Oh dear.You've said quite clearly those effected are of secondary importance to the overall 'issue'.
Oh dear.You've said quite clearly those effected are of secondary importance to the overall 'issue'.
'This is the concern for me, and thats all that matters, why would anyone disagree'...Who leads the process of eliminating prejudice or discrimination is not of a concern to me. Eliminating them is the concern. If it's the media, fine. If it's the discriminated and prejudiced, fine. If it's the 'morally outraged' such as me, fine. If it all brings the same positive result, I really can't see why you, or anyone else, would have an issue with it.
Not reallyCan you imagine the hysteria if a 40 year old bloke wanted to be the ref for a girls volleyball/netball team :P
I honestly think women should have no business in men's sport just like men should have no business in women's sport.I hate all these reactions from feminists groups, it was up to me I'd kill them all
I reckon it's Jamie, he's got his eyes on the big chair.Would love to know who is leaking these videos out.
"Who leads the process of eliminating prejudice or discrimination is not of a concern to me. Eliminating them is the concern."Oh dear indeed....
YikesI honestly think women should have no business in men's sport just like men should have no business in women's sport.I hate all these reactions from feminists groups, it was up to me I'd kill them all
I thought Jamie was THE one to replace Fergie.Or will he do both jobs at the same time ? Imagine the scousersI reckon it's Jamie, he's got his eyes on the big chair.
At the risk of being called a macho, a man of ancient times or to be insulted more strongly, I really meant everything (tbh I was kinda joking about the "kill" part)Yikes
Not sure if thats funny or worrying
Whether that involves and is primarily driven by 'victims' or not.I never mentioned primary or secondary. I mentioned eliminating prejudice by whichever is the most effective means.
Whichever the most effective means, Popper.Whether that involves and is primarily driven by 'victims' or not.
The Mail really should have a red top.Andy Gray sacking: Countless affairs, love children, the sordid truth about pundit | Mail Online
Must be posted already but he's absolute ripped apart here
Had Andy Gray not been born with the ability to head a ball extremely hard into the back of a net, one wonders what would have become of him.
As a young man he was cursed with a face only a mother could love; a sallow, greasy complexion which led to acne well into his 20s, topped with a curly mop of hair so unruly he was surely grateful for the early onset of male pattern baldness.
Thanks to his abilities as a footballer, however, such concerns were mere trifles.
The same reason a pediatricians house got vandalised a couple of years back.Not really
why?
Andy Gray sacking: Countless affairs, love children, the sordid truth about pundit | Mail Online
Must be posted already but he's absolute ripped apart here
Had Andy Gray not been born with the ability to head a ball extremely hard into the back of a net, one wonders what would have become of him.
As a young man he was cursed with a face only a mother could love; a sallow, greasy complexion which led to acne well into his 20s, topped with a curly mop of hair so unruly he was surely grateful for the early onset of male pattern baldness.
Thanks to his abilities as a footballer, however, such concerns were mere trifles.
Who leads the process of eliminating prejudice or discrimination is not of a concern to me.... If it's the media, fine.
Oh yeah, everything I have read so far comes off as the writers rubbing their hands at finally getting a chance to stick the knife into both of them, as the common view is both were disliked by most that came across them.From a lot of media reports they were quite widley disliked amongst their work collegues, could have been anyone. Check out the atricle on the guardian site
On a side not TheBig_sam on twitter has been brilliant on this the last few days
Andy Gray sacking: Countless affairs, love children, the sordid truth about pundit | Mail Online
Must be posted already but he's absolute ripped apart here
Had Andy Gray not been born with the ability to head a ball extremely hard into the back of a net, one wonders what would have become of him.
As a young man he was cursed with a face only a mother could love; a sallow, greasy complexion which led to acne well into his 20s, topped with a curly mop of hair so unruly he was surely grateful for the early onset of male pattern baldness.
Thanks to his abilities as a footballer, however, such concerns were mere trifles.
Jamie's revenge!They married and she bore him a son, Jamie. What neither she nor Gray knew, however, was that Gray’s former lover, Sara, had secretly given birth to another boy just four months after he married Vanessa. By sheer coincidence he, too, was named Jamie.
As I keep saying. I don't have an opinion on who leads the cause as long as the end game is the same; stamping out prejudice. If it's victim lead, fine.Can you see now why who leads the cause might be slightly important.
The Daily Mail won't help anyone fight any sort of prejudice. It is the bastion for middle class racism.Or do you think that article contributes effectively to the fight to stamp out prejudice?
