The act:
What it was in response to:
The apology: — Baker Mayfield (@baker_mayfield6) November 19, 2017 The punishment:
The....eulogy?:
For those of you that might not be able to tell after listening to his head coach speak on behalf of his character, Baker Mayfield is still with us. As he lowered his head and silently wept in the direction of the microphone I begun to think that perhaps Lincoln Riley had just gotten word that his Heisman-caliber starting quarterback had tragically passed away from testicular discomfort. Turns out, he was just made insanely emotional by the announcement of a PR stunt that is masquerading as an actual punishment. This is quite obviously an empty act of discipline - considering Oklahoma currently possesses both a spot in the college football playoff and a complete lack of margin for error - but I still think anyone that thought this reaction was warranted is completely full of shit. The idea that a 22 year old has to sit out even one single play for grabbing his junk in the direction of a sideline that wouldn't even shake his hand during an orchestrated showing of mutual respect is absolutely asinine. Of course, Baker Mayfield didn't exactly display a stroke (hehe) of genius by aggressively cupping his genitals in a way that would get a primary physician arrested for sexual assault of a minor while a camera was sure to be on him. Still, the idea that a heartfelt apology is no longer enough to forgive a college athlete for a momentary feeling of one's self in public when half of 'Hollywood' has used that same form of amends to excuse multiple decades of masturbatory feelings of themselves in public seems ever-so-slightly absurd. If the amount of (literal and metaphorical) tears that have come of his retributive nut clutching are any indication then I guess I should just happy that Baker Mayfield survived. Unfortunately, if the broadcasters of the Oklahoma/Kansas game have their way then NFL GM's will ignore that an alleged rapist went first overall no more than three years ago and his draft stock will plummet quicker than his sperm count after that scrotum squeeze.
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