Published: Thursday, December 23, 2010, 04:30 clock
Admit it: You laughed. If you do not smile when she heard Mrs. Rex Ryan and videos with her feet fetish, you're too serious or difficult podophobic.
The jokes were flying Wednesday to sports radio Twitter. Most of them have, um, disregard for good taste, but come on, who does not crack or two in a row on Wednesday?
Well, at least we now know why Rex is still there for him on fourth-and-a foot!
Ryan, whose personality is made for the stage, is about the only one not laughing Wednesday, and could be the biggest surprise of this episode has been so far. It seemed he was about to deliver a eulogy, when he faced the cameras and microphones.
"I understand that I ask myself this question before the means, the means to return to the side," said Ryan in a half-dozen questions about it, "but again, it's a personal matter. "
It should also include the laugh, too, because it is not disputed, no matter how many people are trying to do. This is not the field performance of the jet, the influence should protect their head coach interviews.
However, it is the perfect story to the end of 2010. Blame TMZ, but this is the year of the TMI in sport - too much information. Each week, it seemed, there was a new story creep worthy of gossip sites and details about Deadspin gross an athlete or coach.
But the NFL has no basis for an investigation, and the Jets should be smart enough, he did not re-adjust. Here's why:
⢠It was apparently his wife, Michelle, in videos, not - choose a random example here - a waitress Perkins. Since when is loving your wife really a problem?
⢠It is hardly the kind of explicit video that the organization would be embarrassed, and let's face it, the Jets knew they were not always straight and narrow when Tom Coughlin hired Ryan.
⢠No laws were broken, and as far as we know, no feet were injured in the production of the video.
"His wife," said cornerback Darrelle Revis. "He can do whatever he wants with his wife. It's not like he made adultery or something negative."
No, but that's another story embarrassing sports in a year filled with them. One day, he is Tiger Woods, whose welfare is lost in private life as ugly and public. The neighbor is Brett Favre, who texted her about alleged pictures of you that TV personality Jen Sterger.
At least two stories had a point for the news. It was Woods after a false image as a family man who committed adultery and drove his vehicle into a fire hydrant.
And the NFL investigated the allegations against Favre, which measures the extent of harassment in the workplace, so it might as well get Sterger were employed - where else? - With the Jets at the time.
It? There is absolutely no new value here. The Ryans were married, and if the videos are evidence happy with it. This may seem fast few decades ago, but in today's world, it is grown.
This is not to stop Deadspin by posting the videos, of course. The site will be used to known for edgy humor and the occasional embarrassing photo to be, but he transferred something meaner and meaner, going for shock value, where and how they can find.
Since laughter aside, you really need to know about Ryan? Did you know? Is not that part of you creeped by the fact that you know?
And if people know that nothing ever goes digital, which is quite embarrassing SMS or part photo appears more often than Freddy Krueger (and most often with the same terrible results)?
If there are real victims in this story is the Ryans' two young son, as it must be hard enough with the snide remarks after a loss to manage projects without additional ammunition to her.
But they will soon enough. If 2010 taught us anything, it is the story of the next worthy of exploration will break sooner or later. They also probably laugh in videos.
Steve Politi: spoliti@starledger.com; Twitter.com / NJ_StevePoliti