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Screw you Cowherd!!
This guy is a complete and utter tool. Remember when T-Mac complained about the same thing for the All Star game after Katrina, it was one of the best they had, and he ended up looking like a complete idiot.
Colin Cowherd calls New Orleans "least safe major city" in unbelievable rant | May "Last time we encountered Colin Cowherd, he was using his supreme knowledge to dump on "young, cheap" hockey writers around the country. Yesterday on his ESPN Radio show, Colin Cowherd went back to his wheelhouse - brilliant social commentary! The man that brought you John Wall's lack of a father makes him a bad NBA PG, Sean Taylor's past "stains" playing a role in his murder, and unemployed people in Ohio and Indiana are bringing it upon themselves has now turned his all-knowing gaze to the city of New Orleans. You see, Colin Cowherd can't understand why the NFL would play the Pro Bowl in New Orleans. Forgetting the NFL doubled up hosting the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl in the same city in 2009 in Miami, Cowherd was amazed at New Orleans potentially hosting the game. While that would be peculiar but not newsworthy, of course that's not all. Cowherd also can't understand why all these major sports events in the past year - the BCS National Championship Game, Final Four, and Super Bowl, would all go to New Orleans... the "least safe major city in the country." Oh, no. Here we go again... "Can I ask you something, why is the least safe major city in the country now the default destination for every big sporting event? It is the least safe major city in the country, not my opinion, statistically the least safe. I have been to every major city in the country outside Kansas City. There are only two where locals will tell you turn around don't go that way - Detroit and New Orleans. And nobody from Louisiana calling me can even debate that. "It doesn't have a world class airport, it is not geographically easy for much of the country to get to. If you live Rocky Mountains west, New Orleans is a long way away. Again, it's not a world class airport like an Orlando or LAX. It's not. It's a small airport. It's amazing, I don't know what it is." Only Colin Cowherd could throw an airport diss into an insanely offensive, factually wrong, out-of-touch rant. There are so many things wrong here, it's actually worth going through them in detail... Anyone that even casually follows sports knows New Orleans is one of the premier destinations for hosting major sporting events. Colin Cowherd is paid a handsome sum of money by ESPN to talk about sports and he "doesn't have an answer" as to why New Orleans has hosted these major sports events this year. To solve this mystery, here's a brief list of the major sporting events New Orleans has hosted and is scheduled to host... 10 Super Bowls: Super Bowl IV, Super Bowl VI, Super Bowl IX, Super Bowl XII, Super Bowl XV, Super Bowl XX, Super Bowl XXIV, Super Bowl XXXI, Super Bowl XXXVI, Super Bowl XLVII (2013) 5 Final Fours: 1982, 1987, 1993, 2003, 2012 2 NBA All Star Games: 2008, 2014 4 BCS National Championship Games: 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 With Miami, New Orleans has hosted more Super Bowls than any other city. In fact, New Orleans has hosted 21.3% of all Super Bowls. New Orleans hosts the BCS National Championship Game on a four year rotation and hosts the Sugar Bowl every year. New Orleans has hosted more Final Fours than any city except Indianapolis since 1980. All of this is news to Colin Cowherd. Cowherd also says New Orleans is hard to get to and a long way away from areas west of the Rocky Mountains. This apparently makes it an extremely inconvenient destination for all these major sporting events. Let's take a look at the last five Super Bowl sites: SB 43: Tampa SB 44: Miami SB 45: Arlington SB 46: Indianapolis SB 47: New Orleans Distance from Los Angeles to Tampa: 2,528 miles Distance from Los Angeles to Miami: 2,733 miles Distance from Los Angeles to New Orleans: 1,895 miles It is a longer distance to travel from the West Coast to Florida than it is from the West Coast to New Orleans. Hopefully that's not news to most of you. But of course, it's the characterization of New Orleans as the "least safe city in the country" that is the most toxic. It's reckless, it's offensive, it's wrong. Colin Cowherd says this isn't just his opinion, it's fact. Here are actual facts: -Neighborhood Scout does not include New Orleans in its list of 100 most dangerous cities. -New Orleans is not in the list of the Top 10 most dangerous cities for women. -New Orleans did not make The Atlantic's Top 10 most dangerous cities according to the FBI. -New Orleans did not appear on this list of the 25 most dangerous cities ranked by violent crimes per 100,000 people at Business Insider. New Orleans has had to battle against this negative perception, especially in the years since Hurricane Katrina. To hear the city thrashed in such a way is sad, quite frankly, knowing what New Orleans has endured and persevered through. I can only share with you my personal experience in the city. I spent a week in New Orleans in 2006 