Golden Boy mad or is it fake? ProFootballtalk doubletalk

[richNjoisy]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/02/09/report-brady-will-skip-otas-unless-he-gets-paid-like-jimmy-g/

 

The first story (now tagged as "Fake")

 

and the subsequent story:

 

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/02/09/the-boston-herald-likely-will-be-retracting-a-patriots-story-again/

 

IMO, Mike Florio has been a Cheatriot apologist , like, forever (See Deflategate) and now HE is retracting someone else's story before

the retraction. Whatever. I found the reports fun to read, either way.

 

Go Bills!

[Doc]

He’s been taking less for years now because Gis makes a ton and the Cheaters are paying him on the side. Why would it change now?

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

5 minutes ago, Doc said:

He’s been taking less for years now because Gis makes a ton and the Cheaters are paying him on the side. Why would it change now?

 

He's like Jordan at this point.  His contract is still a huge amount of money, but when you add in his endorsement money he's probably just as high as anyone else.

[aristocrat]

That’s hilarious 

[Coach Tuesday]

This guy Borges is the ultimate hack.

 

That said, people who find it funny to start fake news items deserve a special corner of hell.

[KDIGGZ]

if he wants more money they will funnel it into TB12.  trust me, he makes way more than Jimmy G no matter what the contracts say

[boyst]

11 minutes ago, dneveu said:

 

He's like Jordan at this point.  His contract is still a huge amount of money, but when you add in his endorsement money he's probably just as high as anyone else.

And being able to continue his career at an affordable rate is keeping him in the league and making him have commercial appeal. 

 

He's a douche. And I'd bludgeon him with a hammer if I could. I hope to get a GoFundMe for my defense

[Coach Tuesday]

THE STORY IS FAKE 

[cba fan]

46 minutes ago, richNjoisy said:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/02/09/report-brady-will-skip-otas-unless-he-gets-paid-like-jimmy-g/

 

The first story (now tagged as "Fake")

 

and the subsequent story:

 

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/02/09/the-boston-herald-likely-will-be-retracting-a-patriots-story-again/

 

IMO, Mike Florio has been a Cheatriot apologist , like, forever (See Deflategate) and now HE is retracting someone else's story before

the retraction. Whatever. I found the reports fun to read, either way.

 

Go Bills!

Who is the real loser here.??

WEEI’s Kirk & Callahan, a show listener known as “Nick in Boston” claims that he texted Borges, pretending to be Garoppolo’s agent, Don Yee.

 

Years ago a radio guy called and taped Buddy Nix talking on phone about needeing a QB, after calling him and pretending to be a NFL GM.

That loser got fired. What should happen to the fake texter?? Anything??

 

Maybe some rich agent like Don Yee can sue this fake texter loser and cost him a mega amount of money to defend. That is what that low life deserves. If I was Brady I would fund Don Lee to do that just out of spite. Maybe Borges could do the same to the texter. 

Edited February 9, 2018 by cba fan

[billieve420]

13 minutes ago, kdiggz said:

if he wants more money they will funnel it into TB12.  trust me, he makes way more than Jimmy G no matter what the contracts say

 

Agreed I wouldn't put it past the Pats to circumvent the salary cap. They look for every advantage possible. How any agent would let his client take a below market deal is beyond suspicious.

[KevinInThe781]

 

25 minutes ago, cba fan said:

Who is the real loser here.??

WEEI’s Kirk & Callahan, a show listener known as “Nick in Boston” claims that he texted Borges, pretending to be Garoppolo’s agent, Don Yee.

 

Years ago a radio guy called and taped Buddy Nix talking on phone about needeing a QB, after calling him and pretending to be a NFL GM.

That loser got fired. What should happen to the fake texter?? Anything??

 

Maybe some rich agent like Don Yee can sue this fake texter loser and cost him a mega amount of money to defend. That is what that low life deserves. If I was Brady I would fund Don Lee to do that just out of spite. Maybe Borges could do the same to the texter. 

 

The only person that should be fired is Borges for not vetting his sources properly before filing the story. 

 

This isn't the first time he's ran afoul of journalism standards: Globe's Borges suspended on plagiarism allegation

 

 

 

Edited February 9, 2018 by KevinInThe781

[Mr. WEO]

52 minutes ago, cba fan said:

Who is the real loser here.??

WEEI’s Kirk & Callahan, a show listener known as “Nick in Boston” claims that he texted Borges, pretending to be Garoppolo’s agent, Don Yee.

