According to a report, many aren’t sorry to see Warren Sapp go
NFL Network analyst Warren Sapp was fired last week, and many of his co-workers are apparently glad to see the back of him.
Sapp was let go after being arrested for soliciting a prostitute on Feb. 2 after the Super Bowl.
According to a TMZ report released today, more than a dozen NFL Network employees came forward to express their relief over the firing of their colleague.
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The reports called Sapp “unpredictable” and alleged that there was some kind of code, called a “Sapp Dsiclaimer” employees had to follow when dealing with Sapp. Said disclaimer supposedly included edicts that fellow employees shouldn’t look Sapp in the eyes, that he always wanted to be referred to as “Warren,” never Sapp, and that trying to befriend him was not a good idea.
“Warren has had one too many chances to get it right, and it just didn’t work out for him,” one co-worker said. “We all wish him well in the end.”
Some employees, on the other hand, have much nicer stories to tell about the former defensive tackle, at least relatively speaking.
“I know certain people complained about the guy a lot but overall he was always cool,” one NFL Network employee said. “Just unpredictable.”
In addition to being let go from the network, Bud Light has dropped ads featuring Sapp from the rotation.
Sapp, a Hall-of-Fame defensive tackle, was known for frequent unsportsmanlike conduct penalties and feuds with other players during his career. This is also not his first time being in trouble with the law; in 2010, he was charged with domestic battery. At the time, the NFL Network canceled his appearance on their show, but the charges were later dropped, and he resumed his role with the network. It is likely, though, that they wouldn’t have been so quick to fire him if not for the prior event.
Sapp, was an NFL star in his 13-year career, totaling 96.5 sacks, seven Pro Bowl appearances, and one Defensive Player of the Year award in his time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Oakland Raiders. He won a Super Bowl with the Buccaneers in 2002, a team led by its legendary defense. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2013
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