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Badger52
08-31-2020, 09:51
(Meme h/t to a user over at Snugbus)
Imagine being a 14-yo girl that was raped & wake up to see NFL sporting your rapist's name on their gear.
tom kelly
08-31-2020, 15:32
I am Still waiting for the NBA players & owners to show their SUPPORT FOR HONG KONG...Why doesn't king james say something about the oppression in China...??? COULD IT BE $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.....??????? WAITING.
Male with a mangina masquerading around as a man!
Clownish coward who can't stand by what he said so he kowtowed to the pressure.
What a sac of pus!
Old Dog New Trick
08-31-2020, 17:23
When you don’t know what to stand for you’ll pretty much stand for anything!
Sports and me are “done” again, even hockey has succumbed political (IN)correctness.
Buh-Bye!!! Won’t miss you!
I grew up adoring sports. I played them year round and in college, and then as an adult watching sports was my favorite hobby.
About five years ago I quit cold turkey. It was the most liberating thing I have ever done. I realized I have no respect or adoration for these people anymore, and I didn't want me or my children to be anything like them. Their behavior from 2016-2019 and especially in 2020 has proved me right.
In my opinion, we've moved past the point of "I don't watch sports anymore" and into the realm of "I mock people who do."
If you subsidize these clowns and their handlers and owners being grotesquely wealthy and influential in our moral cesspool of a society, you are equally part of the problem. Full stop. Just quit caring about them and tell everyone you know to do the same, and while we may not be able to end this nonsense right away it is at least a step in the right direction.
^^^ The best thing is that it's freed up weekends and several days of the week. Look how much times we've re-gained in our lives. With the baseball strike in the 90s (?), we checked out our local CA League teams and surrounding high schools, including our son's, of course. We may do that with local HS football this year. Turns out that there's a bit of a nostalgic feeling when watching little leaguers take the field. Especially in a small town.
I grew up adoring sports. I played them year round and in college, and then as an adult watching sports was my favorite hobby.
About five years ago I quit cold turkey. It was the most liberating thing I have ever done. I realized I have no respect or adoration for these people anymore, and I didn't want me or my children to be anything like them. Their behavior from 2016-2019 and especially in 2020 has proved me right.
In my opinion, we've moved past the point of "I don't watch sports anymore" and into the realm of "I mock people who do."
If you subsidize these clowns and their handlers and owners being grotesquely wealthy and influential in our moral cesspool of a society, you are equally part of the problem. Full stop. Just quit caring about them and tell everyone you know to do the same, and while we may not be able to end this nonsense right away it is at least a step in the right direction.
don't give in to the world view that the anti american democrats want you to have. do not give in to despair. college sports, while it has it's issues, is still worth watching. IMHO.
don't give in to the world view that the anti american democrats want you to have. do not give in to despair. college sports, while it has it's issues, is still worth watching. IMHO.
Don't confuse my emotion with despair, it was disgust. This was one of the best decisions I ever made. I've tripled the amount of reading and time spent with my children that I've been able to do since it.
Not to mention, no, college sports are not worth watching either. Do you follow Tiger Droppings (SEC Football Talk)? Colleges, even Southern ones, are on the front lines of pushing Marxist SJW nonsense on our country.
Hard pass.
I grew up adoring sports...
About five years ago I quit cold turkey. It was the most liberating thing I have ever done. I realized I have no respect or adoration for these people anymore, and I didn't want me or my children to be anything like them. Their behavior from 2016-2019 and especially in 2020 has proved me right.
In my opinion, we've moved past the point of "I don't watch sports anymore" and into the realm of "I mock people who do."
If you subsidize these clowns and their handlers and owners being grotesquely wealthy and influential in our moral cesspool of a society, you are equally part of the problem. Full stop. Just quit caring about them and tell everyone you know to do the same, and while we may not be able to end this nonsense right away it is at least a step in the right direction.
You are my anti-sportsball hero.
Multimillionaires with college degrees from some of the worlds most prestigious universities - preaching to the rest of us about oppression and privilege.
...all the while - you cant go more than a few weeks without a news story on some sort of corruption in big-money sportsball.
