This blog was inspired, in part, by the comments made today by Tampa Bay's leading afternoon sports talk show host, Steve Duemig, also known as the "Big Dog" on WDAE-AM. As he, and many of his listeners noted, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' committed an utterly disgraceful act be re-signing tight end Jerramy Stevens late last week (and shamefully trying to hide the decision by announcing it late Friday night). Stevens has been convicted of multiple DUIs and is associated with a disturbing sex crime against a young woman in Washington State. This "football" decision has crossed a line, violated our community standards, and we will not remain silent about it.It also came to our attention from listening to the Big Dog's program that comments posted in Internet public forums associated with the Buccaneers about this signing were allegedly taken down and the commenter's banned. Well, welcome to the new world of free speech and expression on the Internet, ladies and gentlemen. This blog is therefore for you, the Tampa Bay Buccaneer community, who wants no part of this player and wants our voices and dissension heard far and wide.
We only started this site today, so at the moment, all you can do is vote on the poll located to your right. However, we are in the process of creating an online petition to publicly oppose this decision, while also giving you the ability to directly post comments without fear of deletion or outright banning. Look for this website to rapidly grow as the community outrage inevitably grows about this unbelievably short-sighted decision by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
We will also share the results here with the team and with the Tampa Bay area media.
Winning at all costs, and at the expense of a community's safety and well-being, is not acceptable or appropriate. And we plan to let the Glazers know this loud and clear. Please join us in this effort!
4 comments:
Cut him from the roster...then cut something off!
Let me ask a question - Where will all these "outraged" people last year..when he was accused of all the same stuff...and on the field, catching TD passes for the team?..Dont remember people calling in last year...and nothing about this guys past has changed this year. The guy is obviously a jerk...I get that...just find it comical that NOW people are publicly outraged.
wow you got your info from the big dog? thats pretty ignorant.
there is 3 sides to a story.
her side
his side
the truth
only her side was told. stevens obviously pleaded his case well enough to the seahawks and the bucs to let him on the team.
last year he was here. dont you guys remember? he is a model citizen now... let me ask you... do you believe in God? i bet you do... he can be forgiven. thats what you are taught.
let him play... let him make up for his mistakes.
he owned up to it today with the support of DB and BA. DB came out and said he was a great teammate to have... DB didnt have to do that.
here is a quote for you.
"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish" you are the fool sir.
What's ignorant is people commenting without doing any reading or research.Just attack the messenger. Read the whole article. If it was full of lies, Stevens would have sued. Here's a link with a audio interview with the editor for those of you who don't like to read.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004147484_rbstevenssources27.html
Look for interview with David Boardman
The paper had to sue to get the documents released. Stevens wasn't the only one who was protected from the police. The prosecutor was part of the cover-up. So was Rick Neuheisel
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