Clinton Portis wades into the fray

One of the most opinionated - and controversial - players in the NFL has weighed in on the issue of women in the locker room, in the wake of the alleged harassment of a female reporter by some Jets players and coaches on Saturday.

Here's what Portis said in a radio interview: 

"You know man, I think you put women reporters in the locker room in positions to see guys walking around naked, and you sit in the locker room with 53 guys, and all of the sudden you see a nice woman in the locker room, I think men are gonna tend to turn and look and want to say something to that woman. For the woman, I think they make it so much that you can't interact and you can't be involved with athletes, you can't talk to these guys, you can't interact with these guys.

"And I mean, you put a woman and you give her a choice of 53 athletes, somebody got to be appealing to her. You know, somebody got to spark her interest, or she's gonna want somebody. I don't know what kind of woman won't, if you get to go and look at 53 men's packages. And you're just sitting here, saying 'Oh, none of this is attractive to me.' I know you're doing a job, but at the same time, the same way I'm gonna cut my eye if I see somebody worth talking to, I'm sure they do the same thing."

Oh, boy. Draw your own conclusions.

But I will add this for context: A woman reporter in the Jets' press room just read Portis' take on women in the locker room and how they must surely be attracted to "somebody," as Portis put it. Her reaction: 

"Don't flatter yourself, buddy."

She said she'd be glad to speak directly to Portis to set him straight.