Thursday, October 7, 2021

Smile!

 

Remember today's key phrase:  REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY.

I deal with cameras for a living.  I deal with cameras for a hobby.

If you are walking down a street, or strolling through a park, you are fair game to be photographed because you have no reasonable expectation of privacy.  It's the legal standard.

If you are trying on a pair of Levi's in a store fitting room, seated at a porcelain convenience, or sitting in your home, you do have a reasonable expectation of privacy.  No cameras!

That brings us to Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer.  He abandoned his team after yet another loss and went partying.  Meyer was photographed having a nice time with a young woman in a bar, not his wife.

The team's owner says Meyer lost credibility and he has to earn it back.  That's the understatement of the year.

Meyer is a public figure in a public place, and there was no reasonable expectation of privacy.  I really didn't see the need for someone to take pictures, but what's done is done.  It can be argued he shouldn't have been there in the first place.

America loves a winner.  Sadly, this would be less of a story if Jacksonville had a good team.  It's 0-4.

I'm pulling out the crystal ball.  This doesn't end well for Urban Meyer.