I'd like to think that those of us that went and put thumbs up and thumbs down for the approx 480 comments (as appropriate) for the two articles he threw up helped at least in some small way with Florio's decision to retract.

I had never done such a thing in my life, not ever ONCE hitting one of those "buttons", but was so INCENSED by those two pieces that I took the time to do so, for almost EVERY comment, and was certainly not alone.

"dfosterf" wrote:

Obviously, cancer has had an impact in Florio's life. That is the first thing I get out of reading his post.

However, he is a journalist now affiliated with NBC. He needs to take account for his actions even if he is sensitive about a particularly issue. The fact that he compares Packer fans defending Rodgers to Falcon fans defending Vick for dog fighting and Steeler fans to defending Roethlisberger for alleged rape is not fair. That is apples and oranges.

Personally, I think Florio saw an opportunity to jump on someone who is the new golden-boy of the NFL, as he puts it. When it came to fruition that his opinion wasnt supported by all the facts, he should have given a more responsible response on what he presented. Instead, he does not blink an eye. Somewhat admirable because hes standing for his convictions, but also hypocritical for someone who often attacks others for not accepting responsibility or owning up to what they say.

"porky88" wrote:

Porky88 - If he was the one who came up with the idea to write the apology, I accept it. It takes a bigger man to apologize than to tear another down. Also....did you quote your own message? haha

"peteralan71" wrote: