I was listening to the Jim Rome show today. I forget the name of the guest host, but he made the point that as far as his Parcells comments were concerned, Shockey was basically giving some payback for rough treatment Parcells gave him last year as a television commentator. He also said that despite his comments, Shockey is not a "homophobe." He does have gay friends. Personally, Shockey would never be one of my favorite persons, but for him to have his career go down the tubes because he's got diarrhea of the mouth would be unfortunate.