Imus v. Rutgers Women's Basketball...

...Nobody wins!

So there's been some to-do the past couple days ever since this radio asshat made a disparaging remark about the entire Rutgers Womens Basketball team.

The media reports generally only mention that Imus used the phrase "nappy-headed hos". I decided there must be some context to this statement. He couldn't just have been like "So Rutgers Women's Basketball, those are some nappy headed hos." He must have been saying something else.

In actuality, there was no context. The newspapers and radio reports I've heard were quite accurate and practically verbatim. I mean, they left out some incoherence about the Tennessee players and Spike Lee. But essentially, Imus blurted out his racist, sexist remark like someone with Torrets syndrome.

Since then he's received his comeuppance. If the clip I linked to is any indication of the quality of his show, it's clear that Imus has fallen on hard times. I would rather listen to Smooth Jazz than five minutes of Imus' ... I don't even know what to call it, prattle? Senile babbling? So he's been suspended, he'll probably get fired. Whatever.

Buried in all this morass is the fact that Rutgers Women's Basketball went to the National Championship game. They're being paraded around (I believe Imus is going to apologize to them personally -- with cameras and reporters! -- tomorrow) so they can talk about how egregious Imus' words were. This is how their miracle season is going to be remembered and that's unfortunate.

These women are not victims! They're champions and they should be proud. Rutgers' run to the finals is a great story and it's a proud moment for the Rutgers students, players, coaches, family & friends who got to participate. The rallies, protests, and calls for Imus to be fired ensure all anyone will talk about is Imus. Who gives a crap about Imus?