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Clinton Portis: Women reporters in locker rooms are just after men

Sep 14, 2010, 11:30 AM EDT

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It took Clinton Portis all of 10 minutes to get revved up and utter something wildly controversial on his radio debut at 106.7 The Fan in D.C. this morning. Portis, who has been signed as a regular on the station, was on The Mike Wise Show, and was asked his opinion on the Ines Sainz situation with the New York Jets. Portis hadn’t heard about it, and had to be filled in. Hilarity ensued. Portis:

“And I mean, you put a woman and you give her a choice of 53 athletes, somebody got to be appealing to her. You know, somebody got to spark her interest, or she’s gonna want somebody. I don’t know what kind of woman won’t, if you get to go and look at 53 men’s packages.”

Oh, Portis. And that’s just Day One.


More from Portis:

“You know man, I think you put women reporters in the locker room in positions to see guys walking around naked, and you sit in the locker room with 53 guys, and all of the sudden you see a nice woman in the locker room, I think men are gonna tend to turn and look and want to say something to that woman. For the woman, I think they make it so much that you can’t interact and you can’t be involved with athletes, you can’t talk to these guys, you can’t interact with these guys.

“And I mean, you put a woman and you give her a choice of 53 athletes, somebody got to be appealing to her. You know, somebody got to spark her interest, or she’s gonna want somebody. I don’t know what kind of woman won’t, if you get to go and look at 53 men’s packages. And you’re just sitting here, saying ‘Oh, none of this is attractive to me.’ I know you’re doing a job, but at the same time, the same way I’m gonna cut my eye if I see somebody worth talking to, I’m sure they do the same thing.”

In case you didn’t hit the link above and are not totally familiar with the story, the Jets and the NFL are investigating charges that NY head coach Rex Ryan ordered a passing drill to be run near Sainz — a reporter for TV Azteca in Mexico — at a Jets practice on Saturday. Then when she entered the team’s locker room to interview Mark Sanchez, she said she was verbally harassed by several players.
Sainz says she won’t try to sue the Jets, but rather let things take their course with the league. But now we’re once again in this whole debate over whether women should be allowed at NFL practices and inside locker rooms. Of course it’s stupid, in my opinion, to contend that they shouldn’t, but you’d be surprised at how many people side with Portis on this.
Although probably not is such colorful fashion. The real winner in all of this? 106.7 The Fan. Well played.
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Clinton Portis on Ines Sainz situation [DC Sports Bog]

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  1. Confuzion ET - Sep 15, 2010 at 2:05 PM

    I have read through all of these posts….one question. What is the WNBA?

  2. Pat84 - Sep 15, 2010 at 2:21 PM

    Clinton Portis was called by the NFL and told to apologize for his remarks. He then apologized.
    Maybe the Jets would be a little more social if they hadn’t lot so badly.

  3. Glen - Sep 15, 2010 at 2:31 PM

    Wow where are you people from? Nascar country?
    First of all she never complained other than the tweet it was the women’s broadcast association or something like that. Apparently you all are experts on what Whores dress like. Last time I checked they wear more Walmart fat momma tube top crap you hicks wear than what this woman was wearing. Where I come from you give respect to everyone. Any of you couch potatoes play football? Trust me if you got any playing time the last thing your thinking about in a locker room is sex. Those dumbass players need to learn to be professional. You might think she is there to check out your wang but in reality she is there to get an interview with the QB..not your sorry non playing butt. How are you going to say ban women from the locker room? What if the male sportscaster is gay. It’s not like you can tell that. Let me tell you, if they kept everyone out of the locker room and only set up interviews with the players they wanted to talk to there would be a lot of hurt feelings on the team. This way some stray loser gets to give his opinion.
    Typical men, because she is pretty you think she is there to check you out…Maybe she is there to do her job, do yours and stfu.

  4. dan - Sep 15, 2010 at 3:13 PM

    I dont think it matters where this reporter is from, what nationality or race she belongs to she is a beautiful woman, If you watch any news footage from Spain or Mexico the ladies do dress more provocative now I dont know if this is because their bosses are telling them to(but I am thinking so) she was wearing a pair of jeans and I white shirt. Now she did look hot, hey that is who she is and she has a sexy body. I am for no reporters in the locker rooms at all boys will be boys in the long run.

