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**TCjwwhcY** · 08-21-2006, 07:48 PM

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5892232

Gumbel's job status unclear after remark

/ Associated Press
Posted: 40 minutes ago

NEW YORK (AP) - The job status of Bryant Gumbel, scheduled to be the play-by-play broadcaster on the eight late-season games on the NFL's in-house network, could be the subject of a discussion by NFL officials after Gumbel's suggestion that Paul Tagliabue show his successor "where he keeps Gene Upshaw's leash."

Tagliabue said Monday that incoming commissioner Roger Goodell and Steve Bornstein, who runs the NFL Network, will discuss the remarks after Goodell takes office Sept. 1.
Gumbel addressed his closing remarks on HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" last Tuesday to Goodell.
"Before he cleans out his office," Gumbel said. "Have Paul Tagliabue show you where he keeps Gene Upshaw's leash. By making the docile head of the players union his personal pet, your predecessor has kept the peace without giving players the kind of guarantees other pros take for granted. Try to make sure no one competent ever replaces Upshaw on your watch."
Tagliabue's response: "What Gumbel said about Gene Upshaw and our owners is about as irresponsible as anything I've heard in a long time."
Upshaw did not immediately return a call placed by The Associated Press.
However, a number of owners have said that they thought they had given away too much to the union in a last-minute six-year contract extension that added almost a billion dollars in the league's contribution to the players.
And Upshaw told the AP several weeks ago that he was able to get more from the owners than he had agreed to just a few days before the owners finally agreed on the new deal.
Gumbel, once the host of the NBC pregame show and later co-host of "The Today Show," said when he was hired that no restrictions had been put on his ability to comment on what he sees on the field.
"It's a lot like covering any story," he said. "You see what is front of you and you report on it."
The two-year-old NFL Network will televise eight late-season games on Thursday and Saturday nights this season.

**TOD4wDTQ** · 08-21-2006, 07:52 PM

lmao

**Terinalo** · 08-21-2006, 07:55 PM

Jeez, more PC bullshit. Gumbel has a point, and that's what he's paid to talk about.

08-21-2006, 07:48 PM	#1
TCjwwhcY Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 364 Senior Member	Gumbel in trouble http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5892232 Gumbel's job status unclear after remark / Associated Press Posted: 40 minutes ago NEW YORK (AP) - The job status of Bryant Gumbel, scheduled to be the play-by-play broadcaster on the eight late-season games on the NFL's in-house network, could be the subject of a discussion by NFL officials after Gumbel's suggestion that Paul Tagliabue show his successor "where he keeps Gene Upshaw's leash." Tagliabue said Monday that incoming commissioner Roger Goodell and Steve Bornstein, who runs the NFL Network, will discuss the remarks after Goodell takes office Sept. 1. Gumbel addressed his closing remarks on HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" last Tuesday to Goodell. "Before he cleans out his office," Gumbel said. "Have Paul Tagliabue show you where he keeps Gene Upshaw's leash. By making the docile head of the players union his personal pet, your predecessor has kept the peace without giving players the kind of guarantees other pros take for granted. Try to make sure no one competent ever replaces Upshaw on your watch." Tagliabue's response: "What Gumbel said about Gene Upshaw and our owners is about as irresponsible as anything I've heard in a long time." Upshaw did not immediately return a call placed by The Associated Press. However, a number of owners have said that they thought they had given away too much to the union in a last-minute six-year contract extension that added almost a billion dollars in the league's contribution to the players. And Upshaw told the AP several weeks ago that he was able to get more from the owners than he had agreed to just a few days before the owners finally agreed on the new deal. Gumbel, once the host of the NBC pregame show and later co-host of "The Today Show," said when he was hired that no restrictions had been put on his ability to comment on what he sees on the field. "It's a lot like covering any story," he said. "You see what is front of you and you report on it." The two-year-old NFL Network will televise eight late-season games on Thursday and Saturday nights this season. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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TOD4wDTQ Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 514 Senior Member	lmao Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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08-21-2006, 07:55 PM	#3
Terinalo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 471 Senior Member	Jeez, more PC bullshit. Gumbel has a point, and that's what he's paid to talk about. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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