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Chapter 1: What was DK Metcalf's reaction to the fan confrontation?
What was your reaction when you saw that video? I'll keep that to myself. Does the organization or you prepare players for volatile rhetoric thrown their way? You know, I just think volatile rhetoric is a component of our business today, unfortunately.
Chapter 2: How does volatile rhetoric affect players in sports?
It just is. But not only our business, college, youth sport parents. You know, I think it's just a component of sport that's developed and developed in a big way in recent years, and it's unfortunate. But really, I have nothing to say about the matter other than that. It is the Pomp and Joe show here on Sports Radio 93.7 The Fan. I'm Josh Rountree filling in for Bob Pompiani and Joe Starkey.
Luckily, I remembered the name of the show off the top. Something I admittedly and regretfully failed to do last night when I referred to the show by its once long ago former name of Cook and Joe. Ron Cook not in today either, so it's just me. That's sports radio, my man. I deserve that. Off the top, presented by J.P. Roofing and Siding, here's a rundown of what's going to happen on today's show.
You know, it's Christmas Eve, so we're going to have a little bit of fun, but there's also some information that's come out here in the last 30 minutes on DK Metcalf and this deal with the fan. There was new information, of course, that dropped last night while I was on the air, and I want to rehash that as well with his suspension being upheld.
I also want to get into this a little bit later as well. There are things that are... I'll admit, I'm really, really excited about where the Steelers are heading right now. I think that they're in a really good spot. I have a lot of optimism that this might actually be a little bit more for real than it has been over the last couple of years.
But I also have a couple of areas of pessimism as well. So we'll do a little optimism-pessimism game later in the show today. And we'll also get into later on what's going on with the Pirates after they make a big splash yesterday and do something that they have not done in... quite a while, nearly a decade, giving out a multi-year free agent contract.
We'll be joined by Shelby Cassessi, our pal from WPXI, at 11 o'clock, and we'll be joined by our friend Colin Beasley from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at noon. Did you see, speaking of the Post-Gazette, by the way, Sean, don't call me Seth Meyers is behind the glass. Good to be working with you. A stranger you and I are to working together. Did you see the story that Noah Hiles had today?
The Noah constrictor, as he so affectionately, I think affectionately called on this show? Is it about James Harrison and the fan that he tackled? 20 years, apparently. Yeah, so 20 years ago, James Harrison tackled a Cleveland Browns fan. And I talked to Noah a little bit about this last night, though.
When he was on the air, he wanted to tease it fully, so he didn't really go into specific details. But the story is now out, and it's really good. I'll tell you, it's really, really good. I know Noah's excited about it.
But Noah tracked down the guy from the Cleveland Browns-Pittsburgh Steelers game 20 years ago, the year the Steelers won the Super Bowl, the James Harrison, the drunk guy that ran on the field. And I can call him drunk because he admits in the story that he was very, very, very drunk for that situation. And Harrison slammed the guy to the field. That guy ended up getting sober.
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Chapter 3: What new information has emerged about DK Metcalf's situation?
But Tom Pelissero sends this out at 8.30 last night. And I want everybody to keep in mind as well that Tom Pelissero works for the NFL. He works for NFL Network. The NFL network is the NFL. They are the mouthpiece of the NFL.
Tom Pellicero last night says, Meanwhile, the NFL and the Lions will not take action against the fan involved in the altercation with Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf on Sunday in Detroit because, quote, there was no violation of the fan code of conduct per source. So fast forward to this morning.
Tom Pelosero quote tweets his own tweet saying that the NFL and the Lions will not take action against the fam. And I don't know if late night backlash had anything to do with this. I don't know if maybe the Steelers' involvement had anything to do with this. If DK Metcalf, his involvement, his influence had anything to do with this. I don't know what led to this reversal of sorts.
But Pelissero, after last night saying that the NFL and the Lions will not take action against the fan involved in the altercation, says this. And this is about an hour ago now. Update. Per the NFL, the matter remains under review. After hearing from DK Metcalf in his appeal hearing Tuesday, the league is following up with the Lions regarding the fan code of conduct.
Pelissero then went on to post a copy of the Detroit Lions guest code of conduct. Here is the Lions fan code of conduct. The team found no violation, does not plan to action against the fan who identified himself to the free press as Ryan Kennedy. But the NFL is now following up with the team after hearing from DK Metcalf and others in his appeal hearing. What the hell's going on here?
This is the NFL. This is the NFL and one of their mouthpieces in Tom Pelissero, who is coming out and saying that the NFL and the Lions are not going to take action against this guy. Then he is coming in and saying, well, now the league wants them to review it. Then he is saying the team found no violation. They don't plan to take action.
But now they're also going to maybe look into it and perhaps take action. And he posts the fan code of conduct. What is happening here? May I speculate? Please, because I would love for anybody to speculate on this.
So just based on the way that you describe that, and I didn't look at the tweet or the code of conduct policy, anything like that, I have a feeling that specific to this incident, they have deemed that they don't have any evidence that the fan did anything wrong. beyond the normal interaction a fan is allowed to do. It did not violate their code of conduct.
But maybe they realized they need to make some adjustments regarding location of security and intermediate between the players and fans so that this type of interaction for future games
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Chapter 4: Why is the NFL reviewing the fan's actions in the Metcalf incident?
Like, clearly the fans that are around this guy know that he's trouble and this is all premeditated. Yeah, no, absolutely. It absolutely is. And I think, you know, going beyond that, if you're the NFL, why are you not being transparent with this situation? Why are you not listing? You know, I talked about this last night as well.
The NHL, right, when the NHL does disciplinary hearings for things that happen on the ice mostly, they release a detailed explanation video on why exactly they are ā putting down the judgment, the punishment on the player that they are doing. They go into full detail as to why this is happening. And they're very transparent about it all. And look, the NHL doesn't do a lot of things right.
But in this situation, is that not a great model to follow? Say, hey, we're going to suspend one of the highest paid players in his position in the NFL. We're going to say that the guy on the other side did absolutely nothing wrong, but we're not going to tell you any details on what exactly we found during our investigation. We're just going to tell you how it is, and you've got to live with it.
Chapter 5: What does the fan code of conduct entail?
I don't think that's right, and I think that that's a bad, bad look for the NFL, for the Lions, and everybody involved in this situation. Thanks, Chandler. I can't get past that. Again, I don't have a problem with DK Metcalf being punished. He should be punished. You can't, as an NFL player, go into the stands and grab people. You can't do it. You cannot do that.
But for the other guy to have absolutely no punishment, to be completely absolved of any wrongdoing here, and then to put out, have a mouthpiece of the NFL, Tom Pelissero, who works for NFL Network, put out a fan code of conduct that says you cannot display inconsiderate or otherwise inappropriate behavior towards others?
When this guy very clearly turns around and says that was the goal after he gets physically harmed or physically attacked by DK Metcalf, you're telling me that there was no inappropriate or inconsiderate behavior, that there was nothing unruly or disruptive in nature about what he did? That's ridiculous. That's absolutely ridiculous.
And DK Metcalf is being used now as an example for something that Yes, he did wrong, but there was a two-way street, it appears to me, in this situation. We've got to get to a break. We'll get more of your calls on the other side. Hang on the line with us, but we've got to get to a short break here. Fan Twitter brought to you by South Hills Kia and Peters Township.
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