Take a look at Giants running back Cam Skattebo and one thing becomes immediately clear: If he wasn’t a football player he would be spending a significant amount of time menacing Sacramento-area gas station cashiers for not carrying “the good Monsters.” Another truth follows naturally from this one: If any NFL player were to go on a podcast and say that CTE and asthma are not real, it would be Skattebo.<\/p>\n
That is exactly what Skattebo did on a recent episode of the Bring The Juice podcast. “Do you think CTE is a real thing?” asked host Frank Dalena, who did not record a single statistic while playing wide receiver for three years at Fresno State. “No, it’s an excuse,” responded Skattebo.<\/p>\n
Dalena and Skattebo then agreed that asthma is also fake, at which point Dalena laid out a highly relatable scenario: “Is there anything worse than when you’re in fourth grade and someone’s huffin’ and puffin’? You’re just soft.”<\/p>\n
I hadn’t really thought about it before, but I think we are all forced to agree that there really isn’t anything worse than being in fourth grade while someone’s huffin’ and puffin’. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Though Skattebo was just trying to execute some C-tier riffing with a fella, his comments circulated widely enough to demand an apology. <\/p>\n
“I recently did an interview and had a lapse in judgment, which resulted in me making a tasteless joke about CTE and asthma. It was never my intention to downplay the seriousness of head injuries or asthma,” Skattebo wrote in a statement. “I sincerely apologize to anyone that was offended by my remarks, and I assure you that I’ll be more mindful and respectful going forward.”<\/p>\n