 

Years ago a radio guy called and taped Buddy Nix talking on phone about needeing a QB, after calling him and pretending to be a NFL GM.

That loser got fired. What should happen to the fake texter?? Anything??

 

Maybe some rich agent like Don Yee can sue this fake texter loser and cost him a mega amount of money to defend. That is what that low life deserves. If I was Brady I would fund Don Lee to do that just out of spite. Maybe Borges could do the same to the texter. 

 

 

Who would "fire" the texter?  And for what?

 

And what would Yee (or "Don Lee", for that matter) "sue" the prankster for?

 

This country is going crazy....

[JohnC]

3 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

 

Who would "fire" the texter?  And for what?

 

And what would Yee (or "Don Lee", for that matter) "sue" the prankster for?

 

This country is going crazy....

There was a recent case where someone called in to the authorities that there was a hostage case at another location. The police responded to that location.

The situation spiraled out of control when the resident ended up being killed by the police because they thought he had a weapon. The person who made the prank call was arrested for I believe a manslaughter charge. 

 

Clearly I'm not suggesting that the situation in this thread is the same. However, I'm simply pointing out that a prankster call can willfully or not have tragic consequences. 

[Mr. WEO]

1 minute ago, JohnC said:

There was a recent case where someone called in to the authorities that there was a hostage case at another location. The police responded to that location.

The situation spiraled out of control when the resident ended up being killed by the police because they thought he had a weapon. The person who made the prank call was arrested for I believe a manslaughter charge. 

 

Clearly I'm not suggesting that the situation in this thread is the same. However, I'm simply pointing out that a prankster call can willfully or not have tragic consequences. 

 

The tragic consequences here are that Borges should be fired.  Which wouldn't be tragic for anyone else.

[IDBillzFan]

1 hour ago, Coach Tuesday said:

This guy Borges is the ultimate hack.

 

That said, people who find it funny to start fake news items deserve a special corner of hell.

 

I would argue that corner actually is reserved for journalists who find it necessary to run with a blind tip without waiting to verify sources. 

 

There's a lesson here that few journalists will learn. You always get at least two sources to verify a claim before you even speculate about the claim in print. But the rush to be first -- some sort of holy grail in sports for some ego-driven reason -- matters more. How many times, when you read a sports article, does the author cite in their story something like "So and so was first to report the story."?

 

Pranksters have been around, and will continue to be around, forever. Journalists who verify sources? Not so long, I predict.

[dulles]

26 minutes ago, JohnC said:

There was a recent case where someone called in to the authorities that there was a hostage case at another location. The police responded to that location.

The situation spiraled out of control when the resident ended up being killed by the police because they thought he had a weapon. The person who made the prank call was arrested for I believe a manslaughter charge. 

 

Clearly I'm not suggesting that the situation in this thread is the same. However, I'm simply pointing out that a prankster call can willfully or not have tragic consequences. 

There is  difference between making a false report to authorities and being a dope on sports talk radio!  

[nucci]

1 hour ago, dneveu said:

 

He's like Jordan at this point.  His contract is still a huge amount of money, but when you add in his endorsement money he's probably just as high as anyone else.

and like Doc said...his wife has a little bit of money as well

[IDBillzFan]

2 hours ago, dneveu said:

 

He's like Jordan at this point.  His contract is still a huge amount of money, but when you add in his endorsement money he's probably just as high as anyone else.

 

I'm told he's making millions just to wear the latest from Macy's women's department.

[Doc]

21 minutes ago, LABillzFan said:

 

I'm told he's making millions just to wear the latest from Macy's women's department.

 

Wait, I thought that was Gis. 

[PromoTheRobot]

1 hour ago, LABillzFan said:

 

I would argue that corner actually is reserved for journalists who find it necessary to run with a blind tip without waiting to verify sources. 

 

There's a lesson here that few journalists will learn. You always get at least two sources to verify a claim before you even speculate about the claim in print. But the rush to be first -- some sort of holy grail in sports for some ego-driven reason -- matters more. How many times, when you read a sports article, does the author cite in their story something like "So and so was first to report the story."?

 

Pranksters have been around, and will continue to be around, forever. Journalists who verify sources? Not so long, I predict.

The bar in sports journalism is much lower. Not saying our friend JW cuts corners, but others certainly do in order to get clicks. Plus sports writers are competing with independent bloggers who rarely have any standards.

Edited February 9, 2018 by PromoTheRobot