-Staff members fined or placed on probation for committing academic fraud on behalf of athletes at places like UNC (who got away with if for 18 years), UGA, Georgia Southern, Florida State, etc etc
-Countless snippets of domestic abuse by multimillionaires
-Drug abuse
-sex workers to recruit players
-Blind eyes turned towards performance enhancing drugs
-cheating scandals that cant even be tracked anymore (looking at you Saints and Patriots and Astros)
-and now of course, there is the glorification of violent criminals
Then they like to preach about their humanity while collecting millions of dollars in advertising revenue on the backs of Chinese sweatshops...
...signal your virtue Nike - we just love that shit
I drifted into the realm of one who mocks sportsball way back when they began holding sportsball seasons hostage because there weren't enough millions in their renegotiated contracts.
The NFL and the NBA player rosters are heavy (>80%) minority.
The percent of players who are millionaires is substantial.
Professional sports leagues are essentially pure meritocracies.
In leagues that reflect a true meritocracy for talent and hard work in order to even get there...are these millionaires really calling for more affirmative action and diversity (less minorities) for their own rosters?
Would artificial and forced diversity - essentially weakening teams - in order to “look” more like America make their teams stronger?
I didn’t think so.
These folks are idiots and ideologues.
The unrest is a power grab pure and simple.
rsdengler
09-01-2020, 09:23
They can take those "inscribed" helmets and shove it up their "oppressed" millionaire asses. I'm sick of this bs being shoved down our throats. Many of them are the biggest hypocrites, abusers, drug addicts, thieves, cry baby diaper wearing criminals and idiots that don't deserve accolades. They don't even play the game any longer to "just play". This is getting tiresome.....
bblhead672
09-01-2020, 09:48
All professional sports are dead to me, including the ones masquerading as amateurs at the collegiate level.
I just shake my head at friends and relatives who are still addicted to these marxist organizations who used to be about entertainment of their supporters.
The only sport I was watching was hockey. Now that was ruined for me too. :mad:
Ret10Echo
09-01-2020, 18:46
Take the newfound free time and spend it outdoors and "doing", not watching.
frostfire
09-02-2020, 04:47
are these millionaires really calling for more affirmative action and diversity (less minorities) for their own rosters?
Would artificial and forced diversity - essentially weakening teams - in order to “look” more like America make their teams stronger?
I didn’t think so.
I've been highlighting the lack of diversity and inclusiveness in NBA and NFL to my woke colleagues for quite some time now. I argue I want NBA and NFL need to reflect America more! I don't see any or enough Asians, South Asians, Hispanic and Native American. Said colleagues always dodged out of the hypocrisy.
Take the newfound free time and spend it outdoors and "doing", not watching.
Yesss! :lifter Never a better time to spend outdoors and build lead-slinging proficiency.
I never forget the match director who placed a national Match AR in my hands for the first time while I was watching a High Power competition. He said "shooting is not a spectator match, go shoot!" I shot a 97 sitting and the rest was history...
Ret10Echo
09-02-2020, 05:24
I've been highlighting the lack of diversity and inclusiveness in NBA and NFL to my woke colleagues for quite some time now. I argue I want NBA and NFL need to reflect America more! I don't see any or enough Asians, South Asians, Hispanic and Native American. Said colleagues always dodged out of the hypocrisy.
This makes me laugh especially...
Daniel Tosh has some bits that crack me up...:D
But we have diversity. Other teams don’t. Or if you look at the Olympics, you look at our, uh, U.S. Gymnastics squad, we have an Asian girl, a white girl, a black girl. Look at the Chinese squad. Any guesses? Did you guess exclusively Chinese bitches? Yeah, that’s all that’s ever been on that team. That’s all that will ever be on that team. Then they wonder why they’re not getting golds anymore.
Yesss! :lifter Never a better time to spend outdoors and build lead-slinging proficiency.
Save Bullets (unless putting meat on the table) go fishing instead :)
Take the newfound free time and spend it outdoors and "doing", not watching.
Indeed - cowboy shooting, reloading your favorite cartridges for accuracy (cheaper and more rewarding than buying someone else's recipe), scouting out hunting spots, looking for new fishing holes...
Also worth mentioning...
Daniel Tosh has some bits that crack me up....
we have diversity. Other teams don’t. Or if you look at the Olympics, you look at our, uh, U.S. Gymnastics squad, we have an Asian girl, a white girl, a black girl. Look at the Chinese squad. Any guesses? Did you guess exclusively Chinese bitches? Yeah, that’s all that’s ever been on that team. That’s all that will ever be on that team.
The USA sits atop the mountain of REAL freedom and diversity with ALL citizens afforded the unalienable right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"
There is no other place to go.
You want to find bigotry and racism - look all over the continent of Asia for the way they treat one another.
Look to places like Venezuela or Russia or China or North Korea for freedom and liberty.
...the Venezuelan government would have machine-gunned those fucking CHAZ protestors to death in the street and left the bodies for their neighbors to clean up.
If you want a good life - the words of Maximo Alvarez are inspiring and need to be printed in the collective memory of every decent American...
I KNOW ALL ABOUT THE PAST. I'LL NEVER FORGET MY OWN. MY FAMILY HAS FLED TOTALITARIANISM AND COMMUNISM MORE THAN ONCE. FIRST MY DAD FROM SPAIN. THEN FROM CUBA. BUT MY FAMILY IS DONE RUNNING AWAY. BY THE GRACE OF GOD, I LIVE THE AMERICAN DREAM, THE GREATEST BLESSING I EVER HAD.
MY DAD ONLY HAD A SIX GRADE EDUCATION TOLD ME, DON'T LOSE THIS PLACE. I'M SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY BECAUSE MY FAMILY IS NOT ABANDONING WHAT WE RIGHTFULLY EARNED. THERE'S NO PLACE TO EARN. I'M SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY BECAUSE PRESIDENT TRUMP MAY NOT ALWAYS BE POLITICALLY CORRECT. HE'S IN FACT, A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN. NOT YOUR AVERAGE CAREER POLITICIAN. OUR PRESIDENT IS JUST ANOTHER FAMILY MAN, A FRIEND, AND MOST IMPORTANT, OUR ELECTED COMMANDER IN CHIEF WHO PUTS AMERICA FIRST. KEEP IN MIND THE OTHER GUY RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IS MOSTLY CONCERNED ABOUT POWER. YES, YES, POWER FOR THEM, BUT NOT FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL AMERICANS.
I'M SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE LIKE THIS BEFORE. I'VE SEEN MOVEMENTS LIKE THIS BEFORE. I'VE SEEN IDEAS LIKE THIS BEFORE . AND I AM HERE TO TELL YOU, WE CANNOT LET THEM TAKE OVER OUR COUNTRY. I HEARD THE PROMISES OF FIDEL CASTRO. AND I CAN NEVER FORGET ALL THOSE WHO GREW UP AROUND ME, WHO LOOK LIKE ME, WHO SUFFER AND STARVED AND DIED BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED THOSE EMPTY PROMISES. THEY SWALLOW THEIR COMMUNIST POISON PILL. IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE GO TO THE FREEDOM TOWER IN MIAMI, STOP AND LISTEN. YOU CAN STILL HEAR THE SOUNDS OF THOSE BROKEN PROMISES. IT IS THE SOUND OF WAVES IN THE OCEAN CARRYING FAMILIES INTO PIECES OF WOOD. FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WHO CAN'T SWIM BUT WILLING TO RISK EVERYTHING TO REACH THIS BLESSED LAND. IT IS THE SOUND OF TEARS HITTING THE PAPER OF AN APPLICATION TO BECOME AN AMERICAN CITIZEN - SOON AFTER THEY EXPERIENCED THE REALITY.
LOOK AT THEM. LISTEN TO THEM. LEARN THE TRUTH. THOSE FALSE PROMISES - SPREAD THE WEALTH, FREE EDUCATION, FREE HEALTHCARE, DEFUND THE POLICE, TRUST A SOCIALIST STATE MORE THAN YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR COMMUNITY - THEY DON'T SOUND RADICAL TO MY EARS. THEY SOUND FAMILIAR. AND FIDEL CASTRO WAS ASKED IF HE WAS A COMMUNIST. HE SAID HE WAS A ROMAN CATHOLIC. HE KNEW HE HAD TO HIDE THE TRUTH. BUT THE COUNTRY I WAS BORN IN IS GONE, TOTALLY DESTROYED. WHEN I WATCH THE NEWS IN SEATTLE, CHICAGO, PORTLAND AND OTHER CITIES, WHEN YOU SEE THE HISTORY BEING RE-WRITTEN, WHEN I HEAR THE PROMISES, I HEAR ECHOS OF A FORMER LIFE I NEVER WANTED TO HEAR AGAIN. I SEE SHADOWS I THOUGHT I WAS OUT OF THEM. MY PARENTS ONLY WANTED ONE PERSON TO DECIDE MY FATE, ME. NOT SOME PARTY MEMBER, NOT SOME GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL, NOT SOME BUREAUCRAT.
