I assume that by now everyone has heard about the tantrum and comments made by Kobe Bryant last night, which were not only completely inappropriate but offensive as well. There were multiple posts concerning the incident on the "outsports jock talk blog" that brought up a variety of outlooks on the situation and how it should be handled. Anti gay slurs in sport is not a new issue and is something that needs to be addressed more aggressively. We recently discussed in class what is acceptable in sport but not in society, Kobe's comment shouldn't be acceptable period. Kobe has attributed his actions to the intensity of the game,” what I said last night should not be taken literally. My actions were out of frustration during the heat of the game, period. Any athlete can attest to the fact that when a game is intense frustrations are usually taken out on the referees, but what Kobe said went too far and his justification of what he is said is almost more astonishing. He states that we should not take what he said literally, what does that even mean? How else would he suggest that we interpret his comments? Personally I think his lack of remorse for what he said is unbelievable, and the fact that he is appealing the 100,000-dollar fine by the NBA is icing on the cake, he is blatantly unapologetic. The punishment for his actions by the NBA clearly shows their position on anti-gay slurs, it's allowed. 100,000 dollars is nothing to Kobe Bryant, and it wouldn't to anyone who made 33 million dollars last year alone. I think that NBA needs to set a precedent, that this type of behavior will not be tolerated and if it happens there will severe consequences. It is time that a professional sports league took a stand against anti-gay slurs.
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