Programming Alert: Sherman on the phone with NFL AM

[Axx]

Wow and once again sherm was completly right. He was taken extremely out of context.
It seems every time the media goes after sherm for whatever reason sherm was usually in the right and they hide the facts from sherms perspective.

I wonder how all the angry anti-sherm seahawk fans feel now....

Sherman is officially a villain in the NFL and the media knows. They will exploit sherm for a very long time to get the anti-sherm fans to keep reading.

 

[volsunghawk]

I do find it interesting that Sherman threw out the 50% Adderall number. If you break down context wise what he meant, it means 50% of Hawks are taking, or have taken Adderall.

Sherman wouldn't say 50% unless his own personal experience with the drug proves that true..........and his own personal experience with Adderall has been nowhere but Seattle.

Ugh.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100000 ... of-context

Beamish wrote in an email to NFL.com that it was clear Sherman was saying "half the league" in the same vein people say "everybody cheats on their taxes."

The reporter himself who conducted the interview agrees that Sherman wasn't in any way suggesting that he was providing an exact number, but rather using the word "half" to suggest that Adderall use is common.

 

[-The Glove-]

Gotta say I'm a little disappointed in the fans that are "tired of his talking". You guys still feel the same way after you saw the conversation not taken out context?

The guy has never really said anything wrong. The worst thing he has done is do what pretty much everyone else wants to do and that is stand up to Skip Bayless.

He is not out getting DUIs or making it rain at strip clubs he just talks a lot, big deal. He is gonna help our team win a championship and he isn't actually hurting anyone with his antics.

This...

 

[Sgt. Largent]

I do find it interesting that Sherman threw out the 50% Adderall number. If you break down context wise what he meant, it means 50% of Hawks are taking, or have taken Adderall.

Sherman wouldn't say 50% unless his own personal experience with the drug proves that true..........and his own personal experience with Adderall has been nowhere but Seattle.

Ugh.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100000 ... of-context

No offense to Richard, but multiple sources from the Vancouver Sun, including the reporter who interviewed him are sticking by his comment of ""About half the league takes it, and the league has to allow it." If Sherman doesn't want reporters to take him out of context, then he shouldn't use words like "half."

Of course he's backtracking, but this is what Sherman does. Says outlandish crap, then spends the next two weeks telling everyone how he was misquoted, mistreated and hated on.

 

[AbsolutNET]

I do find it interesting that Sherman threw out the 50% Adderall number. If you break down context wise what he meant, it means 50% of Hawks are taking, or have taken Adderall.

Sherman wouldn't say 50% unless his own personal experience with the drug proves that true..........and his own personal experience with Adderall has been nowhere but Seattle.

Ugh.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100000 ... of-context

No offense to Richard, but multiple sources from the Vancouver Sun, including the reporter who interviewed him are sticking by his comment of ""About half the league takes it, and the league has to allow it." If Sherman doesn't want reporters to take him out of context, then he shouldn't use words like "half."

Of course he's backtracking, but this is what Sherman does. Says outlandish crap, then spends the next two weeks telling everyone how he was misquoted, mistreated and hated on.

What's so outlandish about saying that a lot of players are prescribed a certain medication and he thinks the league needs to take it off the banned list of performance enhancers?

 

[amill87]

No offense to Richard, but multiple sources from the Vancouver Sun, including the reporter who interviewed him are sticking by his comment of ""About half the league takes it, and the league has to allow it." If Sherman doesn't want reporters to take him out of context, then he shouldn't use words like "half."

Of course he's backtracking, but this is what Sherman does. Says outlandish crap, then spends the next two weeks telling everyone how he was misquoted, mistreated and hated on.

Did you read the transcript from Vancouver Sun? Or you just gonna stand up on that soap box and assume Sherman means the worse?

Maybe just maybe the media actually did spin it because of who he is. When has he ever backtracked and not been right? Can you prove he took adderall? Because by the looks of it the NFL couldn't so how about we give him the benefit of the doubt?

 

[Sgt. Largent]

No offense to Richard, but multiple sources from the Vancouver Sun, including the reporter who interviewed him are sticking by his comment of ""About half the league takes it, and the league has to allow it." If Sherman doesn't want reporters to take him out of context, then he shouldn't use words like "half."

Of course he's backtracking, but this is what Sherman does. Says outlandish crap, then spends the next two weeks telling everyone how he was misquoted, mistreated and hated on.

Did you read the transcript from Vancouver Sun? Or you just gonna stand up on that soap box and assume Sherman means the worse?