IN AMERICA, I WILL DECIDE MY OWN FUTURE. I'M SO GRATEFUL TO AMERICA, THE PLACE WHERE I WAS ABLE TO BUILD MY AMERICAN DREAM THROUGH HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION. PRESIDENT TRUMP KNOWS THE AMERICAN STORY WAS WRITTEN BY PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU AND I, WHO LOVE OUR COUNTRY AND TAKE RISKS TO BUILD A FUTURE FOR OUR FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS. I MAY BE CUBAN-BORN, BUT I AM 100% AMERICAN. THIS IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, AND I SAID THIS BEFORE, IF I GAVE AWAY EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE TODAY, IT WOULD NOT EQUAL 1% OF WHAT I WAS GIVEN WHEN I CAME TO THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS, THE GIFT OF FREEDOM.
RIGHT NOW, IT IS UP TO US TO DECIDE OUR FATE AND TO CHOOSE FREEDOM OVER OPPRESSION. PRESIDENT TRUMP, HE'S FIGHTING THE FORCES OF ANARCHY AND COMMUNISM. AND I KNOW HE WILL CONTINUE TO DO JUST THAT, AND WHAT ABOUT HIS OPPONENT AND THE REST OF THE D.C. SWAMP? I HAVE NO DOUBT THEY WILL HAND THE COUNTRY OVER TO THOSE DANGEROUS FORCES. YOU AND I WILL DECIDE, AND HERE'S WHAT I'VE DECIDED. MY DECISION IS VERY EASY. I CHOOSE PRESIDENT TRUMP BECAUSE I CHOOSE AMERICA. I CHOOSE FREEDOM. I STILL HEAR MY DAD. THERE IS NO OTHER PLACE TO GO. THANK YOU. AND MAY THE GOOD LORD BLESS AMERICA.
Now, go back and listen to some recorded clips from the criminals and traitors from the "left" of America as they spent their convention absolutely BASHING the ideas and concepts of a decent and welcoming American Dream.
Listen to the assault on America voiced by two criminals that seek to become our president and vice president - then ponder again why people are "done"
...maybe I'm just deplorable and irredeemable. Maybe I should just go eat my peas.
frostfire
09-02-2020, 08:42
Save Bullets (unless putting meat on the table) go fishing instead :)
was referring to training for anytime the soyverines want do force on force party :D
If you want a good life - the words of Maximo Alvarez are inspiring and need to be printed in the collective memory of every decent American...
Now, go back and listen to some recorded clips from the criminals and traitors from the "left" of America as they spent their convention absolutely BASHING the ideas and concepts of a decent and welcoming American Dream.
Listen to the assault on America voiced by two criminals that seek to become our president and vice president - then ponder again why people are "done"
...maybe I'm just deplorable and irredeemable. Maybe I should just go eat my peas.
my grandfather fled communism. It's rather sad some of of his sons/grandsons admonished me to vote following identity politics :mad::rolleyes:
TOMAHAWK9521
09-02-2020, 08:56
Take the newfound free time and spend it outdoors and "doing", not watching.
Lumberjack competitions. :D Axe and tomahawk throwing!!:lifter
Ret10Echo
09-02-2020, 09:01
Lumberjack competitions. :D Axe and tomahawk throwing!!:lifter
I actually have a sizeable log "disk" ready to mount on a target stand.
Reproduction 18th century tomahawk ready to go. :D
Abu Jack
09-02-2020, 09:18
The ills that have affected the US pro sports, hasn't hit professional cycling. Vive le Tour!
The ills that have affected the US pro sports, hasn't hit professional cycling. Vive le Tour!
A little late this year but the Peloton is riding hard. Great finish today. Sagan was 4th, Oh, well.
Badger52
09-02-2020, 11:57
Take the newfound free time and spend it outdoors and "doing", not watching.I've done both.
I grabbed the warbelt, monocular, and some PBJ sandwiches a few days ago & went traipsing up on a ridge hunting property and just hung out for awhile on a few square feet I'd never been. Lo & behold, as they rose from their siesta time I discover the answer to a many-years question from all who come there & gather in the kitchen ("where do they go?"). I found an area on the fringe of some pines full of bachelor white-tails. Not in conflict yet with each other, but defintely bachelor'd up, and not even a tertiary trail going into it. I marked it on the topo for post-rut winter use.
