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over a year ago
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I'm not sure a fine was the answer. He made himself look a bit of a knob and it was unprofessional but does fining help discourage creepy dubious flirting skills at work? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I listened and yeah he shouldn't have said it. However
Is this actually newsworthy? ? The amount of attention the media gave this thing.
Secondly Flintoff expressed his disappointment. Hold on since when did Fred become the poster boy of good behaviour. Fuck off Flintoff! ! |
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By *ildt123Man
over a year ago
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Thought it was 10k to be honest.
What he actually said was fine, asking someone out for a drink is perfectly reasonable. The problem it was live interview while both were working, it's hard enough for female presenters to gain credibility in sports as it is without this. He was at work and should behave like a professional person. If I was at a board meeting or something and stood up and asked the person doing a presentation out I'd be in a whole heap of trouble and rightly so. Time and place simple as. I think a rebuke and apology followed by a decent fine is a fair response too. It definitely has nothing to do with humour. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Massive overreaction.
People just want to be offended these days.
I'm not saying it's great behaviour from Gayle, and he doesn't exactly come out of this looking good, but it's not really worth a £5,000 fine. I mean I'm sure cricketers have said worse to each other before. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Thought it was 10k to be honest.
What he actually said was fine, asking someone out for a drink is perfectly reasonable. The problem it was live interview while both were working, it's hard enough for female presenters to gain credibility in sports as it is without this. He was at work and should behave like a professional person. If I was at a board meeting or something and stood up and asked the person doing a presentation out I'd be in a whole heap of trouble and rightly so. Time and place simple as. I think a rebuke and apology followed by a decent fine is a fair response too. It definitely has nothing to do with humour."
It was $10,000 so about £5,000. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Just a thought:
If Gayle was Gay and he had asked a male interviewer for a date I doubt the PC brigade would be hounding his arse like they are ...
Or should I re-phrase that ?? |
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"Thought it was 10k to be honest.
What he actually said was fine, asking someone out for a drink is perfectly reasonable. The problem it was live interview while both were working, it's hard enough for female presenters to gain credibility in sports as it is without this. He was at work and should behave like a professional person. If I was at a board meeting or something and stood up and asked the person doing a presentation out I'd be in a whole heap of trouble and rightly so. Time and place simple as. I think a rebuke and apology followed by a decent fine is a fair response too. It definitely has nothing to do with humour."
Agreed. Mr N and I just discussed this. Its rare to find a man who understands how difficult it can be for women professionally when the men they're dealing with have no concept of the boundary between work and play. It does also happen the other way round too. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Just a thought:
If Gayle was Gay and he had asked a male interviewer for a date I doubt the PC brigade would be hounding his arse like they are ...
Or should I re-phrase that ??"
If gay male sports reporters have difficulty being taken seriously professionally then yes, I'd imagine most of the "PC brigade" would be suggesting his actions were similarly inappropriate. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Putting the concept of flirting to one side, Chris Gayle is representing a company or in his case his a cricket club.
He is paid to give an interview and represent his club in a positive light. I can see the funny side to the flirting but it is misconduct and I understand the reasoning for the fine.
I personally would have dealt with it privately and gave the player a bollocking but social media made it in to a scandal so a public response was necessary. |
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"Just a thought:
If Gayle was Gay and he had asked a male interviewer for a date I doubt the PC brigade would be hounding his arse like they are ...
Or should I re-phrase that ??"
Who is hounding him, exactly? He's got some criticism. He's not being followed by an angry mob.
He acted unprofessionally. You don't ask someone out while doing your job. Wait till off duty and in private. |
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"Just a thought:
If Gayle was Gay and he had asked a male interviewer for a date I doubt the PC brigade would be hounding his arse like they are ...
Or should I re-phrase that ??"
What have personal computers got to do with it? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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You have to laugh. He is a massive wannabe 'playa'! Check out his Twitter feed, desperate to be a 'brand'.
It's right that he got fined for his actions. Just for being mega-creepy if nothing else but this isn't an appropriate way to behave towards a woman who's simply doing her job, or a guy as well for that matter of he were so inclined.
If he wants to ask her out, wait for a private moment and make it a bit special rather than verbally trying to get her knickers off on live TV! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I just thought it was tongue in cheek, think it's being made out to be creepy when its just banter on live TV(right or wrong). Hardly the place your likley to be creepy on (live tv). |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Sportsmen have confidence and yeah he made a bit of a dick of himself, surely that is enough punishment... He fell in love and us being on a sex site should understand more than most what the effects a boost of testosterone can do to a guy lol...