Maybe just maybe the media actually did spin it because of who he is. When has he ever backtracked and not been right? Can you prove he took adderall? Because by the looks of it the NFL couldn't so how about we give him the benefit of the doubt?

I not only read the article, I watched the interview.

http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Vide ... story.html


Sherman said the word "half." To me and everyone else on the planet, half = 50%. So this is not a I was misquoted, this is a Richard Sherman used the wrong words.

If you don't want people to take what you said out context, don't use literal words like half. Because the context of half is indeed 50%. Can't get any clearer than that.

 

[volsunghawk]

No offense to Richard, but multiple sources from the Vancouver Sun, including the reporter who interviewed him are sticking by his comment of ""About half the league takes it, and the league has to allow it." If Sherman doesn't want reporters to take him out of context, then he shouldn't use words like "half."

Of course he's backtracking, but this is what Sherman does. Says outlandish crap, then spends the next two weeks telling everyone how he was misquoted, mistreated and hated on.

Did you read the transcript from Vancouver Sun? Or you just gonna stand up on that soap box and assume Sherman means the worse?

Maybe just maybe the media actually did spin it because of who he is. When has he ever backtracked and not been right? Can you prove he took adderall? Because by the looks of it the NFL couldn't so how about we give him the benefit of the doubt?

I not only read the article, I watched the interview.

http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Vide ... story.html


Sherman said the word "half." To me and everyone else on the planet, half = 50%. So this is not a I was misquoted, this is a Richard Sherman used the wrong words.

If you don't want people to take what you said out context, don't use literal words like half. Because the context of half is indeed 50%. Can't get any clearer than that.

You don't get colloquialisms, do you? :|

 

[amill87]

I not only read the article, I watched the interview.

http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Vide ... story.html


Sherman said the word "half." To me and everyone else on the planet, half = 50%. So this is not a I was misquoted, this is a Richard Sherman used the wrong words.

If you don't want people to take what you said out context, don't use literal words like half. Because the context of half is indeed 50%. Can't get any clearer than that.

So what?

Where does he say half the league takes adderall illegally? He never says that. People are just assuming that's what he meant. He was asked about players who have ADD taking it and responded with about half the league takes it.

 

[AbsolutNET]

Sherman said the word "half." To me and everyone else on the planet, half = 50%. So this is not a I was misquoted, this is a Richard Sherman used the wrong words.

Did he use one wrong word or several wrong words? You need to be more specific with your language, this ambiguous BS is impossible to follow.

 

[Sgt. Largent]

You don't get colloquialisms, do you? :|

Right, I'm sure by "about half" he really just meant five dudes.

There were plenty of words or phrases Sherman could of used that would have been vague enough to not get pinned down like he did;

- A lot
- more than you think
- plenty
- a high percentage

Seriously, you guys need to stop swinging from Sherman's short and curlies. If this was a 49'er that acted like Sherman acts and talks, you'd be all over him. This is what, the 5th or 6th Sherman episode in a year where the entire world is hating on him for something he said? Once something like this happens more than once, he has no one to blame but himself.

Say something stupid, act outraged, rinse and repeat. But hey, if it fuels his fire and helps his get 10 picks a year, you rock on with your dysfunctional interviewing skills self Sherm!

 

[Axx]

If 100 players in the nfl take adderal for ADD and sherman says half of those are taking it illegally. Whats the big deal?

 

[volsunghawk]

You don't get colloquialisms, do you? :|

Right, I'm sure by "about half" he really just meant five dudes.

There were plenty of words or phrases Sherman could of used that would have been vague enough to not get pinned down like he did;

- A lot
- more than you think
- plenty
- a high percentage

Seriously, you guys need to stop swinging from Sherman's short and curlies. If this was a 49'er that acted like Sherman acts and talks, you'd be all over him. This is what, the 5th or 6th Sherman episode in a year where the entire world is hating on him for something he said? Once something like this happens more than once, he has no one to blame but himself.

Say something stupid, act outraged, rinse and repeat. But hey, if it fuels his fire and helps his get 10 picks a year, you rock on with your dysfunctional interviewing skills self Sherm!

Champ, the interviewer HIMSELF said that Sherman was clearly not speaking of "50%" as a hard number.

"Beamish (Hey, Sgt. Largent... this was THE GUY WHO INTERVIEWED SHERMAN) wrote in an email to NFL.com that it was clear Sherman was saying "half the league" in the same vein people say "everybody cheats on their taxes.""