and again in 2007 doing Hurricane Katrina relief work. I saw images that will never be erased from my mind including one house in the Lower Ninth Ward where a clock was still frozen in time when the hurricane hit a year and a half earlier. I saw incomprehensible destruction and human grief that is indescribable in words. But I also saw something incredible in New Orleans. I saw people who held onto hope when they lost everything. I met some of the most generous, hospitable people in my life. I encountered a city that wanted visitors and tourists to come to prove to the world they could come back from one of the worst natural disasters in American history. I saw a city that had a culture and a spirit like none other. Does the city have a crime problem? Sure. Does the city have bad places to stay away from? Yes. But so does every other major city in this country. New Orleans is not the only place in the world where out-of-towners need to be careful. These major sporting events returning to New Orleans should be celebrated, not villified. It is a testament to the people of New Orleans to see these games come back. You should see the city for yourself once. Go meet some of the people there, explore the French Quarter, visit Jackson Square, take a stroll down Bourbon Street, or enjoy a beignet at Cafe Du Monde. That's the New Orleans I came to know... no matter what sports talk shock jocks may say otherwise." |
Maybe he should come hang out in Oakland for a few days. He won't be singing a different tune. He'll be dead.
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I am missing New Orleans. So is my wife. I took her to see her first Saints game in 2008 against Atlanta. She fell in love and understood why I have loved this city for a long time. We have returned several times, we honeymooned there, we shed tears that wonderful night of February the 7th at Broussard's on Conti. Yes, there are some bad places in New Orleans that tourists are told to avoid but tell me one city that doesn't have that. We're really trying to get over there for February next year but if we can't, we need to plan for this year. I always say to people that ask me about it 'It's not just somewhere you look at and listen to but somewhere you feel'. That's what makes it what it is.
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Maybe Clownherd should take in a Dodgers game, if NOLA isn't safe enough for him.
4 arrested after man's beating at Dodger Stadium - Yahoo! News |
In addendum, I've had no respect for that moron since he called Southerners "tornado bait" a few years ago. I was living in NOLA during Katrina, then in Tuscaloosa for the tornadoes last April. Sorta lost my sense of humor about life-threatening weather somewhere along the way.
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Rather than attack without facts as you chose to do regarding New Orleans and its popularity as a major event destination, I did a bit of research to see if what you were saying made any sense at all. And as I thought they might, the facts prove you have no idea what you are talking about. Travel and Leisure Magazine is widely respectd as a "go-to" travel publication. They have a neat feature which allows you to compare destinations over a variety of criteria. So I did so comparing New Orleans to 7 major destinations. Here were the results Shopping New Orleans #8 Chicago #2 Los Angeles #5 Las Vegas #26 Atlanta #13 Houston #4 Dallas #22 Miami #9 Conclusion - While N.O. is not widely viewed as a shopping destination it still compares nicely and beats many of the slected city... TOP 10 FOR SHOPPING Nightlife New Orleans #1 Chicago #5 Los Angeles #11 Las Vegas #4 Atlanta #20 Houston #10 Dallas #29 Miami #6 Conclusion - Why even ask?????? Hotels New Orleans #2 Chicago #20 Los Angeles #15 Las Vegas # 7 Atlanta #22 Houston #3 Dallas #24 Miami #11 Conclusion -Ranked #2 of all cities in America.. Convient... Great Service.... Blows away the selected competition Culture New Orleans #15 Chicago #5 Los Angeles #22 Las Vegas # 30 Atlanta #17 Houston #7 Dallas #25 Miami #29 Conclusion - Again you don't normally think of New orleans for a night at the Opera... still Top 15 People New Orleans #17 Chicago #14 Los Angeles #18 Las Vegas # 29 Atlanta #24 Houston #7 Dallas #28 Miami #11 Conclusion - #2 in Friendliness.............. Food/Drink/Restaurants New Orleans #1 Chicago #4 Los Angeles #14 Las Vegas # 30 Atlanta #23 Houston #12 Dallas #29 Miami #24 Conclusion - Again why ask?? Airport New Orleans #17 Chicago #24 Los Angeles #29 Las Vegas # 8 Atlanta #11 Houston #1 Dallas #23 Miami #21 Conclusion - These FACTS sure are inconvient arn't they Colin???? Better than LA?? mmmmm Overall Type of Trip New Orleans #6 Chicago #17 Los Angeles #26 Las Vegas # 28 Atlanta #25 Houston #19 Dallas #23 Miami #22 Conclusion - Top 10... take out "Family Destination" and would be Top 3 I am sure these facts will never see the light of day on your show... New Orleans is the Choice of destination for a myriad of reasons....The Airport, contrary to your views, is extremely convenient... Once there you are less than 20 minutes from downtown. No need to rent a car in New Orleans... everything is within