Comments on: UM’s Mackey Now Says His Speech Issues Aren’t Concussion-Related http://mrsec.com/2011/03/ums-mackey-now-says-his-speech-issues-arent-concussion-related/ Up to the minute SEC football and basketball news Tue, 21 May 2013 06:01:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: johnmrsec http://mrsec.com/2011/03/ums-mackey-now-says-his-speech-issues-arent-concussion-related/comment-page-1/#comment-11367 johnmrsec Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:25:28 +0000 http://www.mrsec.com/2011/03/ums-mackey-now-says-his-speech-issues-arent-concussion-related/#comment-11367 marcus black…

No, if Randall Mackey told a reporter that he was uncomfortable talking about his speech impediment and the reporter took him to task for not talking, THEN the reporter would be a heartless weasel.

No one called out Kyle Veazey. Read the story and you'll see that we make it clear we don't think he'd have pushed Mackey if Mackey had just been honest with him.

As for why we included this story, well, when a player says he has a speech impediments caused by a concussion, it's newsworthy… as in: Why is he still playing? So when he then comes back and say he wasn't impacted by a concussion — which makes the school look better — it's also news.

Glad to know you got my point.

John

]]> By: marcus black http://mrsec.com/2011/03/ums-mackey-now-says-his-speech-issues-arent-concussion-related/comment-page-1/#comment-11359 marcus black Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:55:18 +0000 http://www.mrsec.com/2011/03/ums-mackey-now-says-his-speech-issues-arent-concussion-related/#comment-11359 So if a reporter writes about Mackey's speech problem he is a heartless weasel? What does that then make a guy who runs a website who re-reports the guys problem and calls out any other reporter who writes about these personal problems?
I get your point, but why even feel the need to propagate this so called news even more than it already has been spread?

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