Now, do I briefback my buddies on opening morning while they're eating my biscuits & gravy, or not....?
Hmmmm.
:D
The ills that have affected the US pro sports, hasn't hit professional cycling. Vive le Tour!
Except for those multiple titles stripped from Lance Armstrong, Floyd Landis, and Alberto Contador as well as the 50+ top ten finishers that failed drug or doping tests.
Lacrosse is still untainted - them college boys were all exonerated.
There aren't many sports I like left -- if there are actually any. I got tired of grossly overpaid "men" playing games for a living and thinking they are gladiators to be worshipped by the sheep. They seriously need to rethink their positions in life, but that's just my opinion of them which isn't worth much.
Sacamuelas
09-02-2020, 16:49
I have pretty much culled my professional sports viewing down to the UFC.
Take the newfound free time and spend it outdoors and "doing", not watching.
Most excellent advice.
The Reaper
09-02-2020, 17:00
I have pretty much culled my professional sports viewing down to the UFC.
Welcome back, long time no see!
TR
rsdengler
09-03-2020, 13:01
The only decent sport left is Curling....And the season just started....I'm in....:munchin
The only decent sport left is Curling....And the season just started....I'm in....:munchin
Ahhhh, curling...
...loves me some 12oz curls...Founders Brewing Company...:D
https://foundersbrewing.com/our-beer/dirty-bastard/
Ahhhh, curling...
...loves me some 12oz curls...Founders Brewing Company...:D
https://foundersbrewing.com/our-beer/dirty-bastard/
Now you're talking!
I've never really considered curling as an athletic event or sport. :confused:
Old Dog New Trick
09-03-2020, 16:05
I've never really considered curling as an athletic event or sport. :confused:
If Ms Loughlin and millionaire hubby had paid to get USC to have a curling team for their daughters they’d be halfway to graduation by now. Rowing? That’s right up there with Lacrosse as a paid professional sport.
:lifter:D
Now you're talking!
I've never really considered curling as an athletic event or sport. :confused:
Prosit !
The only decent sport left is Curling....And the season just started....I'm in....:munchin
I agree, I checked it out. Then this dude who had a big rock with a handle on it started forward and then took a knee. WTF. He was a frigging Canadian! Back to women's beach volleyball.
I give you Team Hasselborg
https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/teams/team-hasselborg-w/
Things were pretty boring until the Swedish curling team dropped in.......Buuusssccchhh! :lifter
rsdengler
09-04-2020, 06:40
Ahhhh, curling...
...loves me some 12oz curls...Founders Brewing Company...:D
https://foundersbrewing.com/our-beer/dirty-bastard/
Nice.....I need a few cans of "curling"...it's been rough, really rough and I need to escape for a bit.
Nice.....I need a few cans of "curling"...it's been rough, really rough and I need to escape for a bit.
Hey Rita hang in there !
Don’t let the bastards get you down !!
bblhead672
09-04-2020, 09:57
NFL, NFLPA Announce 1-Hour Televised Social Justice Special on NBC (https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2020/09/03/nfl-nflpa-announce-1-hour-televised-social-justice-special-on-nbc/)
The league recently announced their plans to write ‘End Racism’ in end zones this season. Also, the league will allow players to display the names of people killed in officer-involved incidents on their helmet padding.
None of the 406 blacks killed in Chicago so far this year had any comments....
CNN and MSNBC ecstatic at the prospect of NBC having lower viewership show airing.
If Ms Loughlin and millionaire hubby had paid to get USC to have a curling team for their daughters they’d be halfway to graduation by now.
I bet she wouldn't be heading off to jail!
Prosit !
:lifter
These are the people who get rich when you watch football. Be done with sports, pro and college, or earn ridicule from those who are, which includes every respectable man I know...
https://twitter.com/si_ncaafb/status/1302289451721334786?s=20
These are the people who get rich when you watch football. Be done with sports, pro and college, or earn ridicule from those who are, which includes every respectable man I know...
https://twitter.com/si_ncaafb/status/1302289451721334786?s=20
Thanks for that link, I could not bear to watch all of Herbstreits breakdown, looked like forced angst to me. ABC and ESPN liberal beyond description. I will not miss sports in the least.
tom kelly
09-06-2020, 03:16
Professional & College sports are $$$$$$ driven; with your dollars. STOP SUPPORTING this RICO industry.
