Phil Jackson Reprimanded by NBA for 'Brokeback Mountain' Joke to Reporters

Editor and Publisher ^ | 11/14/07

[onedoug]

Screw ‘em.

[canuck_conservative]

“brokebacklash”

LOL

Good keywording!

[50mm]

Thank you.

[ModelBreaker]

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) president Neil G. Giuliano issued a statement saying: “Phil Jackson's been coaching long enough that he should be able to talk about the Lakers' performance without resorting to cheap gay jokes.”

And here I thought he was reprimanded for calling his players homosexual.

[upsdriver]

You did? Was Phil Jackson playing for the Knicks at that time?

[orlop9]

“If I've offended any horses, Texans, cowboys or gays, I apologize,” Jackson said.

Now that's funny

[bpjam]

I’m glad he apologized to the horses.

If anybody saw Jackson on ESPN giving his ‘apology’, you could tell that he was even more condescending to the media and the GLAAD group for having to forced to even comment on this. There was no actual apology and he has the money to just pay the fines and not give up his dignity.

[Banjoguy]

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation

If Giuliano really wants to fight defamation, he needs to quit speaking in code. Call them what they are, i.e. homosexuals.

Oh wait a minute; that would give the whole thing away now wouldn't it?

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

I personally don’t find much humor in two men sodomizing each other either.

[Jabba the Nutt]

“But in retrospect, it wasn't really funny,” Jackson said...

Wha...? It's funny now. Jeesh. The NBA has a Team Owner that produced a film that will create more terrorists to kill American soldiers and civilians AND they reprimand a 'Brokeback Mountain' joke? Political Correctness is a suicide pact and I'm not signing up.

[longtermmemmory]

how about save us from jokes that are just plain bad...

this coach was guilty of poor writing.

The headline should have been “Writer’s Strike Impacts NBA” of course it is all Bush’s fault...

[Red in Blue PA]

In the future there will be no jokes which can offend anyone in any way whatsoever......at least this is the aim of the PC Police.

[airborne]

Still, Jackson couldn't resist making another joke as he apologized. “If I've offended any horses, Texans, cowboys or gays, I apologize,” Jackson said.

IOW, "Sorry you queers are so easily offended."

[Harrius Magnus]

Getting really,really,really close.

[The Louiswu]

I really don't see what the problem was, Phil didn't say anything worse than Gays say (and do) to each other.

Is this the start of the If-your-not-gay-you-can't-make-gay-jokes crap?

I thought it was very funny and his "apology was even better.

Put me down in the NBA=NO group.

[The Louiswu]

"I personally don’t find much humor in two men sodomizing each other either."

I think he was trying to be funny by being ridiculous.

There is no humor in homosexuality and there was no humor in the way his defense played.

[Preachin']

I had read somewhere once that Phil Jackson is a devout socialist. This just makes it kind of funny to me to see a leftist (if it’s true) make a statement that they accuse the conservatives of making.

[Hildy]

No, he was done with the Knicks. He was coaching The Albany team for the Continental basketball league. Right after that he went to Chicago. This was 1982 or 83, I believe.

[Hoodlum91]

I thought it was pretty funny.

[Borges]

Not really Orwellian since private organizations like the NBA have a right to set speech codes for their employees while they’re on the job.