Ironically, our Bitch Slap of the Week goes out a New York Jets player who recently was interested in smashing in someone’s face. 
The recipient is trash-talking, baby making Antonio Cromartie.
Over his tenure in San Diego, Cromartie was a controversy magnet and since arriving in New York, he has taken that reputation with him tenfold.
Like it wasn’t enough for him to introduce his brash style of jawing to the AFC East with barks of “Tom Brady is an asshole” he continued his tirades into the offseason with banter not even a mother could love.
Speaking of mothers, Cromartie is said to have made eight different women into one of those with alleged irresponsibility in regards to financial supporting some of those nine children resurfacing from time to time.
If the NFLPA wants a few spokespeople out there making comments to the media, we’re pretty sure you would not be one of their choices.
Making vague profanity laced comments like, “You got our head union rep acting like an asshole. They got their guys acting like a-holes. So they just need to get their shit together and just get it done” cannot be considered helpful in any stretch of the imagination.
Just because you’re playing on a team in the NFL that has a recent history that includes a player get popped for driving double the legal limit, a coach accused of showcasing his wife’s feet on the Internet, an ex-quarterback accused of sexually harassing team massage therapists and another coach who made the decision to trip a player in the middle of a play, doesn’t mean you have to go that route.
Hopefully one day you will learn that addressing the media doesn’t mean using it as a personal platform to embarrass yourself and your organization, they’ve embarrassed themselves enough.
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Jay Donetelli is a Tampa-based freelance sportswriter and contributor to Sports Climax. With an opinion sharper than an Ovechkin skate blade with the sting of an Ali jab, Donetelli has a loyal cult of readers who have found a way to love him.
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