I love it when someone admits something they really aren't supposed to...

What is it that I read sometimes on the pro wrestling blogs I read?

"I love shoot comments that aren't supposed to be shoot comments."

Well, someone in the world of sports stuck his foot in his mouth and exposed a little too much on Wednesday.

Allen Pinkett, a former Notre Dame player and current color analyst for the Fighting Irish, had this to say in light of four suspensions on the team:

Pinkett is now a broadcaster for the team and during a spot on a Chicago radio station said he thought it would be good if Notre Dame had more "bad citizens." He attempted to somewhat clarify his remark, but it didn't change the general tone.

"I don’t want any mass murders or rapists," Pinkett said. "I want guys that maybe get caught drinking that are underage, or guys that maybe got arrested because they got in a fight at a bar, or guys that are willing to cuss in public and don’t mind the repercussions of it. That’s the type of criminal I’m talking about."

Notre Dame is playing Navy, in Ireland, for the opener this weekend.  For these comments, Pinkett has been removed from the broadcast.

He should be fired.

What Pinkett has done here is not only admit that you need to be a certain degree of thug to play football anymore (and he's not the first Notre Dame guy to so admit), but he's effectively covering up for a culture (grade school, high school, college, and pro) which covers for this.

Notre Dame has different standards (and is probably, admittedly, one of the reasons why they have lost relevance in today's college football), and this should be the reason Pinkett is fired from broadcasting Notre Dame football.

This culture is why I'm doing that list of the 53 players with no place in the NFL (admittedly, with some trouble filling the offensive line!), and why I believe football to be unsaveable.

Hence, Pinkett needs to go for his comments.