The Bodda Getta

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mwdeavers said...

That SI.com would even publish that trash today is ridiculous. I know for a long time, we've encouraged people to stop listening, but I think it's time to take it the next step. Maybe this would be a good project for the Never to Yield foundation, but...

I think there needs to be maintained on the web a list of A.) sponsors that advertise on his radio show, B.) media venues like WJOX, al.com, The Birmingham News, ESPN, or CNNSI that give him a public voice, and C.) Any media organization that quotes him in a story regarding Auburn.

As part of that site, Auburn fans should be able to log on and sign a petition of sorts that they agree not to purchase any products or services from any vendor sponsoring or engaging Finebaum or listen, watch, or read any media venue, program, or website that allows Paul to talk about Auburn until a drop of sponsorship of sponsorship and/or a public formal letter of apology or retraction is issued to the signers of the petition.

Members can be added to an e-mail distribution list to identify when new businesses engage with Finebaum and when businesses previously on the list take appropriate corrective action.

The website should include a comprehensive collection of the biased, unsubstantiated, degrading, and childish things Paul has said both in recent months and over the years with regards to Auburn, complete with formal citations, quotes, and references to give it legitimacy.

A letter and e-mail should be sent to each business informing them of the boycott and the quantity/list of names of Auburn people that have agreed to the boycott with city/state/region as appropriate to that vendor's market. The letter can reference the website and particularly the collection of claims, as well as suggesting the specific appropriate action the business should take to redress their offense to the Auburn family.

The fora that this guy has been given to drag our names through the mud has rose to a level that it's no longer sufficient to be passive. It's time to take action.

The world needs to realize we're not going to take this crap lying down. I wish he didn't have a voice, but when national media outlets like CNNSI are willing to let him print garbage such as that and refer to Auburn as "little brother" as if it's some sort of established fact, he should be run out of business. And as for anyone who supports him, you're either with us, or you're against us ...

I directly blame Paul Finebaum as a primary source of how blown out of proportion the Cam issues have been and more importantly as THE source of the animosity between the two fan bases in Alabama that resulted in the killing of treasured, protected, living things.

I've had it with Paul Finebaum's existence as a public figure. (if that's not perfectly clear.)

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