Trapper John
09-06-2020, 08:42
[QUOTE=abc_123;662085]don't give in to the world view that the anti american democrats want you to have. do not give in to despair. college sports, while it has it's issues, is still worth watching. IMHO.[/QUOTE
I agree, except for Ohio State! Sorry Bucki Bill, just couldn't help myself! :D
When so much divisive politics is so directly injected into sport and work IMO it begins to cross into the realm of indoctrination.
Too much of either major party’s extremism injected into either sport or work and then the destructive emotions begin to run too high, the division cleaves both the team and the workplace - the toxicity becomes palpable.
The purpose of team sport and work then become subservient to the party “message.”
Let sports be sports and work be work. There’s plenty of time for nonsense during the silly season...aka election years.
Don't confuse my emotion with despair, it was disgust. This was one of the best decisions I ever made. I've tripled the amount of reading and time spent with my children that I've been able to do since it.
Not to mention, no, college sports are not worth watching either. Do you follow Tiger Droppings (SEC Football Talk)? Colleges, even Southern ones, are on the front lines of pushing Marxist SJW nonsense on our country.
Hard pass.
Not everyone playing sports somehow pushing a SJW agenda. I like watching sports. I tune out all the other bullshit and just watch the games. I don't see any social justice crap on the field, just players/teams trying to win. ESPN is getting insufferable, even their announcers. So I watch the games and tune into a radio play by play when I can.
These are the people who get rich when you watch football. Be done with sports, pro and college, or earn ridicule from those who are, which includes every respectable man I know...
https://twitter.com/si_ncaafb/status/1302289451721334786?s=20
Don't be upset if I don't feel ridiculed.
[QUOTE=abc_123;662085]don't give in to the world view that the anti american democrats want you to have. do not give in to despair. college sports, while it has it's issues, is still worth watching. IMHO.[/QUOTE
I agree, except for Ohio State! Sorry Bucki Bill, just couldn't help myself! :D
I'm with you on Ohio State! I'm sorry too!
frostfire
09-15-2020, 13:16
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8720091/amp/Ex-Jets-receiver-Joshua-Bellamy-charged-taking-1-2million-COVID-relief-loans.html
Then there’s this....:eek:
tom kelly
09-15-2020, 15:04
JOSH, tell me it ain't so, Mistaken identity, You was had by the ESTABLISHMENT...RIGHT... Joshua Bellamy, former New York Jet's football player was CHARGED with fraud in pay roll protection loan scheme.
TOMAHAWK9521
09-15-2020, 19:07
About damn time the NFL recognized true American heroes, role models and warriors. But then again, the player bearing the name was also a warrior.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/steelers-alejandro-villanueva-alwyn-cashe
Alex would've been better off just not getting involved in the whole mess. As it stands, did he write the name on his helmet as an example of a) a guy that actually deserves remembrance and recognition, or b) the fact that the Army awards system is still racist and initially denied the MOH to Cashe unfairly? We don't know, because there's no context to go with why he scrawled the name on his helmet, and Alex isn't offering up any more insight into his action. To me, he's riding the fence--trying to both make a statement and not anger anyone at the same time. Either sack up, say what you mean to say, and accept the consequences, or (the better option) keep your non-football opinions to yourself and be the best athlete/entertainer you can be.
keep your non-football opinions to yourself and be the best athlete/entertainer you can be.
Best advice ever for all sports figures.
Old Dog New Trick
09-16-2020, 20:13
Why are the “woke” diversity and inclusiveness people always having an issue with a non-conformist?
Bewildering!
Forget the part where the person they choose to honor, Antw0n R053 Jr., was a fleeing felon who more than likely would have been convicted of attempted murder with a dangerous weapon had he lived. I mean we should overlook that small detail as to how and why he got shot by a police officer who was subsequently found not guilty of shooting him.
https://apple.news/Asn8-TYipRQya8IBPYlLnYA
Said quarterback Ben Roethlisberger: "I did not know about Al's choice for the back of his helmet. That's his choice. That's the amazing thing about the country we live in. Unfortunately, it is what it is."
“Unfortunately” Ben, maybe if living here has unfortunate consequences maybe you should fu*k off and suck a bowl of dicks!
The mother: “They came to me as a team/organization and I don't care how good of an individual you are; if you are not a TEAM player then maybe you are playing for the wrong team!!!"
