NFL Relents on Gay Jersey |
 03/13/05, 11:29
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LSU professor Leigh Clemons, who had New England Patriots cornerback Randall Gay as a student, decided she'd like to have a personalized football jersey with his name printed on the back.
But to her surprise, when she went to NFLshop.com and typed the word "Gay" in the box specifying personal lettering, she was informed: "This field should not contain a naughty word." "I was like, 'You've got to be kidding me,'" Clemons told the Times-Picayune of New Orleans. Clemons had to go through three levels of bureaucracy to get the jersey. The word "gay" is now acceptable on the Web site. Jim Buzinski of Outsports.com, who had read about Clemons' shopping misadventure, decided to see what other words would be rejected. He discovered that one word that was not acceptable was "lesbian." However, Buzinski found that "Bin Laden," "terrorist," and "Al Qaeda" were accepted without question. -------------------- UGH!
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03/20/05, 14:07
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QUOTE(joemccrary @ 03/13/05, 11:29) LSU professor Leigh Clemons, who had New England Patriots cornerback Randall Gay as a student, decided she'd like to have a personalized football jersey with his name printed on the back. But to her surprise, when she went to NFLshop.com and typed the word "Gay" in the box specifying personal lettering, she was informed: "This field should not contain a naughty word." "I was like, 'You've got to be kidding me,'" Clemons told the Times-Picayune of New Orleans. Clemons had to go through three levels of bureaucracy to get the jersey. The word "gay" is now acceptable on the Web site. Jim Buzinski of Outsports.com, who had read about Clemons' shopping misadventure, decided to see what other words would be rejected. He discovered that one word that was not acceptable was "lesbian." However, Buzinski found that "Bin Laden," "terrorist," and "Al Qaeda" were accepted without question. What about if his last name was Dick? -------------------- Change is here and its name is Mangini.
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03/30/05, 8:03
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That's ridiculous...
Sb... Leave it to you... to come up with that!! LOL -------------------- Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance.
"It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up." Babe Ruth "I want to be remembered as someone who had a lot of respect for the game, his teammates and opponents, and I want to be remembered as a winner. But most importantly I want to be remembered as a Yankee." - Derek Jeter http://www.wtv-zone.com/annah/sigs/sigs2/pianoman.html and your lips burn wild thrown from the face of a child and in your eyes the seeing of the greatest few do what you will, always walk where you like, your steps do as you please, I'll back you up. DJM |
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