That's a disgusting hatchet job.Andy Gray sacking: Countless affairs, love children, the sordid truth about pundit | Mail Online
Must be posted already but he's absolute ripped apart here
Had Andy Gray not been born with the ability to head a ball extremely hard into the back of a net, one wonders what would have become of him.
As a young man he was cursed with a face only a mother could love; a sallow, greasy complexion which led to acne well into his 20s, topped with a curly mop of hair so unruly he was surely grateful for the early onset of male pattern baldness.
Thanks to his abilities as a footballer, however, such concerns were mere trifles.
I'm wondering whether Keys has ever "Hung out of the back of anything" or just sits there imagining what it's like.This is painful. "Hanging out the back of it"... he sounds like some terrible saddo propping up the golf club bar.
Get rid... get Richardson. That should be the campaign slogan.
Again, how do you KNOW what warnings any of them have on their employee records? you dont!Again, he did not. He got sacked because someone leaked a video and Sky had to be seen to take a stand.
Nothing as long as they stay at home and cook our meals.That's a disgusting hatchet job.
On an unrelated note, it baffles me how a bit of fame and money can have people like Gray punching so far above their weight class. What's wrong with women?
Keys would bring a whole new level of fear to the phrase 'I'll show you the hairy side of my hand'.Nothing as long as they stay at home and cook our meals.
So he wasn't given an in house warning was he not?Again, he did not. He got sacked because someone leaked a video and Sky had to be seen to take a stand.
Word Dawg.This is painful. "Hanging out the back of it"... he sounds like some terrible saddo propping up the golf club bar.
Get rid... get Richardson. That should be the campaign slogan.
I'd say if he tries to sue then he will end up wasting a lot of time and get trampled on by Sky's lawyers, who will be infinately better than his and have at least 3 videos and a history of many warnings given to Gray, and this is just what is in the public domain.Could very well be the reason.
I'd say Gray has a good case here.
I don't think it's a question o being 'outed'. I doubt the one's in charge pay attention to the daily happenings enough to be aware of talks like this off-screen.Sexist dicks get sacked. Does it really matter that SKY only did the right thing because they got outed?
With Charlotte Jackson?I hope to God there's no Keys and Gray threesome tape.
I'd say if he tries to sue then he will end up wasting a lot of time and get trampled on by Sky's lawyers, who will be infinately better than his and have at least 3 videos and a history of many warnings given to Gray, and this is just what is in the public domain.
The only way Grey would lose a case like this is if he's had warnings in the past (verbal, then written) and was made aware that he was on his final warning. I somehow doubt that this was the case as he would not have continued to make comments even in a jokey way if he was on his final string.I don't think Gray will want to sue.
Sky's lawyers will surely just send a man down to their archives to dig out all the material they have on this. Could get real ugly for him.
The Guardian confirms my pocket theory. I'm brilliant me.I don't think it's a question o being 'outed'. I doubt the one's in charge pay attention to the daily happenings enough to be aware of talks like this off-screen.
It was brought to their attention and they reacted. You ask me, this was an inside job from one of a huge number of employees who have had access to these tapes and had probably heard stuff like this one time too many from them.
Guardian
It's nasty bullying with an edge. It's not just banter'
Women who worked at Sky Sports paint a grim picture of sexism and bullying, MATT SCOTT reports.
THE ONLY surprise about the events leading to Andy Gray’s sacking as the most famous voice in football yesterday was that he had not made a similar gaffe in public before. That is the view of three women who have all held frontline roles at Sky Sports.
Fearing repercussions that could harm their careers if they were identified, the three spoke to the Guardian on condition of anonymity. But despite talking separately, their views echoed each other’s; each describing the bullying and sexist culture they feel Gray and his co-presenter, Richard Keys, have fostered.
One former Sky journalist said: “It came as absolutely no surprise to me to see this. The surprise is that we haven’t seen more. It’s the kind of language and vocabulary that is used within the Sky football department all the time.”
Another, who still works for Sky, said: “There are many stories of their shocking behaviour. [Gray and Keys] are hated by the crews. It’s a climate of fear pervading. But as long as everyone is laughing and it’s a joke it’s all right isn’t it? I believe sexism is systemic and not openly challenged but goes underground or disguised as jokes or ‘just banter’.” The third separately cited how “just banter” is claimed as a defence, and explained why that claim holds no water. “Live football is well known as something everyone wants to work on. But no one wants to work with those two. They took the piss out of a runner for having no money. It’s nasty bullying with an edge. It’s not just banter.”