5000 squidly is too much when the crime only warrants a bollocking... Imo (Harry) |
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I feel it was wholly inappropriate misconduct which would not be tolerated in most modern workplaces whether male to female, female to male or any other combo. The fine seems proportionate in my opinion. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I am not sure about a fine,ok he is a bit of a twat but he was a bit of a twat before the interview,i know i wouldnt like to be fined for asking a girl out that i worked with,cricket can be a bit pompous |
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By *ildt123Man
over a year ago
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"I am not sure about a fine,ok he is a bit of a twat but he was a bit of a twat before the interview,i know i wouldnt like to be fined for asking a girl out that i worked with,cricket can be a bit pompous "
He wasn't fined for asking her out, it was where he chose to do it, on live while at "work". It was professionally inappropriate and he should know better it's not like he's some young kid thrust in front of a camera for the first time, international captain and experiences in cricket and media. I would suggest that many of us would be in danger of being sacked or at least disciplined severely for similar behaviour at work. And like I say women in men's sports get enough grief as it is so this was always going to get him in bother, he's a bit of an arrogant dick by all accounts anyway. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I just thought it was tongue in cheek, think it's being made out to be creepy when its just banter on live TV(right or wrong). Hardly the place your likley to be creepy on (live tv)."
It was technically inappropriate but if she had a sense of humour she could have passed it off pretty easily.
Some people want to pretend this is a woman's issue - bollocks is it. As an 18 year old student I worked with a lot of very old ladies and they said similar things to me. It doesn't have to be uncomfortable, you just say "oh Margaret, I couldn't handle you" and then it's just banter. |
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By *ildt123Man
over a year ago
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She did pass it off, she blanked him. As far as I know she didn't complain either, didn't need to as it was live TV which is entirely the problem. Had he said exactly what he said to her in private no issue. It's not a gender issue really other than it undermines women presenters, which is poor, the main issue is unprofessionalism. It would be exactly the same if it were two men or a woman to a man though I don't remember any fuss when Sharapova did something similar which isn't right but then again if she wants to make a pass at me I'm not going to complain  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"She did pass it off, she blanked him. As far as I know she didn't complain either, didn't need to as it was live TV which is entirely the problem. Had he said exactly what he said to her in private no issue. It's not a gender issue really other than it undermines women presenters, which is poor, the main issue is unprofessionalism. It would be exactly the same if it were two men or a woman to a man though I don't remember any fuss when Sharapova did something similar which isn't right but then again if she wants to make a pass at me I'm not going to complain "
It was unprofessional and a fine is fitting for that. But she missed a golden opportunity to put him back in his place! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Nothing wrong asking a pretty woman out for a drink, but it did make him look like a dick doing it when he knew he was being interviewed on camera.
He should have waited until the camera had stopped rolling and asked her properly...and he may even have got lucky then too...you just never know.
And for the record, I would have asked her out too...just not on camera She's gorgeous. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Whilst I agree it was unprofessional of him does it really warrant a fine?
Given all the bad news stories going on in this crazy world we live I personally thought it was quite nice to have a bit of humour in the news .
He made a prat of himself on live tv, isn't that punishment enough? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Chris Gayle is an arrogant man shock
Next up Freddie Flintoff would bare his arse to get in TV scandal
Gayle could of been as legendary as Lara, but doesn't like tests, sorry bit crickety there but he annoys me wasting his talent |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Whilst I agree it was unprofessional of him does it really warrant a fine?
Given all the bad news stories going on in this crazy world we live I personally thought it was quite nice to have a bit of humour in the news .
He made a prat of himself on live tv, isn't that punishment enough?"
It warrants a fine because it's his job and it's a work context, as opposed to having a particularly big impact on the 'victim' |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Whilst I agree it was unprofessional of him does it really warrant a fine?
Given all the bad news stories going on in this crazy world we live I personally thought it was quite nice to have a bit of humour in the news .
He made a prat of himself on live tv, isn't that punishment enough?"
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Chris Gayle is an arrogant man shock
Next up Freddie Flintoff would bare his arse to get in TV scandal
Gayle could of been as legendary as Lara, but doesn't like tests, sorry bit crickety there but he annoys me wasting his talent "
Not sure I would want to play tests with the fiasco that is the Windies administrators when he can earn a fortune in the big bash, IPL and T20.
This scandal doesn't seem to have put Somerset off hiring him! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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He was a bit if an idiot and it was unprofessional, but he pales in comparison to that other idiot, Donald Trump, when it comes to offending female TV presenters, and he seems to get away with it.....in fact his support grows, ffs.
Go figure...
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