Rob Gronkowski Had Nothing to Apologize for over Pictures with BiBi Jones

Rob Gronkowski did not deserve any scorn from his employer because he posed for pictures with a porn star that showed up on Twitter. Yet it appears he did.

This tweet:

leads one to the conclusion that Gronkowski was forced to make an apology to team owner Robert Kraft. Gronkowski also publicly apologized, telling the press, as quoted on ESPN:

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"I didn't send anything to hurt the reputation of anyone on the New England Patriots or on behalf of Robert Kraft."

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What exactly is he apologizing for? There were two pictures posted on the Twitter account of adult film star BiBi Jones. Here is one of them:

Porn stars are people too. Is public perception of an adult film actress so low that posing with one in a picture is enough to stain the image of a franchise?

Both people are appropriately dressed, they don't appear intoxicated, and the pictures are similar to thousands of photos going up on Twitter.

Apparently, Gronkowski's decision to do this reflects poor decision making. His teammates knew that an apology would be coming. Here is Tom Brady in an interview earlier in the week and posted on nesn.com:

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"[Head coach Bill Belichick] talks to us every time we head out for an extended vacation about our decision-making and so forth, so I'm sure he'll have something to say to Rob."

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If anyone should be apologizing for pictures, it should definitely be Brady.

You tell me. Which one of those pictures is more troubling? This is a crazy world we live in.