Factoid of the Week That May Interest Only Me
We know, via Jay Glazer, that Dolphin tackle Jonathan Martin, in response to a table full of teammates leaving when he went to sit down last Monday, threw his tray down in the Miami cafeteria and left the building in anger. Now you’ll know the rest of the story: The meal he threw down was spaghetti.
I am legitimately not sure what King's take is here. I get the feeling that he's taking the side of Incognito, albeit in an oblique way. If I had to guess, King's thoughts on the matter could be summed up thusly:
"So, let me get this straight, a professional football player gets a little razzed, a little teased, a little "hazed" (if you want to call it that), and instead of taking his licks and earning his spot like every other player, he goes to the press and makes a big stink. You know, I remember when football players were football players, men were men, and this sort of thing would never happen. This is ridiculous."
On a deeper level, I am certain that Peter King subconsciously sides with Martin, and with socially-santioned bullying, because I am confident that he is a weak man who thinks that, by approving of such behavior, he is more of a "real man" or whatever. You know the type; tough-guy-by-association.
But even putting all that aside: King doesn't take a stance on this. In a previous section, here's what he says:
When something like the Jonathan Martin story happens—a perfectly normal football player cracks under some pressure, walks out on his team, then has his representatives forward charges of what they claim document harassment—the first instinct is to blame someone. But I don’t think there’s a single person or entity at fault.
