms. Spain if I remember correctly. It's almost like she uses her looks to get attention

[MikesVikes]

I just heard a quote that she's a professional and she just wants to be treated like a professional.

 

But she must not have to dress like one.

[Bronco Billy]

I just love the irony that women demand access into a men's lockerroom because of equality and then immediately start whining and crying when they are harrassed. So, are you equal and can handle the heat, or are you delicate and require special protection?

 

And what the hell are women doing in a men's lockerrroom anyhow? How could anyone seriously not expect any problems to arise out of that? That our society has become so incredibly stupid as a whole is just disappointing...

Edited September 14, 2010 by Bronco Billy

[Bronco Billy]

I just heard a quote that she's a professional and she just wants to be treated like a professional.

 

But she must not have to dress like one.

 

She looks dressed like a professional to me.

 

Oops. Now I'm harrassing her....

[whoopazz]

"Team owner Woody Johnson..."

[MikesVikes]

"Team owner Woody Johnson..."

 

That can't end well.

[whomper]

If she showed up in the locker room and I was a player I would be able to hold my helmet with no hands

[matt770]

Not excusing the behavior if it happened, but as a female reporter walking into that environment, especially an extremely hot female reporter, she should be prepared for some heavy flirting at the very least, and have a thick skin.

[Bronco Billy]

Not excusing the behavior if it happened, but as a female reporter walking into that environment, especially an extremely hot female reporter, she should be prepared for some heavy flirting at the very least, and have a thick skin.

 

And pics.

[gbpfan1231]

I just love the irony that women demand access into a men's lockerroom because of equality and then immediately start whining and crying when they are harrassed. So, are you equal and can handle the heat, or are you delicate and require special protection?

 

And what the hell are women doing in a men's lockerrroom anyhow? How could anyone seriously not expect any problems to arise out of that? That our society has become so incredibly stupid as a whole is just disappointing...

Nice!!!!

[Rovers]

This "reporter" has since come out and said the players didn't do anything wrong... apparently it was another female reporter who was there and complained. In an interview she said she was amazed that it was broken as such a big story the following day. All of the regular female beat and network reporters said they've never had a problem. Whoever it was that complained has not made herself known in the media.

 

A non-story, but the Jets have that target on their backs now. Ravens hit the bull eye last night.

[champ48win]

Wow is just all I can say about those pics!!!!!!!!!

[Gut Crusher]

She is looking for attention, especially the way she dresses. She is being hyper-sensitive and wants everybody to "tweet" about it. These teams don't give approval to just any media outlet to go into their locker rooms. So she rolls in representing "Azteca" and beefs the team. Way to set back all the other females in the industry who realize it can be a tough environment and don't complain. She can pack her diaper dirt and stick to covering soccer.

[Ursa Majoris]

Wow is just all I can say about those pics!!!!!!!!!

+1

 

She is looking for attention, especially the way she dresses. She is being hyper-sensitive and wants everybody to "tweet" about it. These teams don't give approval to just any media outlet to go into their locker rooms. So she rolls in representing "Azteca" and beefs the team. Way to set back all the other females in the industry who realize it can be a tough environment and don't complain. She can pack her diaper dirt and stick to covering soccer.

See post #19

[JoJoTheWebToedBoy]

Did anyone check her documents to prove she can be in the country?

 

If not I will volunteer to fly up to NY and escort her back

 

By the way..... Love Pic #4

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Reporting can be a hard job for women to be qualified for.

[CaptainHook]

This is such a non-story. If she's not offended, and didn't make a report, why is the media talking about this?

 

An attractive woman in a football locker room. What did you think might happen?