The Drakkar Noir Award

for those who don't quite have their finger on the pulse of what is socially acceptable....


though leagueofourown concentrates specifically on the NFL, we are slumming down to college ball happenings in order to award the first undistinguished dishonoree. that would be brian kinchen, for his fabulously inappropriate commentating during a college football game last weekend. kinchen was explaining the need for receivers to make catches with their hands because they are "tender" and can "caress" the ball. he finished his soliloquy with "that's kind of gay, but hey ..."

i'm not taking the blog down the slippery slope of what constitutes discrimination in today's politically correct world (though this does qualify as homophobia and i will fight this one to your death.) instead, i scoff at mr. kinchen's lack of professionalism. in my line of work, i would never refer to a particular bottle of wine as being "gay." nor would my lawyer friends refer to a particular court decision as being "gay" nor would my musician friends refer to a specific aria as being "gay" and so on.... to refer to the glorious sport of football, sport of kings (and queens, no doubt!) in those terms debases the entire foundation of honor, responsibility, and playing-to-win attitude that the sport is based on.

mr. kinchen, please contact our media relations department immediately, so that we may ship your prize bottle of drakkar noir cologne!