  5. DEV - Sep 15, 2010 at 3:59 PM

    The offices of all major league sports should not allow reporters male or female into the locker rooms of athletes. The athletes deserve their privacy just as the reporters deserve theirs when they are showering, using the restroom, and so on. Just let the players come out to a certain area outside of the locker room for an interview. More than likely, there is probably only one way out of the locker room and each has to pass through. I don’t think that there are no secret doors out. Or if the athlete does not want to be interviewed, he or she should state that.
    But this is just another attack on the privacy of men by women. Women want to go into the male restrooms while men are in there using them, but do not want men going into theirs. The same with the locker rooms. In high schools, girls walk freely into and through the boys’ locker rooms. Their sports teams have girl managers that are in the boys’ locker rooms all the time, even standing at the showers handing them towels. School officials should be prosecuted for this. This is happening all over the country.
    At some performing arts high schools girls are in the boys’ dressing rooms but no boys are in the girls.’ At one school in metro Atlanta the girls dress in a secluded area while the boys dress out in the open.

  6. Wayne - Sep 15, 2010 at 4:31 PM

    The equal rights folks aren’t about to let men in the WNBA, women’s tennis, or any other women’s locker rooms. But they not only expect access to men’s locker rooms, but they expect the men in that locker room to act different when they (the women) are there. Women need to learn and understand that they are in fact different than men. No less equal, but different. And they have no business in a men’s locker room.

  7. Wayne - Sep 15, 2010 at 4:38 PM

    DEV – You are absolutely right! These athletes deserve privacy and shouldn’t have to worry about stray men or women walking around while they are trying to shower and change. What question could possibly be so important that it has to be asked while they are naked in a locker room? And if an athlete doesn’t want to answer questions, how or why is it OK to allow reporters (men or women) in the locker room to pursue the athletes? Get them all out of the locker room and in the press room where they belong.

  8. patience prudence - Sep 15, 2010 at 5:57 PM

    bingo. as if they can’t wait 30 or 45 minutes to get a quote.

  9. Jeff - Sep 15, 2010 at 7:10 PM

    They do NOT belong in the locker rooms.

  10. alljocksaredumb - Sep 15, 2010 at 7:13 PM

    i’ve had a chance to interact with some professional sports players and let’s just say they were “jerks” for the most part! there were a few that just wanted to be left alone but the catcalling and snide comments were not appreciated. women or men should not be in an athletes’ locker rooms, but hey i’m not the one making the rules. these players are paid millions of dollars and yet still manage to become criminals, drug addicts/dealers, and lowlifes – why even work hard to become a professional athlete if you are gonna blow a once in a lifetime chance most people will never, ever get????

  11. lola - Sep 15, 2010 at 7:26 PM

    Ines does not seem to want to cause more trouble then necessary, but the media has it now, and so much for that. I still stand my ground on the locker room thing. I don’t think anyone should be there. This isn’t the first time it’s caused trouble.
    An ounce of prevention…..

  12. dvbx - Sep 15, 2010 at 8:53 PM

    KUDOS! I AGREE WITH YOU TOTALLY.THIS WOMAN WAS THERE TO DO A JOB. REGARDLESS WHAT SHE HAD ON.SOME ONE CALLED HER A WHORE ARE YOU KIDDING ME! WETHER SHE IS LATINA , ANGLO OR A WOMAN GIVES NO ONE THE RIGHT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL!

  13. Kris W - Sep 15, 2010 at 8:54 PM

    Maybe they should just ban ALL reporters from the locker room? It is about basic human decency and a lot of guy’s take issue with this because of our own personnel lives.
    Many times at clubs YMCA’s you will see women lounging around inside the men’s bathroom or at the YMCA there is always that one mother that seems to loiter in the men’s locker too much(and walk in when her son’s aren’t even there).
    We have feelings too, and it makes us feel uncomfortable.

  14. Bart S - Sep 15, 2010 at 10:58 PM

    why cant men reporters be in females locker room while they are naked?

  15. Bear - Sep 16, 2010 at 6:27 AM

    I would like to know how certain people get offended of the most crazy crap. In my lifetime I’ve seen reporters in the field with bullets making passes at their bodies, but they did their job. You didn’t see them getting offended! You see doctors (male or female) doing their job, they may get a little embarrased sometimes but they don’t make a big deal out of it. It’s called being a professional even when someone else is acting like a child. So suck it up, if you can’t take the heat stay out of the kitchen. In this case, stay out of the locker room. I really think that the locker room scene should be respected. Men or women should not be allowed access unless you are part of the team. Interview Mark Sanchez and whoever else outside the locker room. I believe most of this crying wolf that women do over certain matters will start drawing less attention. I just wonder if less attention for such matters would change the amount of times that this happens. My final statement: STAY OUT OF THE LOCKER ROOMS!

  16. rbmeoe - Sep 16, 2010 at 1:37 PM

    I have to agree with Portis. These are grown adults, attractive men and women, interacting in a very personal situation. Skin visible on the guys, sometimes naked, this woman, very attractive and dressed in such a way that is going to draw attention to herself. What do people expect??!!! Women have every right to be sports reporters, but if they are going to want men to forget they are women, then they better create a situation for all reporters to get interviews in a very sterile, nondescript enviroment. I suggest, all interviews with players be conducted in some sort of an interview room, large enough to accomodate the press and do it after the players have showered and changed after the games or practice. Keep the women and the men out of the locker room altogether!!!

  17. Hoops McCann - Sep 16, 2010 at 1:59 PM

    “Men still need to act like men even if there’s a hot Spanish woman around”
    Ummm… That is how men act when there’s a hot Spanish women around.
    Why don’t men just cut their balls off and women can cut their breasts off and we can all go sing an asexual rendition of Kumbaya together.

  18. L@L@ - Sep 16, 2010 at 5:22 PM

    I dont think male or female should be allowed in the locker room until the players have had time to shower and get themselves together.

  19. Can't help but wonder - Sep 16, 2010 at 6:39 PM

    I will say what I have been saying for along time. Equal rights my A@#^#$@s. Women continuously continue to get their way and access to male locker rooms and invade men’s privacy but I never see male reporters in female locker rooms? Why the double standard? I am sure three would be an uproar if male were in female locker rooms?If it’s equal then I don’t see it? where is the fifty fifty? However, I want all the men out there that have not already realized this. This is not only in male locker rooms. This also happens in hospitals where women’s privacy is very well respected but when it comes to men it does not matter who sees them. I am tired of this BS and the feminist and their movement. I am ready to start my own male chauvinist movement. Clinton Portis I am not a Red Skin fan but you have every right to speak your mind.

  20. kocancer - Sep 17, 2010 at 9:15 AM

    I think there should be a general rule of allowing players/managers/staff one full hour of “cooling down” after a game to get showered and changed and to collect one’s thoughts about the game or event before going out to talk with the media. I agree that no media should be allowed in either male or female locker rooms period, that’s an invasion of privacy. The same should apply for high school and college athletics besides professional athletes. If the media or reporters demand access to the locker rooms, make them take their clothes off and conduct the interviews then they can see how uncomfortable it likely is.

  21. right-is-right - Sep 17, 2010 at 3:06 PM

    Right-Is-Right and allowing women in men’s locker rooms (while they are showering and naked, etc) is just plain WRONG!! I agree with Portis & Briggs. Women don’t belong in men’s locker rooms any more than men belong in women’s locker rooms. If the ONLY way to enforce this would be to prohibit ALL media from being in the locker rooms while the athletes are showering and not fully dressed…. then SO BE IT!! This freakin’ world has become so obsessed with “political correctness” that it make one gag – ughhhh! And for Ms. Inez Sainz…. if she was going to dress like a professional sports reporter instead of like some hooker looking for some action, it would be a different story. But when she goes into the men’s locker room with extremely tight jeans (showing off her beautifully shaped ass) and a Victoria Secret Wonder Bra and a low-cut top (showing off her very nice tits) what does she expect?

  22. Daniel - Sep 18, 2010 at 3:40 PM

    Uh just because a spaniard is a blonde doesn’t mean their ancestors are not spanish. There are naturally occurring blondes in the spanish gene pool they are still caucasians.

  23. James - Sep 23, 2010 at 11:42 AM

    To all those women (and men) who are saying this is equality and men are in womens locker room, please refer to the WNBA Vs NBA media access policies that state women will have 20 minutes to shower and change in privacy and the men will not. The policies provide privacy for women and not men, which is why we have these leering women with no respect for men in the locker room while men are trying to shower and change.
    THE POLICIES ARE NOT EQUAL AND MALE REPORTERS ARE NOT IN WOMENS LOCKER ROOMS DURING SHOWERING AND CHANGING.
    These types of sexist, perverted and degrading double standards make so many people question womens respect for men or what the definition of equality is AT ALL.

  24. Louis Calabro - Sep 23, 2010 at 3:12 PM

    Not provocative!!!! The woman is gorgeous, and any healthy man would most likely have some interesting thoughts about being alone with her.

  25. Mike - Sep 23, 2010 at 6:42 PM

    She is a good looking gal, but save the attractive attire for the night club, come dressed appropriately like everybody else in the USA journalism world does.No double standard for the locker room biz, she wanted attention with the way she dresses, she got it. I don’t think she is the issue, I think it’s all the unatractive spiteful, never minding their own business ladies that got invoved and raised a stink !!

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