I'd just like to issue an apology for the title. It appears as if some people either inaccurately read the title or took offense to the subject of the world ending. I simply meant Dwayne Wade's metaphor should NOT be reported as if it is a real catastrophe.
Does anyone really care if Dwayne Wade said what he said? Just for those of you who don't know, he made a statement saying that he knew the media and the fans would make a huge deal if the Heat lose a few games in a row. "You all are going to make it seem like the World Trade has just went down again." In saying this, the media PROVED the point he was trying to make by reporting that Dwayne Wade made an inappropriate remark regarding 9/11. Inappropriate? I think it's safe to say that the coverage of Lebron James and the Heat on Sportscenter/ESPN has been pretty much the same as the 9/11 coverage was on MSNBC.
I'm waiting for a year from now when they have the one year anniversary special of when Lebron announced he was going to Miami.
Seriously though, Wade is correct. The team and everything the team says is under a microscope now. No one can fart without it being on the news, and that is what we all have in store for us over the next six years.
Wade's apology was a pretty good one and this is good practice for when one of them makes a comment that really is offensive (which I can guarentee will happen sooner or later). He said:
The media is retarted... he shouldn't have bothered to apologize cuz everyone understood what he meant... who saw that appology and was like "Ohhhhh THAT's what he meant?"
ReplyDeleteThe being said the Heat are the most douchtastic team in history. I hope the fail miserably and the media rips them apart for having such high expectations of themselves... The should have done it the celtics way you get three great players the hold a small press conference and say they hope they're good enough to win... Instead they held a rally with 13,000 ppl with explosions and three dudes crying for attention and saying they're gonna win like 8 championships