07-26-2006, 11:33 PM
Here's the kicker -- Reynolds wants his job back. "This was a total misunderstanding," Reynolds told the New York Post. "My goal is to sit down and get back. To be honest with you, I gave a woman a hug and I felt like it was misinterpreted."
(Maybe it was that baseball bat in your pocket that gave her the wrong idea.)
Even if he's telling the truth, Reynolds has yet to address rumors that this might not have been his first offense. If he was, for example, on double-secret probation for prior incidents of that ilk, it could be that merely venturing close to the "line" was enough to get him the "shoe".
The whole situation makes no sense to us. If he had a history of sexual harassment that was sufficiently severe to bring about termination based merely on a misunderstood hug, why would ESPN have just signed him for six years?
(Maybe it was that baseball bat in your pocket that gave her the wrong idea.)
Even if he's telling the truth, Reynolds has yet to address rumors that this might not have been his first offense. If he was, for example, on double-secret probation for prior incidents of that ilk, it could be that merely venturing close to the "line" was enough to get him the "shoe".
The whole situation makes no sense to us. If he had a history of sexual harassment that was sufficiently severe to bring about termination based merely on a misunderstood hug, why would ESPN have just signed him for six years?