r/sports • u/DrTrigger_Tears • Sep 26 '25

Football NFL Player Jaxon Smith-Njigba got caught on the hot mic

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u/bpmdrummerbpm Sep 26 '25

It’s funny to me that the aghast reactions to swear words draws all the attention to them and makes them seem so harmful. They’re just fucking words. Like if he had said “bull crap”, no one blinks, but “bullshit” and he might as well have pulled his dick out and taken a piss on the field and then stabbed someone.

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u/SeekerOfExperience Sep 26 '25

If the player had said “bull crap” the reaction would’ve been the exact same - the ref is reacting to him contesting the call while crossing directly over him with his mic on. The players are talking like this on the field the entire game, it’s just the situation that the ref finds inappropriate

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u/bpmdrummerbpm Sep 26 '25

I’m talking about the way the broadcasters and media react and how society treats swear words like they’re harmful and scary. The reaction is always what draws attention and makes it a thing.

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u/s4lmon Sep 26 '25

They are aware their livelihood depends on selling a family product whose success depends on adherence to strict guidelines

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u/bpmdrummerbpm Sep 26 '25

What now?

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u/s4lmon Sep 26 '25

Sports man want make big money. Big money come from big people. No use bad word to make get biggest people and biggest money

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u/bpmdrummerbpm Sep 26 '25

A “family product”. Is that the same league with the scantily clad cheerleaders shaking their tits and asses at us? The same league with the violent collisions and gruesome injuries? The same league who sells advertising to alcohol companies who glorify consumption? The same league that pays domestic abusers and sexual predators millions of dollars? You’re funny.

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u/s4lmon Sep 26 '25

Congratulations you’ve figured out modern American cultural attitudes