Oklahoma State coach Gundy blasts Oklahoman columnist

So it's OK for coaches to bully members of the media when the cameras are on? That's kosher in your world?

She deserved her comeuppance, and he could've delivered it in a less asshole fashion.

Apparently, most of you folks don't get that.

 

No I don't. She will be sued. I'll bet whatever you want.

Notice I didn't say she'd lose. It all depends on which judge she gets ... there's a few out there who consider college athletes private figures.

 

Does anyone think Gundy addressed the column publicly to spread word to the media that he takes issue with this kind of story?

 

I had the same question when I read that statement, but you seemed to be basing it on fact. Should we expect something to break soon?

 

No shit.

 

How about this?

Let's not write bullshit columns. Therefore, no comeuppance is necessary.

If she deserved a reprimand it had to be public. The column was public. The rebuke HAD to be public.

 

Yeah, and that prisoner can sue Jeff Gordon, Mike Vick and every other celebrity for $20 bazillion every other week.

Both those suits and one that might be filed against Carlson and the Daily OK are equally stupid.

 

Fine, the rebuke had to be public. It didn't have to be in such an asshole fashion.

 

On that we agree.

 

No.

Watch the statement again. Gundy flat-out denies several points in her column. "That's not true." In other words, lies.

And what sources does she have? Nothing's attributed. Not even a strong unnamed source. Looks like she needed to write something that day and got her info off of blogs.

Some attorney somewhere is going to get this case and push it - push the fact that the kid's not a public figure, push the fact that the reporter did a malicious hatchet job, push the fact that there's several alleged inaccuracies, push the fact that she never gave the kid a chance to defend himself ... and hope they get a conservative judge.

 

We're like a fucking dog chasing our own tail here.

My opinions -- which I have posted about 10 times on this thread -- seem to be a popular stance:

- Jenni Carlson's column wasn't good.

- The column was put out to the public, therefore the return fire has the right to be public.

- Mike Gundy had the right to say - in public - that Carlson's column sucked. He even had the right to say it was 3/4th inaccurate, since Carlson using unnamed rumors sticks her own neck out.

- Mike Gundy spent 4 minutes, after 100 of his players played a small part in saving his job against Texas Tech, to focus on defending one of the few players that had nothing to do with it. He said nothing about the 100 players who worked their fucking tail off to make his bully-ass happy. The media who did nothing wrong were punished for a bad column by one who did.

- As for Gundy's message to Carlson, it was complete overreaction. It could've been cut down to 45 seconds. "3/4th of that piece is innaccurate! It's garbage! That's why I don't read the papers! Questions on the game?"

- Because of Mike Gundy, about 10 million people know that Bobby Reid is an alleged pussy. Before, it was about 100,000.

 

Write, if you think a case for libel could be made from this, I wonder if a) you ever took a media law class, and b) if you ever write anything on the edge.

There are a number of qualifications which have to be met for libel to even be considered, and OSU fails at several of them.