walking distance... Hotels?? top of the line.. Restaurants?? Same... Nightlife?? Get real... Now lets talk safety Colin... Admittedly our crime rate per capita is unacceptable. Our mayor just announced a major initiative to deal with the problems but it does not change the murder rate. If you chose to look beyond you nose however you would have found that the vast majority of the problem is confined in the lower income areas of the city and very VERY little problems ever exist in the tourist areas. The Superdome not safe?? I think you were mistaken it and really thinking of San Francisco and L.A. where people actually get beat up and worse attending games.... Not here... Just does not happen.... Event management? We OWN the phrase...Go to L.A. or to Bloomington Indiana or any of the other cities where mobs burn cars and riots ensue after a championship.... In N.O. in 2010, we had almost a million people pack the city for the NFCCG, the Superbowl and then again for the parade.... In a city of 350,000 that is triple the population... How many major incidents (murder, riot, car burning)??? NONE....ZERO.... NILCH.... Events keep coming back to N.O. because people responsible for knowing actually do their research.... they find out.... they find N.O. not only acceptable but the destination of CHOICE..... and again.. once they come here.... they keep coming back Sorry Colin..... facts are a beatch sometimes |
won't someone please think of those poor people west of the rockies?! I mean think of all the times they got dysentery just by following the Oregon Trail....
and now this though again, MSY is a pain to fly to..... |
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Please by all means,if you hate NOLA that much stay the HELL OUT! I can’t stand that idiot. I have only watched ESPN once (Clippers Playoff game)since they started bashing the Saints with absolutely zero credible evidence and honestly I was starting to get sick of them before that. Its become 90% drama and 10% sports. SMH....
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Colin- come visit me in Atlanta. I'll pick you up downtown around midnight. Be sure to keep your extra underwear closeby on the outside of your carry-on
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So is Detroit major? New Jersey? Atlanta?
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Cowterd knows all too well why New Orleans is a great destination.
He also knows that by starting crap people pay attention. He has done this his whole career (like a lot of them) so it's nothing new. "Look at me, I have an opinion with little to no facts about a hot topic; New Orleans. It's outrageous enough to make people listen but not outrageous enough to get me fired." |
He is a complete tool and makes "Sport Nation" intolerable to watch, and there's simply no excuse for the ignorant crap he spewed on that radio broadcast.
Still, I seem to remember that NO was leading U.S. in murders per capita at the beginning of the 00s, and after a quick wiki search I found this stat which states that NOLA was topping U.S. in murders per capita in 2010: United States cities by crime rate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nevertheless, like others have stated here, there are places in all major cities where you shouldn't wander off to whether you're a local or a tourist, and NO has a very good reputation as a host city of major sports events. |
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So you've visited the West Bank lately???
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Here's another problem media can never figure out, New Orleans, the city proper, is a small ancient city built over 300 years ago. The city itself holds 400 thousand plus residents. The suburbs of New Orleans (Metairie, Jefferson, Merraro, Westwego, Mandeville, Kenner, Harahan etc.) are NOT counted in the population numbers of the City. When you draw a circle around the incorporated markets surrounding the city (some are 5 minutes distance from the city) the Greater New Orleans region is about 1.2 million people. For being a major destination for tourist, New Orleans does need an expanded airport and I think the State is looking into that right now. This guy is a crybaby - attention whore. |
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If the 9th ward were not part of the City itself, New Orleans would NOT be even in the top 10 in murders. The 9th ward is incapable of generating its own police force and municipalities so the bill failed. If you ever look at a crime map of the City, 2 or 3 neighborhoods account for the majority of crime and murder. |
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Yeah, I think that it's like that in most major cities around the world. Even the capital of Finland, Helsinki with a population of 600K but with the surrounding suburbs about 1.1M as a greater Helsinki, is not a safe city to wander off to certain parts. And I can tell you that even though I've been to some really shady areas in f.e. New York and Washington during night - I'd rather take my chances there than in some parts of Helsinki. |
He'd rather hang in San Fran, he has more in common with the men there.
