Wednesday, August 12, 2015

My Thoughts on the Geno Smith -- IK Enemkpali Incident

In twiter timeline form:

@Anthony_Becht: My Geno Smith & Enemkpali take on yesterday's events at #Jets training camp.


@Anthony_Becht: Let's get this straight Geno Smith had ZERO obligation to pay back Enemkpali the $600 because of a cancelled flight & limo dues for his camp

@Anthony_Becht: I've been running camps for 10 years.. NFL players are the worst schedule makers.. As a guy that's booked over 100 flight for players....

@Anthony_Becht: ..some guys are gonna cancel, miss, or late for these events. It happens... It's happened to me atleast 10 times... Was I happy about it....

@Anthony_Becht: ...absolutely not.. BUT I also know odds are its gonna happen. Especially high profile players. Get "REFUNDABLE" tixs.. You live & learn...

@Anthony_Becht: ...confronting the player & pleading that he pays you back is wrong. If Geno doesn't want to pay him back, regardless if right or wrong....

@Anthony_Becht: ...he doesn't have to.. Period. It was obviously escalated because Enemkpali kept bringing it up, which was the wrong way to go about it...

@Anthony_Becht: ...punching the man for that is inexcusable. I don't care how much $ either guy makes. It's training camp. Approach & handle it after camp.

@Anthony_Becht: Result: #Geno Smith suffers...Enemkpali out of work.. #Jets team & organization suffers... And #Jets fans suffer.

@Anthony_Becht: Had players call me 24hrs before my camps &cancel..It happens.  loss $ from there flights/hotels..But I'm not going to heckle or punch them

@Anthony_Becht: People always expect others to do the "morally right" thing..Stop with that. It's an imperfect world w/ imperfect people.. We all live in it