Ozzie Guillen Suspended 5 Games for Loving Castro

[FirefightnRick]

http://www.local10.com/sports/Guillen-suspended-after-Castro-comment/-/1717082/10398430/-/9dnqgpz/-/index.html

They let him off the hook IMO. Should have fired him.

Rick

[UNTflyer]

Not the thing to say in Miami. A huge blow to the re-imaging plan of the Marlins.

[Rudy]

Ozzie's comments are always "misunderstood"

Hey Oz, maybe you're just a dick?

[UNT Five&Dime]

Ozzie's comments are always "misunderstood"

Hey Oz, maybe you're just a dick?

Isn't that Stiffler?

[Quoner]

http://www.local10.com/sports/Guillen-suspended-after-Castro-comment/-/1717082/10398430/-/9dnqgpz/-/index.html

They let him off the hook IMO. Should have fired him.

Rick

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[Mean Green 93-98]

What did the Marlins expect?

[Green Mean]

It wasn't a fireable offense in my opinion but very stupid nonetheless. Ozzie is a knucklehead and I think he'll always be in the news for some crazy comment or another.

[Censored by Laurie]

I hate the way you guys crap all over the Constitution of this great land at every turn...

[Monkeypox]

I hate the way you guys crap all over the Constitution of this great land at every turn...

So you've seen my US Constitution toilet paper?

[KRAM1]

Constitution doesn't really come into play here at all. The Constitution's guarantee of free speech says nothing about stupidity. That's about the only thing the guy is guilty of here....stupid comment...very stupid, but the guy is known for that and the Marlins knew full well that they were getting a manager who runs his mouth.

Every Time something happens these days people come out and want to fire someone...of course never them, but someone else. Private enterprises have far more latitude in these sort of things. Leave it up to the Marlins and their ticket buying fans to handle this...and they will. The free market tends to "vote" what they really want in these sort of things where it usually just boils down to someone getting their feelings hurt. Seems it is always someone who has no real skin in the game calling for someone else to be fired. If everyone was fired over every stupid thing they ever said or did in public lots of folks would be losing their jobs these days...even firefighters. On this one, I have to let the folks who really matter make the decision...the Marlins folks and their fans.

Now, like others here...I doubt if I were a ML ball club that I would have this guy anywhere near my club...seems like a total idiot to me...but is being dumb a fireable offense in this case?

Just my opinion.

[gksmith]

If this is off the point...sorry.

This is why Politicians should stick to politics and (more importantly) Entertainers (actors, athletes, et al) stick to entertaining. There are too many entertainers to list who speak their mind on politics and sound absolutely stupid. Even if some common schmo (like you or me) say the same thing it may sound stupid, but it won’t make national news because we are not celebrities.

Stick to what you know.

[Censored by Laurie]

If this is off the point...sorry.

This is why Politicians should stick to politics and (more importantly) Entertainers (actors, athletes, et al) stick to entertaining. There are too many entertainers to list who speak their mind on politics and sound absolutely stupid. Even if some common schmo (like you or me) say the same thing it may sound stupid, but it won’t make national news because we are not celebrities.

Stick to what you know.

/internet message board'd

[The Fake Lonnie Finch]

Speech that incites riot or is threatening is not protect under First Amendment. Praising Castro in Miami is on the borderline of the inciting riot angle.

[rcade]

I hate the way you guys crap all over the Constitution of this great land at every turn...

The First Amendment restricts the government. It does not restrict a private employer like the Marlins from punishing their manager for pissing off Cuban-Americans.

[The Fake Lonnie Finch]

The First Amendment restricts the government. It does not restrict a private employer like the Marlins from punishing their manager for pissing off Cuban-Americans.

We have a winner!

Actually, to go further, it restricts the federal government. People are really, really confused about the First Amendment in this country.

Tongue-in-cheek, I say Guillen's word could have incited a riot in Miami...however, I'll bet he wasn't walking down Calle Ocho in his uniform after he praised Castro.

[untbowler]

Ozzie is an idiot but he is allowed his own, even if stupid, opinion thanks to living in the US and not Cuba. Hell we have sitting politicians that praise Castro and yet still get elected.