Marty Brennaman makes gay slur (or am I reading too much into this?)

[McNuggetsMan]

While speaking at a Marshall baseball fundraiser, the Reds announcer said:

On Saturday night during Marshall University's preseason baseball banquet and fundraiser at the Cam Henderson Center, Brennaman - the keynote speaker - determined that Marshall's president must be "queer" for softball since the university managed to open a $2.5 million softball facility in March 2008, but baseball is still traveling for home games.

http://www.dailymail.com/Sports/RichStevens/201102070063?page=1&build=cache

Did he make a gay slur or am I over reading this?

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Sometimes you need to take the person's age into consideration and cut them some slack.

Even if he did mean it exactly as he said it, is it really bad enough to get worked up over? People are so goddamned sensitive these days, sometimes it's better just to roll your eyes and let it go.

 

[JR]

He didn't make any kinda slur.

"Queer for something" is a colloquialism (probably anachronistic) meaning someone really likes something.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

But some idiot will call one of the local gay groups find out how offended they are and apologies will be issued and jobs can be lost.

Sometimes people need to take a step back, decide how bad what the person said is and then realize while it wasn't the ideal choice of words, it's also not worth making an issue over.

 

[TigerVols]

at least he didn't say the president was "queer for softball" because he was being niggardly with his baseball funds.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

He's queer for the softball team, which is played by a bunch of nappy-headed ***s.

 

[dooley_womack1]

The baseball team should be able to be happy and gay

 

[Mizzougrad96]

He's queer for the softball team, but a jew for the baseball team.

 

[dooley_womack1]

There should be more intercourse on this matter

 

[Mizzougrad96]

The president is just like Hitler. He had some good ideas, but he went too far.

 

[secretariat]

Sometimes you need to take the person's age into consideration and cut them some slack.

Even if he did mean it exactly as he said it, is it really bad enough to get worked up over? People are so goddamned sensitive these days, sometimes it's better just to roll your eyes and let it go.

Helen Thomas agrees.

 

[HanSenSE]

Responses like this are why I stay in journalism. I'm getting too old to clean up my sense of humor to sell real estate or teach.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Helen Thomas got what she deserved. On a scale of 1 to 10, what Brenneman said is a 2.

 

[Ace]

If the president of Marshall were a woman, it definitely would be a gay slur -- intentional or not.

Since the prez is a guy, it comes across more that Marty is just a little fuddled from sniffing too much Ben-Gay in locker rooms over the years.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

If the president of Marshall were a woman, it definitely would be a gay slur -- intentional or not.

Since the prez is a guy, it comes across more that Marty is just a little fuddled from sniffing too much Ben-Gay in locker rooms over the years.

He also worked for Marge Schott. :D

 

[Big Circus]

He's queer for the softball team, but a jew for the baseball team.

I don't know why, but this had me rolling. Well done.

 

[Ace]

If the president of Marshall were a woman, it definitely would be a gay slur -- intentional or not.

Since the prez is a guy, it comes across more that Marty is just a little fuddled from sniffing too much Ben-Gay in locker rooms over the years.

He also worked for Marge Schott. :D

She was OK at first. ;)

 

[Roland of Gilead]

Could we write a column about this snafu?

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

I heard he also masticated in full view of everyone at the banquet before making those remarks.

 

[Ace]

I heard he also masticated in full view of everyone at the banquet before making those remarks.

And at a dinner! That's disgusting.