Dan Rafael: "I wish Vitali - Briggs had been 15 rounds!"

[Left Hook Tua]

LMFAO!!

What a disrespectful thing to say about a fighter who went out on his shield. I like some of his writing but he irks the hell out of me at times.

it was in a chat and obviously a joke.

there's a difference between his writing and tv commentary and his chats and twitter.

he does his best to be professional as a writer/commentator.

on his chats and twitter he makes jokes and stuff to be/try to be entertaining.

[Kevin Malone]

it was in a chat and obviously a joke.

there's a difference between his writing and tv commentary and his chats and twitter.

he does his best to be professional as a writer/commentator.

on his chats and twitter he makes jokes and stuff to be/try to be entertaining.

It was obviously a joke as it ended the chat and was then removed later, and neither ESPN or Dan have explained why.

[Larry the boss]

what a fat peice of ****

[vcvc]

fat bastard, they should make him apologise

[Left Hook Tua]

It was obviously a joke as it ended the chat and was then removed later, and neither ESPN or Dan have explained why.

don't know why he/they would remove it.

either way i have no problem with it.

i think people are overreacting.

it was a joke. maybe in bad taste but it was still a joke.

and i don't buy that "professionalism" talk.

as a writer he needs to show professionalism in his writings.

internet chats and twitter is different.

just compare your favorite nba/mlb/nfl writer's articles with their chats/twitter.

in articles they have to be serious , accurate and professional.

on chats/twitter they are less so. they will talk about rumors that they normally don't have the sources to write about , they make jokes , etc.

[Kevin Malone]

don't know why he/they would remove it.

either way i have no problem with it.

i think people are overreacting.

it was a joke. maybe in bad taste but it was still a joke.

and i don't buy that "professionalism" talk.

as a writer he needs to show professionalism in his writings.

internet chats and twitter is different.

just compare your favorite nba/mlb/nfl writer's articles with their chats/twitter.

in articles they have to be serious , accurate and professional.

on chats/twitter they are less so. they will talk about rumors that they normally don't have the sources to write about , they make jokes , etc.

It'd be like if Dan Rather tweeted on 9/11 "LOL 9/11 Dead People. ROFL ROFL."

[ChopperRead]

don't know why he/they would remove it.

either way i have no problem with it.

i think people are overreacting.

it was a joke. maybe in bad taste but it was still a joke.

and i don't buy that "professionalism" talk.

as a writer he needs to show professionalism in his writings.

internet chats and twitter is different.

just compare your favorite nba/mlb/nfl writer's articles with their chats/twitter.

in articles they have to be serious , accurate and professional.

on chats/twitter they are less so. they will talk about rumors that they normally don't have the sources to write about , they make jokes , etc.

AS far as it being a joke: When a chat participant replied, "That wasn't a very nice thing to say" about Briggs, Rafael replied,

'It wasn't meant to be"

and he promptly ended the chat. That remark was also removed.

So I don't know that it was totally a joke -- he is pissed at Briggs.

[Left Hook Tua]

It'd be like if Dan Rather tweeted on 9/11 "LOL 9/11 Dead People. ROFL ROFL."

yeah because that's the same thing.

[Left Hook Tua]

AS far as it being a joke: When a chat participant replied, "That wasn't a very nice thing to say" about Briggs, Rafael replied,

'It wasn't meant to be"

and he promptly ended the chat.

So I don't know that it was totally a joke -- he is pissed at Briggs.

he's made that "it wasn't meant to be" comment a lot too.

this isn't the 1st time rafael made fun of someone or made unprofessional comments towards a fighter.

he calls haye "the ducker" for example.

nothing new.

[Kevin Malone]

yeah because that's the same thing.

It's similar. Briggs spent a week in the hospital and was in intensive care after that beating, you know that right?