Rocker defends Rush; Sapp goes after Rocker, ESPN analysts [View All]

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Yes THAT John Rocker :eyes:

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John Rocker, the former Atlanta Brave who's hardly the voice of discretion, has come out in defense of Rush Limbaugh.

"All I will say, is people need stop being so sensitive," Rocker said while appearing on Sporting News Radio's Peter Brown Show this week. "(Rush) wasn't trying to physically hurt or mentally hurt Donovan McNabb. I mean, he just wasn't doing it. I know Donovan is probably a little upset by it, but that certainly wasn't his intent. He has been a journalist and newsman long enough to know better than to intentionally, blatantly make a comment like that to intentionally offend somebody."


Tampa Bay star defensive tackle Warren Sapp also sounded off on the Limbaugh situation on Sporting News Radio's James Brown Show.

"I think Rush Limbaugh has already laid his blueprint in front of America on what he thinks and how he views," Sapp said. "It was just a shock to me that ESPN gave him an opportunity and an open mike in front of a nation to spew out what he wants to spew out, then it came to a head. The thing I want ESPN to do is, don't take his resignation ... fire the man, because he stepped across the line. Once you step across that line someone has to be an authority to say that's wrong and I'm going to take a stance on it."

"I'm shocked that Tom Jackson and Michael Irvin just sat there and let this roll across their faces and didn't say anything. Do we not have anybody that understands that there's way more scrubs in this game that are Anglos than there are black ones that are being pumped up? Trust me, it's not even close. I don't know what Rush Limbaugh was thinking, but Michael Irvin and Tom Jackson didn't do us much justice, that's the one thing I was more teed off about than anything."