Hello everyone.
The title of this comes from those infamous Miranda rights you hear someone say on "Law and Order" or any other cop show on TV, but it also applies to something that has been in the sports news the past couple of days.
In case you don't know the story...Carson Palmer, a quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals reportedly told one of his "confidants" (note the quotation marks, explanation comes later) that he has enough money in the bank that he doesn't need to play football for the money and that he's been wanting to leave Cincinnati and "not step foot in Paul Brown Stadium again".
What does that so-called "confidant" do? Instead of keeping it to himself, apparently he calls someone at a TV station in Cincinnati and tells them and next thing you know, it winds up on SportsCenter.
I usually joke about "anything you say can and will probably be the lead story on the 10pm news". Not that I've had that happen personally, but for someone to pull something like that makes one question who is really trustworthy here. The reason I put "confidant" in quotation marks...well it's simple, you're supposed to confide in that person in that whatever you say to them they would keep it to themselves. And, as one person brought to my attention, same thing if a "confidant" tells you things from other people that were supposed to be kept "on the down-low".
I'm sure Carson is probably questioning whether or not he can trust that person again after this episode. He'd probably cut ties with them altogether now, knowing that they can't keep their mouth shut and having his "dirty laundry" aired all over ESPN and NFL Network, especially with the current collective bargaining situation as it is.
OK, that ends another "Soapbox Session" for now. I have some other thoughts stewing around, but I'll keep them for another day.
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