Legendary broadcaster Bob Costas has dismissed the notion that New York City shooter Shane Tamura harbored a “legitimate grudge” against the National Football League (NFL) as absurd.
According to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Tamura was attempting to access the NFL’s floor at 345 Park Avenue, the site of the shooting, but mistakenly entered the wrong elevator. Tamura was found with a three-page suicide note in his possession, which reportedly cited a brain injury sustained from a contact sport and blamed the NFL. Tamura, who played football in high school, allegedly wished for his brain to be studied posthumously.
“CTE and football are inseparable,but the idea that this guy had a legitimate grudge against the NFL is ridiculous,” Costas stated. “The NFL in the last decade has responded as best they possibly can. Unless you’re going to stop playing football, you can only make it less risky.You can’t make it wholly safe.”
“But this guy played only high school football. The guy is out of his mind. He had mental health issues,and just as he targeted the NFL shouldn’t make people think that there’s even a scintilla of justification or rationalization for what he did.”
Costas appeared on “CUOMO” to discuss how the proliferation of social media has eroded discourse and amplified false narratives in the wake of tragedies like the Manhattan shooting.
“There are no guidelines anymoreโฆ so-called legacy media, of course, it was flawed. It continues to be flawed. But there are standards, whether they fall short of them, on occasion, is not the point I’m making. The point I’m making is that there is some accountability. There are some standards.In the grand morass of the internet,there are no standards,” Costas elaborated.
The 29-time Emmy winner observed that “angry and vengeful people,” including those he described as the “prototypical loser in his mother’s basement,” are “disproportionately represented” on social media platforms. He added, “Generally speaking, on the internet, things are binary. Nuance is not only not prized, it gets in the way.”
Disclaimer: This article discusses a tragic event and includes commentary on mental health and sports-related injuries.It does not constitute medical, financial, or legal advice.
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