All three women agree that Barney Francis, who has been managing director of Sky Sports since his appointment 18 months ago, has improved matters. His decision yesterday summarily to dismiss Gray shows that he will scarcely indulge a chauvinistic culture any longer. One said: “There has been a culture of bullying and sexism around Sky for a very long time, but recently Sky have been managing the bullying a lot better through changes in management. There were rumours of people being told off and that bullying behaviour was unacceptable.”
Yet despite the positive steps made by Francis, the women all expressed a feeling that there must be more widespread surgery to eradicate what they described as a patriarchy that limits women’s promotion prospects. “There’s this blokey vibe and it’s like a lads’ club,” said one. “At the BBC the head of sport is Barbara Slater. Sky are a long way from that situation. “During my time at Sky Sports News it wasn’t hidden that women were appointed to present on it primarily because of the way they looked. You can see how Andy and Richard are behaving like that because the people at the top have employed people without any experience. Clearly that’s sexist and it means at Sky you are always looked down on as a woman involved in sport, full stop.”
That view chimed with another’s view. She said: “You’d get bosses saying, ‘It’s just fruit on the barrow.’ I found it a very sexist working environment. The production staff found it incredibly frustrating: they’re younger for a start than the management.
“But it permeated through the whole culture. When Sky Sports News first started the girls were in suits. Sky was still about the image but they wanted women who were interested in sport.
“Any monkey can read an autocue and you can’t build passion for what you do from nothing. But if you’re a woman you were there as decoration. Anything else was a bonus. It’s not that there is a criterion about how the girls look. It’s that it is the main criterion.”
Sky told the Guardian that it hires its presenters principally for their abilities as journalists and presenters. Nonetheless, one of the former Sky journalists pointed out that the fact that Gray and Keys’s unreconstructed comments were leaked into the public domain reflects the glee that Sky employees would feel at their downfall.
“I think deep down Richard and Andy are just bullies,” she said. “They bully new men in the game as well. It’s how they operate. They don’t have many friends there but after 20 years they’ve always been at the top of the game and earning a ridiculous amount of money, so I guess who’s laughing?
“But they have ruled the roost for a long time and upset people for a long time. They got into bother with someone who had a schadenfreude motive. I am just surprised that you have a broadcaster with experience of 20 years talking like that in front of a mic and not expecting it to get out. It was not the first time they were caught saying things they shouldn’t say. They think they can get away with murder. How arrogant.”
A Sky spokesman said last night: “There was evidence at the weekend and we took action. Today there has been new evidence and we have taken entirely appropriate action. If people are saying there is a culture of sexism here that shows we don’t tolerate it.”
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Duo’s previous gaffes
Keys introduces Ulrika Jonsson on her debut as a TV-AM weather girl in 1989 with this clarion call for equal rights: “Does the sunshine have anything to do with you?
Gray and Keys add gravitas to their coverage of the 1998 womens FA Cup final by giggling while the match highlights are shown
In 2007 , introducing highlights of the Faroe Islands v Scotland Euro 2008 qualifier, Keys finishes his link, then adds the open-mic flourish: “Daft little ground, silly game, f*** off.”
Roy Keane sums up his time as a pundit on a Keys-fronted show. “I’d rather go to the dentist. They’re trying to sell something that’s not there.”
Key’s thoughts on Theo Walcott are overheard by online viewers during Arsenal’s 4-1 Champions League defeat to Barcelona. When Walcott goes down Keys say: “Get up, you stupid little boy. You’ve been s****, son, in your daft pink boots – absolute rubbish.”
Gray questions whether Barcelona would cut it in the Premier League. “I don’t know if Barcelona have every gone to a place like the Britannia Stadium and suffered the kind of onslaught from Tony Pulis’s team of long throws and free-kicks.”
Lionel Messi shivers in fear
OK, so say he was given a warning for the comment he made to CJ. Then that would mean that they have now sacked him, so period of time after the event, over the same incident, would it not?Again, how do you KNOW what warnings any of them have on their employee records? you dont!
The courts may think so.Sexist dicks get sacked. Does it really matter that SKY only did the right thing because they got outed?
Hey, cut that out you sexist pig. I hope you are dealt with appropriately and sacked from your job.With Charlotte Jackson?
Every cloud..
It won't get to court.The courts may think so.
He's on a warning, performs another 2 acts of a similar nature = rightful sacking.OK, so say he was given a warning for the comment he made to CJ. Then that would mean that they have now sacked him, so period of time after the event, over the same incident, would it not?