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Hey Cowturd
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i guess he was to scared to see Jordan play in Chicago.
remember this gang he is a mouth piece for espn thus a pariot of the nfl. trust me if the vilma suit was never filed this would not be said. The media heat is getting turned up on new orleans to put the saints and the players in their place. it will get worse. IMO the nfl is pushing this in my book and espn is their flunkies. |
This is the same guy that less than a year after katrina and in the heat of the Brees free agency signing said, and I quote, "New Orleans should not be a city, let alone have a football franchise." He is so moronic that he fits the ESPN mold. Why anyone would care what this idiot has to say is beyond me. I stopped listening to him in 2006 after he made that comment. He also said Brees would never go to NOLA, that a city below sealevel should never be a major city. I will say one thing, to finish out this post.........I have lived and visited many top cities i.e. Vegas, S.F., NYC, DC, Charlotte, etc. NOLA is by far the greatest city in the U.S.
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How many fires or property damage was done after we won the Superbowl?
None! Can't say that about other cities though can you cowpie! |
I wouldn't truck the Coward but that Blonde hair co host is another story. He's one of those people when his exposure dies down he does something stupid to get noticed again. The Brittany Spears of talk radio.
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its dangerous for him now.
Is this real? Did somebody really say something THAT ignorant? come visit Houston, and I'll show you some underbelly that makes 9th ward look like the Garden District. What an idiot. |
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His continued ability to keep a radio show speaks volumes of the talent level at that urinal of a sports network.
And Colon Cowturd is the bottom of the totem pole there - nuff said... |
Colin Cowherd Shows His Ignorance in Criticizing New Orleans: Fan's Perspective
By Patrick Michael | Yahoo! Contributor Network – Tue, May 22, 2012 7:41 PM EDT Ever since news of the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal broke, it has become fashionable for the media to disrespect the Big Easy. The NFL recently announced that if the Pro Bowl takes place next January, its location is likely to be New Orleans. This innocuous piece of news induced Colin Cowherd to go on a rant about New Orleans. ...I wish New Orleans could sue Colin Cowherd for defamation of character. We'd have a better case than Jonathan Vilma. Colin Cowherd Shows His Ignorance in Criticizing New Orleans: Fan's Perspective - Yahoo! Sports |
Two words: sweeps week. His radio show's dying (if not dead already). He needs the outrage ratings.
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COWHEARD =TOOL !
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... IDK if I should be offended by this guy or not, I mean, we had 8 murders and 30+ shootings in 5 days last week ... and that's not counting the 'justifiable homicides' ... where's the recognition for Detroit? Just because we don't regularly host the SuperBowl and ain't a destination city like New Orleans isn't any reason to hate, Colin ... just sayin' ... :mrgreen: ... and for the record, I think a New Orleans/Gulf Coast vacation would be the way to go.
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Too bad he can be traced to my alma matter, Eastern Washington University. Makes me wanna puke all over my shoes. I'm ashamed.
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Hey, everyone has a troll in their closet (like Cowherd). LET THERE BE LIGHT http://static.fjcdn.com/comments/Ple...4a02b7934d.png |
New Haven Ct 4th most dangerous city in the US.
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I do not live in NOLA. Nor do I live in Louisiana. I have a lot of deep family ties to NOLA and Louisiana. I do not, nor have I ever feared the City of New Orleans.
This is a slap in the face from a microphone hiding pusbag! I have no idea what made him do this, other than out of shear spite. Just one more ESPN person opening their mouth and inserting their foot. I love Louisiana as much as I love Mississippi. More, actually. Screw Cowherd! |
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Maybe he just doesn't like chocolate cities?
*Too soon for Cowherd/Nagin combo jokes? |
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