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What the *&#$? those mother#@$%$ - Forums
Good to see them policing their own before the FCC got involved
Earnhardt was docked 25 points and fined $10,000 for cursing during a TV interview after his victory at Talladega Superspeedway, NASCAR announced Tuesday.
Asked Sunday by NASCAR broadcaster NBC about the significance of his fifth victory at Talladega, Earnhardt said, "It don't mean s--- right now.
Daddy's won here 10 times."
Now, instead of leading Kurt Busch by 13 points in the Nextel Cup standings, Earnhardt, the son of late seven-time series champion Dale Earnhardt, trails by 12 with seven races left in the season.
Richie Gilmore, director of competition for Dale Earnhardt Inc., said the team will appeal NASCAR's decision.
"This is a huge setback for the entire company," Gilmore said.
"We're in a sport that focuses its primary attention on the final 10 races of the season, and we're racing against formidable teams for a championship.
We're facing a setback from a competition standpoint for something that should be considered a personal foul.
We have no choice but to appeal the points portion of the penalty.
"I think we're the only sport that takes points off of the board after they've been scored.
The popularity of this sport is based on colorful personalities and the fact that everyone can relate to these drivers and their emotions.
Now, it seems like that's a detriment."
Pointing out that Junior's comments were not made in anger, Gilmore said the team has received hundred of supportive calls from fans.
"This whole incident is going to force everyone in the sport to rethink showing any excitement in what should be a jubilant moment," Gilmore added.
Appeals are heard by a three-person panel selected by NASCAR from the National Stock Car Racing Commission.
No date has been set for the appeal.
Earnhardt will still be credited with the 14th victory of his career and fifth at Talladega but, with the points penalty, it's as though he finished fifth Sunday.
Still, he has plenty of time to make up the deficit, with up to 190 points available at each of the last seven events.
In February, NASCAR president Mike Helton told drivers to watch their language on radio and television.
Less than a month later, he showed he meant it: Johnny Sauter was fined and lost 25 points for swearing during a radio interview after a Busch Series race in Las Vegas.
Ron Hornaday Jr.
Also was hit with a fine and the loss of 25 points after cursing during a live radio interview in June during a Busch race at Dover.
NASCAR spokesman Mike Zizzo said Earnhardt's penalty was consistent with those penalties.
"NASCAR President Mike Helton made it clear back in February at the drivers meeting at Rockingham that we, as a family sport, were taking this very seriously and adhering to FCC guidelines," Zizzo said.
"The timing is unfortunate for Dale Jr., but NASCAR also made it clear to the competitors that we would police the last 10 races just like we did the first 26."
Since Janet Jackson's breast-baring halftime show at the Super Bowl on Feb.
1, the FCC has cracked down on objectionable content on TV and radio.
Last month, CBS was fined a record $550,000 by federal regulators for the halftime show.
Many have installed delays of up to 10 seconds for some programming, and ABC's ``Monday Night Football'' is using a 5-second delay this season.
NBC does not give itself a chance to censor its NASCAR telecasts, though.
That's why viewers in nearly 7 million homes were able to hear Earnhardt use a vulgarity.
Junior, who will turn 30 Sunday, could not immediately be reached for comment.
Minutes after the TV interview, however, he knew that his comment was going to mean trouble.
He was visibly uncomfortable during the winner's interview in the pressbox, defending his use of what NASCAR has deemed inappropriate language.
"I hope they understand that it was in jubilation and I know me and those other guys that got fined let it slip, but it's two different circumstances," Earnhardt said.
"I think that when you're happy and joyous about something and it happens, I think it's different than being angry and cursing in anger."
Earnhardt added that he wasn't promoting the use of that language.
"If anybody was offended by the four-letter word I said ...
I can't imagine why they would have tuned into the race in the first place," he said.
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I am a racing fan and I hate that they took points away, I'm fine with the fine I'm guessing that they did both because $10K is not much more than pocket change for most of the big name drivers.
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But does it specifically state this in the Rule book?
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Imagine if this was applied in all sports?
I can just see the story in the newspaper:
"The New York Yankees fell to the Detroit Tigers today in the final post-season game of the year in a stunning upset 1-0.
The Yankees actually scored 8 runs in the game, but they were all revoked after the manager told the first base umpire where he could shove a particularly bad call."
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I hate the way that reality TV can and does get away with much more, yet a guy who just accomplished something really special has to censor himself to the point of acting like he lost.
I also agree with the fine, winning the Cup should be decided on the track, not in choice of words.
once again BU((%#!T
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There is cussing in almost every single show on TV right now so I really don't see the big deal w/ one word.
I mean really, look at the people in the stands!
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Shit shit shit shit shit shit shit why the shit did those shits make such a shitty decision on that particular shitty day?
That isn't worth a shit.
Grunt, dock me one MILLION Kiowa points.
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I kinda see it like this.
Yep, what he said is part of the language we all know and love.
But, Nascar (or as I refer to it when speaking to GOB;
Nice Car) has grass routes.
When was the last time you heard of a driver caught in a hotel room, with bags of coke, rocks of crack, and three hookers dressed up like the pope?
The sport has an image, the drivers are part of it.
Watching a basketball or football interview, you will hear the "F", "S", and other words everyother sentence.
It may not bother most, but it does bother those of us who believe in common language in public forums being clean.
JR made a mistake.
He wasn't pulled from the stats, just docked a little.
I think he point was missed.
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Quote: :
shit shit shit shit shit shit shit why the shit did those shits make such a shitty decision on that particular shitty day?
That isn't worth a shit.
Grunt, dock me one MILLION Kiowa points.
Nah, he will just make you go back to zero number of posts.
Hee-Hee.
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I don't agree with the severity of the fine (especially the loss of the points) but I do agree with the spirit of the rule.
NASCAR (much like the NFL and MLB) counts on the professionalism of it's marquee drivers (and in the case of the NFL and MLB, marquee players) to bolster the image of the sport.
All three sports organizations make an enormous portion of their income from the sales and marketing of league-sanctioned franchise merchandise.
Ball caps, t-shirts, banners, action figures, model cars, miniature helmets, you name it.
Those drivers and players play an enormous part in upholding the professional image of their league or sport, and therefore the relative attractiveness of the gear and merchandise associated with that league or sport.
When your stars act (and speak) like the professionals and role-models that they are
(whether they like it or not),
then everybody wins.
Everybody makes money.
All they have to do is drive well or play well, win as much as possible, abide by the standardized uniform rules, stay away from the bookies and/or Pete Rose, avoid getting caught sticking their Johnsons into hotel concierges who arent their wives, refrain from shooting people and blaming the crime on their limo drivers, stay off the illegal narcotics, steroids & performance-enhancing supplements,
and, oh yes,
while in front of the medias cameras and microphones,
squelch the urge to say, sh#t, f%@k, p1$$, c@&ksucker, bitch, or even Jeff Garcia is gay .
Whats so hard about that?
:chomper:
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