Holy crud that was hilarious.... Do yourselves a favor and listen to that interview. "Ok, Jim I got to go make a call to someone important now, Steven A Smith" lol
Oh yeah...I kept hovering from laughter to stunned silence.... "So Jim, tell me have you stop beating your wife?" lol...He really said that....
I missed it--I just turned on the show two minutes ago and heard Rome talking about the interview, and came on here to find out if anyone heard what happened. Where did the interview turn sour?
When Rome asked Stern about questions he gets regarding about New Orleans getting the #1 pick. "A lot of people think that the fix was in in the draft, not me, but I get asked about it. What do you have to say about that?"
Well, to be fair, that is a stupid question, and one that has been asked a million times (about the lottery being fixed). However, that's probably all the commish needed to say.
Audio link to entire interview here - http://thebiglead.fantasysportsven.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/061312-David-Stern.mp3
I think that was the purpose of the question. Allowing Stern to dismiss a kook theory with a wave of the hand. Instead, he started going off on Rome beating his wife, and attacking Rome as a person. Just very odd behavior by Stern.
" Obviously Stern's referring to the loaded question fallacy and not actually implying Rome is a domestic abuser, but would Rome's audience get the philosophy class reference?" Apparently not. http://deadspin.com/5918141/david-s...your-wife-yet-as-todays-interview-turned-ugly
Of course it's a rhetorical statement, and Stern didn't literally mean Rome beats his wife. Even Rome said as much when a caller brought it up. Still, for the head of a major professional sports' league, it was an unnecessary reference and a cheap shot. Rome's question was a softball for Stern, and Stern either took it the wrong way, or his comedy routine fell flat.
Dwight Jaynes @dwightjaynes Wow. It astounds me how many people do not seem to understand the classic "Have you stopped beating your wife" example of a loaded question. I actually thought the same thing when I heard the interview. I thought it was a good line by Stern
Hmm--just listened to the audio for the first time, and Rome came off worse to me than Stern did. There were several points in the interview where Rome felt the need to contradict Stern for no reason--such as how he was feeling today; poke at him trying to evoke a reaction--such as telling him to fly to Seattle if the OKC people are too nice to him; and harp on a point multiple times--such as the issue of whether or not it was a "fair question". Plus, Stern tried multiple times to demonstrate why it was silly by pointing out how a "fix" theory could have been applied to multiple teams winning the lottery, and Rome not only ignored the valid points he was making, but cut him off before he could finish. It seemed clear to me that Rome steered the conversation to a place of contentiousness and then let his emotions get in the way of him doing his job.
You know, it's funny. With as irritated as Rome has gotten over the past 3 weeks with claims by some that the smack-off was fixed, it seems odd that he can't understand why Stern would be irritated by hearing similar claims and questions about the draft lottery over 27 years. You'd think he might have a little sympathy.
