Come on Rose!

When I pulled up the video I had not heard anything about it and I was shocked to say the least. Though maybe I should have expected it from a trOJan who claims to own the police. He apparently thought it would be funny to walk up behind a woman doing her job on the sidelines and “dance” up on her in a sexual manner. If this happened to me in a bar or anywhere else for that matter, he’d have my handprint on his cheek!

I am all for a little humor, but this was in no way funny and was way over the line. The only people laughing are those lowly trOJan all stars.

but I think if the SC program wasn’t as well known for their criminal records as for their football records i don’t think this would be as big of a deal. I honestly think ray-ray thought he was being funny, and since he’s a 20 year old, i can except that (seeing as i’m about the same age). Rose does have a point in saying that his (and therefore, my) generation generally won’t be bothered by something like this.

It was done in poor taste, but I don’t think it’s something to get worked up about – although I’m certainly glad it wasn’t a Bruin doing that after a game.

I thought it was disgusting.

Whether it was USC, Ohio State, Texas or any other major university, NO ONE should EVER on a NATIONAL STAGE ever do what he did. EVER.

Are they in a club, where everyone was dancing like that? No.

Did Erin Andrews invite Malaluga over to dance? No.

What was done was just vulgar. It should not be done. I did not consider it funny, and I thought it was a bit demeaning to Erin Andrews as a reporter. She was denigrated to just another chick on a sideline in that minute.

I know I personally don’t like some of the sideline reporters who are obviously there based on their appearance and not for their abilities. But Erin Andrews isn’t as horrible as some of the others. And standing there was not an invitation for a “dance.”

If he wanted to dance, he should have taken her hand, spun her around, and then dipped her. He knew FULL WELL what he was doing was a sexual gesture and would be interpreted as such.

Hilarious part, I’m not one of those hard core feminists… or any kind of feminist. But if I’m trying to do my job, I don’t need someone denigrating me like that at my place of employment. I’d be SO embarrassed.

but I’m 20, and to me thats just childish and thuggish behavior. There’s no discipline on that sideline, but I guess its like asking a couple 13 year olds to keep order amongst a pack of wild dogs, just not gonna happen…oh, and Rose is SC slime

UCLA student athletes eventually become great leaders and role models in society.

USC student athletes eventually become _______________. (you fill in the FACTS, err, or famous past USC student athletes that made headlines)

Mistakes can be made, but can character & integrity be redeemed??? Let the FACTS speak for themselves.

This video is just a reflection of the entire attitude that Malaluga has. He clearly feels that he is above the law (because he OWNS the police), can do whatever he wants, and there will be no real consequence for his actions, ever.

Love the quote by Rose, “This wasn’t rape, and I’m not even sure it was a simulated sex act.” Because we all know if a U$C football player was accused of RAPE that he would be punished to the fullest extent possible. Oh wait…

That established, of course this wasn’t funny. Obviously, it wasn’t rape. (Thank you so much, Mr. Rose, you paragon of respect for the law, and women, you.) Typical, classless, insulting, degrading, ignorant, sexist, exploitive…all of those.
She’s trying to do her job, her hands appear to be full, and she can’t see him. Apparently, her camera operator either didn’t see it coming, or wanted to get it recorded. (Honestly, the spin and dip move described by freesia would have been extremely cool and classy, and probably would have become one of those “moments” treasured and re-played by the network in commercials.) He didn’t just degrade Erin Andrews, he demeaned himself. He became just another big, stupid, muscle-headed football player with no manners and no dignity. (Now that his behavior is memorialized, we need not fear Ray ever becoming a Congressman, I suppose.)

It would have been somewhat rewarding to me if Erin had dropped her mic and papers, grabbed his facemask with both hands, and spun his empty head around, until he hit the ground, but…that’s dangerous and I’m admittedly kind of agressive about stuff like this.

Rose says: “that’s more of a silly dance move (especially with his hands making circles in the air).” It’s not his circular hand movements that are the problem, its his midsection. Just look at the video again and watch his legs. It is clear what he is doing. And he just walks away like he is so cool. What a DOPE.

I am all for those U$C morons acting like complete jerks. Eventually, one of them will do something really egregious, something that cannot be spun, and all of this stuff will get lumped in with it and finally the whole picture will become clear to the rest of the world. Their day of reckoning is coming, I really do believe this. It starts with little articles like TJ Simers’, and it will snowball. How fast, no one knows, but it is coming. I can feel it. Can you?

guys like Ray M and Adam Rose (who condoned) what Ray M did perpetuated the objectification of Andrews and farther down the slippery slope she ends up violated with a hidden camera.

You wonder if just maybe Ray M had suffered some consequences or condemnation — and others who farked Andrews’ photos and so on — if maybe this would not have happened.

I don’t blame Ray M or Adam Rose, but still feel they were contributors in some way to this egregious action.

two things stood out to me. The first was just how intimidating it would be if Maualuga were to come up behind you like that (I’m a tall guy and it would probably scare the crap out of me). The second is that I counted at least 8 big non-USC related guys stand there and just watch, including what looks like an EMT or firefighter, a police officer, and 2 tunnel security personnel.

Inappropriateness aside, not one person had the decency or courage to at least walk up and say knock it off, and this is what bothers me about it. I’m guessing that most of them were thinking “if I get within 2 feet this guy will kick my ass” and that the guy with the gun was thinking “if I cause trouble with all of these cameras around then I will probably get suspended with pay for a week.”

This is not to affirm the notion that u$c owns the police, but to reiterate what Achilles said above, which was spot on. People like Rey will act like idiots, there’s just no changing that. But everyone on that video is in my opinion just as if not more culpable than Rey, because if I’m Erin Andrews, I’m not worried about what Rey M is doing to me nearly as much as I am worried about the fact that no one, including a police officer, is willing to stop it.

No need for analysis from any of the so-called writers. Although obviously understandably so for anyone who think it is, to me it’s not even a feminist issue.

Call it as it is. Simply, just another moronic display from that school.

Is that it tells me and other women that we will never be taken seriously in male-dominated fields. I don’t know much about Erin Andrews, but it seems she has never tried to cash in on her good looks.

From about the time I was 12 until I was about 19 or 20, I wanted to be in sports journalism, but now I’m glad I’m not. I realized that no matter how I know about sports, I just would not be taken seriously by the powers that be, no matter how hard I tried, and especially in an age where looks and behavior are valued more than talent.

No, I’m happy just to sit and type here with people who respect my opinion and with whom I can have intelligent conversations with and to discuss sports with my old man, who never dismissed my opinions because I was a girl.