[vincesanity82]

Could former Giants running back Tiki Barber really be thinking about breaking the most important unwritten rule in sports? It’s common knowledge that what happens in the locker room, stays in the locker room — but is looks like Barber is choosing to ignore that motto.
Apparently, Barber is planning a tell-all book detailing “what is really going on behind the scenes in those steamy, sweaty locker rooms,” according to gossip all-star Cindy Adams.
By the end of his career, Barber was known for shooting off his mouth — in fact, he had no problems throwing his coach/teammates under the bus, so this shouldn’t come as a surprise. Barber backed out of the game and never thought twice about it. He became fixated on his post-NFL career and wanted to be the media.
Now he, like Jose Canseco before him, plans to air out the dirty laundry. Will his book make the NFL look as bad as Canseco’s did the MLB? That remains to be seen, but I can assure you that there are a lot of New York Giants fearing that there personal lives are about to be exposed.
And truthfully, this kind of news is depressing. What happened to you, Tiki Barber?

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[EmpireWF]

Ugh...the guy will continue to be a thorn in the Giants side. Tiki was a great player, perhaps the best offensive player in Giants history...but he should keep his mouth (and writing hand) shut/still. Move on in your career if you don't want to play.

But if he does write a book...besides arguments or whatever, I doubt anything substantial is in there. He's no idiot and I'm sure his "people" will advise him along the way.

[azrael492]

It is a book that his lawyers will read thoroughly before it even goes to print. I bet nothing controversial will be in it.

[Lefty Noob]

No way Tiki would say anything to damage his precious NFL/Today Show contract, that much I'm sure of. But these things are never good ideas.

[vincesanity82]

I wouldve thought canseco wouldve taken the safer route aswell but he didnt, I think if tiki wants the pub, hes gonna tell some things that will upset his teamates of past..

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by vincesanity82

I wouldve thought canseco wouldve taken the safer route aswell but he didnt, I think if tiki wants the pub, hes gonna tell some things that will upset his teamates of past..

Tiki and Canseco are two completely different animals. Barber wants to build a career as a respected journalist, and...

Wait a minute. Maybe that means this WILL be a tell-all expose. Hmm...

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Tiki and Canseco are two completely different animals. Barber wants to build a career as a respected journalist, and...

Wait a minute. Maybe that means this WILL be a tell-all expose. Hmm...

You start playing with Cindy Adams, you are going down that path...she has some major gossip connections...and the beans will spill my friend...the beans will spill...

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by Gotham Dark Knight

You start playing with Cindy Adams, you are going down that path...she has some major gossip connections...and the beans will spill my friend...the beans will spill...

Yep, and what could gain him reputation in today's media more than an insiders look inside the game of football (just the bad stuff, of course)?

[Bette]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Yep, and what could gain him reputation in today's media more than an insiders look inside the game of football (just the bad stuff, of course)?

The reason he will write about the bad stuff instead of the good is that most people dont want to read the good stuff.
Of course, it will be a tell all book.

That might not be a bad thing. What are you afraid of finding out guys???

[EmpireWF]

What's there to "tell all" about? How Tiki fumbled before Coughlin came to town?

He's not going to trash his former teammates if that's what you're talking about Bette.

If it's a book about his experiences in the sport then by all means....but a "tell all?"

[Lefty Noob]

Well, I'm sure there are stories in every NFL locker room that the people involved would rather not ever reach the public's ears. And Bette, no one wants to read the good stuff? I love some of the old books by guys who talk about some of their more colorful misadventures without doing a hatchet job on anyone, and I see the tone of Tiki's book more closely resembling a gossip column than an old timer sitting around, drinking beer and spinning yarns. I'd much rather read the latter than the former.

[Bette]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Well, I'm sure there are stories in every NFL locker room that the people involved would rather not ever reach the public's ears. And Bette, no one wants to read the good stuff? I love some of the old books by guys who talk about some of their more colorful misadventures without doing a hatchet job on anyone, and I see the tone of Tiki's book more closely resembling a gossip column than an old timer sitting around, drinking beer and spinning yarns. I'd much rather read the latter than the former.

That's not what I said, Lefty. The reason the media has so much success enlarging on the trashy stuff is because a LOT of the American public wants to hear it.
And guess my mind was running into entirely different directions than the rest of you. I dont want to see a hatchet job on his teammates either. I wasnt thinking so much about stories about individuals as stories about the league. I keep thinking about the league's macho attitude and the death of Corey Stringer

[ThePundit]

I have no sympathy for Tom Coughlin if he takes the majority of Barber's criticism...He is such a miserable person. I have no sympathy for people like that, whoever it may be...Barry Bonds, Coughlin, John Rocker, whomever...