Best NFL Draft Question Of All Time: Is Your Mom A Prostitute?

[Formaldehyde]

http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/04/mike-ditka-someone-ought-to-wh.html

NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith said Wednesday the treatment of Dallas Cowboys first-round pick Dez Bryant and other prospective draft picks needs to be conducted in a professional manner.

Smith was reacting to Bryant being asked if his mother was a prostitute by Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland during a predraft visit in March.

Ireland apologized to Bryant on Tuesday after a Yahoo! Sports report said Ireland asked the question.

Dolphins owner Stephen Ross said Wednesday that he will look into Ireland's interview conduct.

"Jeff Ireland has already apologized for questions asked of former Oklahoma State receiver Dez Bryant," Ross said in a statement. "I will be looking into this matter personally and will take appropriate actions if necessary."

Bill Parcells, a former Cowboys coach, who is now an executive with the Dolphins was unavailable for comment. Parcells hired Ireland.

"We need to make sure the men of this league are treated as businessmen," Smith said in a statement. "During interviews, our players and prospective players should never be subjected to discrimination or degradation stemming from the biases or misconceptions held by team personnel. NFL teams cannot have the free reign to ask questions during the interview process which can be categorized as stereotyping or which may bring a personal insult to any player as a man."

Bryant has not commented on the incident since Ireland apologized.

Let's ask Mike Ditka what he thinks:

"I think the individual who asked that question, somebody ought to whack him in the head,'' Ditka said. "You don't ask that question. If you think you know it, you know.

Host Dan LeBatard then asked Ditka if he would have blamed Bryant if he had reached over the table and slapped Ireland.

"I wouldn't have,'' Ditka said. "The general manager probably deserved it."

I'd call it offsetting penalties myself.

 

[Azale]

It was a completely ridiculous question, whether it was intended to "test" Bryant as has been speculated or not. The whole Parcells regime in Miami is getting full of itself and losing good players in the process. A writer at Yahoo! Sports had a good take on it.

 

[Kraznaya]

It was a completely ridiculous question, whether it was intended to "test" Bryant as has been speculated or not. The whole Parcells regime in Miami is getting full of itself and losing good players in the process. A writer at Yahoo! Sports had a good take on it.

It's funny how Silver is completely right half the time and completely wrong teh other half.

 

[Zack]

That would have been hilarious if Bryant reached across the table and slapped him.

 

[Azale]

It's funny how Silver is completely right half the time and completely wrong teh other half.

Yea, not gonna lie, his writing style has always annoyed me, even when I think he is right.

 

[Darkness]

IMHO the outage about this issue is way out of proportions...

According to Dolphins officials the question was in a logical context:

Bryant: "My dad was a pimp."

Ireland: "What did your mom do [for a living]?"

Bryant: "She worked for my dad."

Ireland: "Your mom was a prostitute?"

Bryant: "No, she wasn't a prostitute."


Seems like a logical follow-up question by the Dolphins GM to me...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20.../dez.bryant.jeff.ireland/index.html?eref=sihp

 

[holy king]

well, is she?

 

[Formaldehyde]

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/news/story?id=5151539

I really don't think Ireland would have subsequently apologized and completely failed to mention this conversation if it had actually occurred that way.

Besides, it has nothing to do with playing Pro Football. What difference could it possibly make if his dad were a pimp and his mom a prostitute? The important thing should be whether or not he can get his fellow teammates a group discount.

 

[Azale]

IMHO the outage about this issue is way out of proportions...

According to Dolphins officials the question was in a logical context:

Bryant: "My dad was a pimp."

Ireland: "What did your mom do [for a living]?"

Bryant: "She worked for my dad."

Ireland: "Your mom was a prostitute?"

Bryant: "No, she wasn't a prostitute."


Seems like a logical follow-up question by the Dolphins GM to me...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20.../dez.bryant.jeff.ireland/index.html?eref=sihp

They've lost the benefit of the doubt from me, and the whole line of questioning is still inappropriate even if that is what happened.

 

[Darkness]

They've lost the benefit of the doubt from me, and the whole line of questioning is still inappropriate even if that is what happened.

If that is what happened (and I totally agree that is a huge IF) then I am fine with the questions. Roger Goodell seems fine with it too actually (since he's letting the Dolphins figure things out themselves). If he was really worried about it Mr. Rule-enforcer would've jumped right in I think.

But with these high draft picks we're talking about a significant investment in money by teams, so if they have a conversation like above, the follow-up question is one that seems perfectly logical to me... If I were a team official I'd want to know everything about a player that I am potentially going to invest millions of dollars in, including this, IF he himself leads the conversation in that direction. Asking this out-of-the-blue seems a bit much indeed...

 

[holy king]

Asking this out-of-the-blue seems a bit much indeed...

but freaking awesome!

 

[Formaldehyde]

He should have responded by asking Ireland if it was true that he raped that 13-year-old-girl in 1997.