Now, in case that needs some explanation, if you say, "Everybody cheats on their taxes," you can't prove that 100% of people do it, nor should it be extrapolated that you have evidence or first-hand knowledge that every single person you know does it. The reporter (again, this Beamish guy) said that Sherman's comment was in that same vein. In other words, he was using a colloquial expression to indicate that there were a good number of players who use the drug or that it was relatively common.

One more time... that was from the actual interviewer who sat down with Sherman. Why do you think you've got a better handle on this than he does?

 

[Shadowhawk]

It's hardly "swinging from Sherman's short and curlies" to see how Beaman and his newspaper twisted this comment to make Sherman look bad. I don't care if he said half or not: what's clear from the transcript is that his statement was in response to the reporters question about people taking Adderall for ADHD:

Beamish: “There are players who actually have to take Adderall, because people have ADD and ADHD.”

Sherman: “There’s about half the league that takes it, and the league has to allow it.”

Beamish: “It’s like you have a prescription, if you’re a diabetic.”

Sherman: “Exactly.”

But look how the article was written:

Adderall, a prescription stimulant used to treat attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity in adults — and kids, like those Richard spoke to on Tuesday — got him into trouble last year when both Sherman and Browner were suspended for using a substance on the NFL’s ban list. Browner didn’t appeal and sat out four games; Sherman appealed, based on errors in the chain of custody of his sample, including ones made by the tester, and got off.

“About half the league takes it (Adderall) and the league has to allow it,” Sherman said Tuesday. “The league made a mistake in my case. Obviously, I didn’t do anything, but you have to go through a process to prove you didn’t do anything. There are still naysayers out there who don’t believe me. But I accept it. If everybody loves you, it probably means you’re not much of a player.”

His statement about half the league was talking about people who take it because they have a prescription for it. Nowhere is that stated in the original article. Beaman wrote his article in a way that implies Sherman was saying that half the league takes Adderall as a performance enhancing drug, which is NOT what he was saying. (And if you doubt that, re-read the original PFT article. Re-read the original responses to that article on this board. Until the transcript was released nobody knew that he was referring specifically to players with prescriptions for Adderall. THAT is taking someone out of context.)

I hate that this whole thing started because of a throwaway comment in an article detailing all of the good things Sherman is doing for kids in the local communities, and that his good works have subsequently been completely forgotten because a reporter took what he said out of context.

 

[Sgt. Largent]

You don't get colloquialisms, do you? :|

Right, I'm sure by "about half" he really just meant five dudes.

There were plenty of words or phrases Sherman could of used that would have been vague enough to not get pinned down like he did;

- A lot
- more than you think
- plenty
- a high percentage

Seriously, you guys need to stop swinging from Sherman's short and curlies. If this was a 49'er that acted like Sherman acts and talks, you'd be all over him. This is what, the 5th or 6th Sherman episode in a year where the entire world is hating on him for something he said? Once something like this happens more than once, he has no one to blame but himself.

Say something stupid, act outraged, rinse and repeat. But hey, if it fuels his fire and helps his get 10 picks a year, you rock on with your dysfunctional interviewing skills self Sherm!

Champ, the interviewer HIMSELF said that Sherman was clearly not speaking of "50%" as a hard number.

"Beamish (Hey, Sgt. Largent... this was THE GUY WHO INTERVIEWED SHERMAN) wrote in an email to NFL.com that it was clear Sherman was saying "half the league" in the same vein people say "everybody cheats on their taxes.""

Now, in case that needs some explanation, if you say, "Everybody cheats on their taxes," you can't prove that 100% of people do it, nor should it be extrapolated that you have evidence or first-hand knowledge that every single person you know does it. The reporter (again, this Beamish guy) said that Sherman's comment was in that same vein. In other words, he was using a colloquial expression to indicate that there were a good number of players who use the drug or that it was relatively common.

One more time... that was from the actual interviewer who sat down with Sherman. Why do you think you've got a better handle on this than he does?

Champ, I like that. Condescending and patronizing all at the same time.

I'm not disputing that Sherman wasn't exaggerating. Obviously he was, because nobody thinks half the league is on Adderall. I'm saying that Sherman brings this stuff down on himself by running his mouth before thinking. It's not the first time, and it won't be the last.......because there's nothing more that Richard Sherman loves then playing the "haters gonna hate" card.

Is he deep down a good guy and a great player? Hell yeah he is, but for some reason he can't get out of his own way with interviews and statements like this. Maybe if he shut up for 24 hours, people could see all the good stuff he does for communities, instead of using him as some sort of controversial lightning rod to sell papers and increase TV ratings.