04-30-2010, 05:40 AM
Hooch Wrote:What's a Dolphins fan take on all this....
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Dolphins GM apologizes for question to Dez Bryant[/url]
As the Dez Bryant-Jeff Ireland controversy continues to draw conflicting opinions, a former NFL front office employee who now prepares players for pre-draft interviews has provided his two cents, via Tim Graham of ESPN.com.
"I don't feel there are any topics off-limits," Ken Herock told Graham. "If anybody thinks they're off-limits, put yourself in the eyes of an employer that's going to hire a 21-year-old and pay him $15 million or $20 million."
So, basically, Herock thinks teams have the right to ask incoming players whether their mothers are or were prostitutes. "They already know about his family," Herock said. "They just want to see how he reacts and how he's going to explain it and how he's going to handle it. . . . I don't think that question was out of line."
Herock's viewpoint fits with the attitude of most people in the NFL. And that's likely why the league office has handled the issue gingerly. Punishing the Dolphins or Ireland would ignore the reality that far worse questions have been asked.