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Yavin4

(35,432 posts)
Tue Dec 2, 2014, 09:40 PM Dec 2014

Tom Werner should step down as Red Sox Chairman and sell his stake in the team due to the Cosby...

scandal. Tom Werner made his fortune by producing the Bill Cosby show in the 80s. As producer on the show, he knew about the rape allegations and did nothing about it. He's on par with Joe Paterno.

He has denied having any knowledge at the time, but that is Bullshit:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2844659/Cosby-producer-describes-sexual-assault-accusations-against-comedian-knowledge-comprehension.html

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Tom Werner should step down as Red Sox Chairman and sell his stake in the team due to the Cosby... (Original Post) Yavin4 Dec 2014 OP
I thought about it for a minute and decided I agree. BootinUp Dec 2014 #1
Ironic to hear this from a Skankees fan. nt madinmaryland Dec 2014 #2
If Werner was a principal owner of the Yankees... Yavin4 Dec 2014 #3
You are a piece of work. bluedigger Dec 2014 #4
I think cboy4 hijacked yavin's account, unless of course... madinmaryland Dec 2014 #6
Did I hit a nerve? Yavin4 Dec 2014 #8
You need to lay off the booze tonight, yavin. Think about the skankees and what madinmaryland Dec 2014 #5
Please. Yavin4 Dec 2014 #9
Buzz off 9ui11iani... madinmaryland Dec 2014 #7
Really? You're going there? Yavin4 Dec 2014 #10
I find it hard to believe as producer he didn't have an inkling what was going on Auggie Dec 2014 #11

BootinUp

(47,138 posts)
1. I thought about it for a minute and decided I agree.
Tue Dec 2, 2014, 10:03 PM
Dec 2014

While Cosby is ultimately responsible for his actions, I believe that those who protected him deserve a big share of blame for at least some of the incidents.

Yavin4

(35,432 posts)
3. If Werner was a principal owner of the Yankees...
Tue Dec 2, 2014, 11:46 PM
Dec 2014

You, and this entire forum, would demand that he resign immediately. You'd yell at the Commissioner to push him out of the league, and you'd call the Yankees "rapist enablers".

BUT...since this is the saintly fucking Red Sox, you, and other members of this board, look the fucking other way. You bunch of fucking hypocrites.

So, don't ever call my Yankees evil ever again so long as the Red Sox are owned by a rape enabler.

bluedigger

(17,086 posts)
4. You are a piece of work.
Wed Dec 3, 2014, 12:13 AM
Dec 2014

You were all loaded up and ready to fire on the first person to challenge you. mim isn't even a Sox fan, you dumb ass. Then you call all of us hypocrites and proceed to do what you project us as doing. All before one Red Sox fan has a chance to weigh in.

Personally, I'm fine with conducting witch hunts of all billionaires to find out what they are hiding. Nobody gets that rich with clean hands after all.

madinmaryland

(64,931 posts)
5. You need to lay off the booze tonight, yavin. Think about the skankees and what
Wed Dec 3, 2014, 12:21 AM
Dec 2014

they have done to ruin the game of baseball over the last 40 years. Steinbrenner and the criminal organization their is far worse than all other baseball operations combined.

Yavin4

(35,432 posts)
9. Please.
Wed Dec 3, 2014, 12:36 AM
Dec 2014

The Yankees, more so than any other organization, brought millions of eyes to the game. Did you see the ratings for the last WS? Without the Yankees, America does not watch baseball. Deal with it.

But, back on point, tell me honestly. You don't think that this board would be demanding that Werner resign immediately if he were a principal owner of the Yankees and made his fortune off of the Cosby show. As the producer of that show, and Cosby's recent show, he made millions which allowed him to buy a major share of that franchise. What did he know? What actresses did he pay off and silence?

Auggie

(31,156 posts)
11. I find it hard to believe as producer he didn't have an inkling what was going on
Wed Dec 3, 2014, 09:52 AM
Dec 2014

but until there's proof, aren't we supposed to take him for his word?

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