NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport has covered the league since 2009, previously serving as Patriots beat reporter for the Boston Herald for three seasons. Sobre o Ian Rapoport, a Jane Slater tweetou isso e apagou depois pic.twitter.com/kO00DXdV7t — Victor (@victorfrazaao) October 10, 2020 “Backstory: Sad that it took me reposting his “Manscape” IG. Last week on Complex’s Load Management podcast, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport said Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff was “strangely interested” in quarterbacks this year and suggested. If the Denver Broncos want to secure one of the top quarterback prospects in this year’s NFL draft, they might need to trade up in the first round. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport can picture that.
© Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire We might know why the NFL Network suspended Ian Rapoport.
NFL Network reporter Ian Rapoport announced on Friday night that he was suspended until Oct. 22, leaving many to wonder what he did.
In his statement sharing news of the suspension, Rapoport said he “posted something to my social channels without clearance from NFL Network, which went against its guidelines.”
There was some speculation the suspension was related to Rapoport posting about the Tennessee Titans having an unauthorized practice. That is unlikely the explanation, because Rapoport would almost certainly have deleted the offending tweet. His tweet regarding the practice is still up on his account.
© Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire We might know why the NFL Network suspended Ian Rapoport.
So what happened?
Jane Slater, one of Rapoport’s colleagues at NFL Media, deleted a tweet Friday that might explain things.
In her deleted tweet, Slater seemed to shed light on the suspension.
Sobre o Ian Rapoport, a Jane Slater tweetou isso e apagou depois pic.twitter.com/kO00DXdV7t
— Victor (@victorfrazaao) October 10, 2020
Slater wrote in the deleted tweet:
'Backstory: Sad that it took me reposting his 'Manscape' IG video for this to rise to this level of severity. To be very clear, I thought it was funny and I’m not ok with my friend and colleague getting punished for it under false guises of double standards.'
It appears that Rapoport posted a video on his Instagram story in mid-September promoting Manscaped, a product for male grooming.
“The perfect tools, for your family jewels,” reportedly was one of the quotes Rapoport used in the video.
According to Fantasy Life App CEO Yasin Abbak, Slater brought more attention to the video by tweeting it, leading to a reply from Rapoport. Slater later deleted that September tweet.
I remembered that Ian replied to Jane Slater’s original tweet that linked to Ian’s manscaped promo vid. Here is Ian’s reply to that tweet, and Jane’s tweet is now deleted. Makes sense that the Manscaped ad is the reason for his suspension.
Sorry Ian. Oct 22 will be a good day. https://t.co/xLYmNrK0Jjpic.twitter.com/RMFIYVCUG3
— Yasin Abbak (@YouFoundYasin) October 10, 2020
If this indeed is the reason for the suspension, it’s unclear whether someone found the video to be inappropriate in nature, or whether Rapoport failed to disclose the partnership before using his social media channels to promote the ad.
What we do know is that Rapoport has been suspended until Oct. 22.
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