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Darnell Dockett on Ines Sainz situation: 'WOMEN STAY OUT!'

Sep 15, 2010, 10:00 AM EDT

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As the Ines Sainz Jets locker room controversy churns toward category 4 hurricane status, NFL figures seem to have their opinions on the matter turning on a dime. Of course you’ve heard the Redskins’ Clinton Portis, who said on a D.C. radio station on Saturday that women go into NFL locker rooms to look at “53 men’s packages.” After a reprimand by the NFL, Portis, through the Redskins, apologized. Then there was the Cardinals’ Darnell Dockett, who tweeted this:

I don’t know what was said to her or whatever but u just have to know u going into a TEAM LOCKEROOM, and if its that serious WOMEN STAY OUT! about 20 hours ago via UberTwitter


Was an hour enough time for the NFL to get to him with a reprimand, too? Because an hour later he tweeted:

I think all men should respect women at all times no matter what And women should be able to work where ever they want! That’s my opinon! about 19 hours ago via UberTwitter

Dockett could be policing himself, due to the fact that he’s already in enough trouble with the league. Pro Football Talk uncovered the fact that he had been tweeting on Sunday 20 minutes prior to the Cardinals’ game with the Rams; league policy prohibits social media type shenanigans 90 minutes before a game. Dockett’s response:

@ProFootballTalk: it seems to me u want me to get fine lol its all good whatever the fine is I got it in one of my 8 shoe boxes!

Dockett attended Florida State, but apparently stopped just short of a degree in finance. Why no money in the cookie jar? Everyone knows that you should diversify.
Anyway, it seems that everyone has an opinion on Senorita Sainz. Everyone except Jets head coach Rex Ryan, that is, who is pleading ignorant as NFL officials rummage through his cupboards this week. From the Newark Star-Ledger:

“I’m not going to get into that,” Ryan said when asked what type of contact his players had with Sainz. “I really don’t know exactly what took place. If anything, I’m finding out as well. I was trying to get ready for a game. This came up and I wasn’t in the locker room. I don’t know how to answer that.”

Ryan said that the Jets are cooperating with the NFL in the investigation.

Ryan, who allegedly took part in some of the taunting of the TV Azteca reporter on the practice field Saturday by overthrowing passes to defensive backs coach Dennis Thurman in Sainz’s direction, said he only had verbal contact with her in the press conference room.

If the NFL is smart, they’ll dust this woman for fingerprints.
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Jets coach Rex Ryan says team is ‘here to cooperate’ in Ines Sainz investigation by NFL [Star-Ledger]

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  1. should not happen - Sep 15, 2010 at 5:42 PM

    i think all reporters should be banned from the locker rooms, its where you change clothes for crying out loud. lets just do away with mens and womens bathrooms. i wonder if a male reporter could go interview Inez when she is changing for a photo shoot that would shut her up. if she can be there then men can too.

  2. dhurst - Sep 15, 2010 at 6:03 PM

    yep

  4. Kevin - Sep 15, 2010 at 6:21 PM

    Kevin McHenry

  5. D Burnham - Sep 15, 2010 at 8:36 PM

    Whooo-hooo!!! I’m the mother of a player and I agree. That is a man’s zone and any woman worthy of the title “lady” should stay out. These men just played a game. They don’t want a half dressed women in their locker room who is going to stir up trouble for them and complain if someone says something to her. Sports writers and everyone else should give these guys some respect and allow them a few minutes of privacy to shower and change. There is plenty of time for interviews later. These men did not ask her to come stand on their sidelines in skin tight jeans with her breasts hanging out, nor did they beg her to come into their locker room after the game and flaunt herself in front of them. If they wanted to be around a half dressed woman trying to get their attention wouldn’t you think they would want a shower first? I know my son and his teammates would.
    I hope the NFL bands all people not affiliated with the team from the locker rooms. They need to have respect for these guys and wait a few minutes for them to come out of the locker room for the interview.
    However, does anyone really think that she did not get what she was asking for? If they had all ignored her, I guarantee you there would be even more trouble now. Think about it, she couldn’t even keep her breasts covered on the TV interview the next day when she was complaining about they way they guys talked to her. She apparently only has one wardrobe and that is cut it low and fit it tight. One would only hope that her family is embarassed by her attire and conduct.

  6. Jorge - Sep 16, 2010 at 6:39 PM

    Does this give you an excuse to behave like an animal? That’s so ghetto and low class.

  7. Jorge - Sep 16, 2010 at 6:42 PM

    Totally agree with Kip.

  8. JR - Sep 26, 2010 at 3:40 PM

    Women should not be in the locker room period. Men should not be in the women’s locker room either. But for the record, the WNBA policy never allows reporters to roam the locker room like in men’s sports. That’s the double standard. So next time someone tells you that men are allowed in women’s locker rooms, make sure they are really telling the full truth. It’s not the same access that is allowed in the men’s leagues. This is truly workplace sexual harassment against the players and it needs to stop. It would be nice to have all players unions sue the leagues for workplace sexual harassment. The leagues are wrong and the 1978 court case only gave women the same right to interview players as the men had. It did not mandate that interviews had to be inside locker rooms. That is the leagues decision, not the courts. And the reason the courts couldn’t demand that is because even they know forced locker room interviews are illegal. Shame on the leagues for allowing sexual harassment against their own players by not giving them workplace privacy that every citizen deserves in their workplace. Shame on the players for allowing this invasion against their privacy.

  9. Al - Sep 26, 2010 at 4:07 PM

    Lisa at post#24
    You’re incorrect as women love to look at johnsons all the time. Remember what Patti Shea wrote when inside the Los Angeles Dodgers locker room? She just wrote what many of you believe. Who are you kidding Lisa? As for sports reporters, they don’t need to go into the locker room to do their jobs. They can get their little quotes and write ups later or before the players shower and dress. Real ladies don’t want to go into men’s locker rooms…..only tramps do. Maybe you should grow up Lisa and learn about decency, sexual harassment against the players and workplace privacy rights. As usual you come across as a selfish women who is only looking at things from a females point of view. How wrong you are. You should revisit your rule of thumb and realize that it does not apply to women who break the law and violate one’s right to privacy in the workplace. And ask yourself Lisa…..would you like your father, brother, boyfriend or husband sexually harassed while at their workplace? It’s not the female reporters who are being wronged here, it is the players who are being wronged.
    As for Kip at post #23…..you’re not a man. No need to address you further except to ask….. Do you have a flower or a package?

  10. YP - Sep 26, 2010 at 4:14 PM

    Lisa at post#24
    You’re incorrect as women love to look at johnsons all the time. Remember what Patti Shea wrote when inside the Los Angeles Dodgers locker room? She just wrote what many of you believe. Who are you kidding Lisa? As for sports reporters, they don’t need to go into the locker room to do their jobs. They can get their little quotes and write ups later or before the players shower and dress. Real ladies don’t want to go into men’s locker rooms…..only tramps do. Maybe you should grow up Lisa and learn about decency, sexual harassment against the players and workplace privacy rights. As usual you come across as a selfish women who is only looking at things from a females point of view. How wrong you are. You should revisit your rule of thumb and realize that it does not apply to women who break the law and violate one’s right to privacy in the workplace. And ask yourself Lisa…..would you like your father, brother, boyfriend or husband sexually harassed while at their workplace? It’s not the female reporters who are being wronged here, it is the players who are being wronged.
    As for Kip at post #23…..you’re not a man and you are incorrect as you don’t seem to tell the truth or know what true professionalism is.

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