She’s right, Al’s playing for the wrong team and he should find one that doesn’t throw him under the bus because he has a larger viewpoint - whatever it is - that’s the fortunate part of being an American.
edited for comparison and context...
"Let me very very very clear," she wrote on Facebook. "The NFL had a policy on standing for the National Anthem. Obviously one person didn't like the results so they chose to do something different. I have nothing against celebrities and appreciate what they do, but this one person showed us exactly who he is and obviously he didn't approve of the NFL policy on standing for the National Anthem. In my opinion; that's for his coach, team and organization to address NOT ME! While he was so busy being negative what it actually did now forced more people to engage in this conversation.
"I'm going to use this negative press and negativity to motivate me to hold the NFL even more accountable!!! Yes I believe in second chances but as we all know I believe in putting in the work and that's how I base my collaborations. If Colon Keptincrunch is not a TEAM player then maybe he was playing for the wrong team!!!"
Just looking for some consistency...
...kneeling was bad when a guy did it out of Relgious conviction
...kneeling was good when a Black player raised under the white privilege of his parents did it to protest police killing criminals
...putting names on your helmet is good when its a criminal's name
...putting names on your helmet is bad when its a military veteran that served with honor
Again, just looking for consistency
...and Ben Rapelessburger can STFU
Trapper John
09-17-2020, 08:06
edited for comparison and context...
Just looking for some consistency...
...kneeling was bad when a guy did it out of Relgious conviction
...kneeling was good when a Black player raised under the white privilege of his parents did it to protest police killing criminals
...putting names on your helmet is good when its a criminal's name
...putting names on your helmet is bad when its a military veteran that served with honor
Again, just looking for consistency
...and Ben Rapelessburger can STFU
AMEN!!
Ever since the National Felon League gave support and solace to the dog murderer Michael Vick, that was a defining line for me and I have been done! :mad:
bblhead672
09-17-2020, 10:02
JOSH, tell me it ain't so, Mistaken identity, You was had by the ESTABLISHMENT...RIGHT... Joshua Bellamy, former New York Jet's football player was CHARGED with fraud in pay roll protection loan scheme.
His agent aka enabler says give him benefit of the doubt. As in doubt that he understood that falsifying records to obtain government money is a wrong.
The next time a sports entertainer/activist starts to do this he/she/it should think "wait a minute didn't dey give dat Josh 20 years in fed pen for doing dat?"
PedOncoDoc
09-17-2020, 10:29
His agent aka enabler says give him benefit of the doubt. As in doubt that he understood that falsifying records to obtain government money is a wrong.
The next time a sports entertainer/activist starts to do this he/she/it should think "wait a minute didn't dey give dat Josh 20 years in fed pen for doing dat?"
I also thought it was a long-standing credo that ignorance of the law is is no excuse for breaking it. :munchin
...ignorance of the law is is no excuse for breaking it. :munchin
"Law"
Don't be upset if I don't feel ridiculed.
How you feel is up to you. How others see you is up to them.
Old Dog New Trick
09-17-2020, 11:33
I also thought it was a long-standing credo that ignorance of the law is is no excuse for breaking it. :munchin
These people don’t even understand the Constitution, how it’s applied to the individual or the BOR; and you expect them to know the myriad of laws under United States Code?
Come on, man!
The US Constitution does NOT and should NOT apply to average US Citizens. It is supposed to apply to the Government. It is a list of things the USG Must and Must NOT do. Everything else is for the People or the States (within the restrictions agreed to by the States) to figure out. I am tired of people looking to the USC for their rights. You are BORN with your Rights, and they are based on the concept of self-ownership of your body. Property Ownership is KING! The Government is there to ensure no one else (to include the government) infringes upon them.
The US Constitution does NOT and should NOT apply to average US Citizens. It is supposed to apply to the Government. It is a list of things the USG Must and Must NOT do. Everything else is for the People or the States (within the restrictions agreed to by the States) to figure out. I am tired of people looking to the USC for their rights. You are BORN with your Rights, and they are based on the concept of self-ownership of your body. Property Ownership is KING! The Government is there to ensure no one else (to include the government) infringes upon them.
Amen.
Also, when people say they love the Constitution, they mean the BOR. Everything we love about this document was added at the insistence of those who were against it from the beginning.
The US Constitution does NOT and should NOT apply to average US Citizens. It is supposed to apply to the Government. It is a list of things the USG Must and Must NOT do. Everything else is for the People or the States (within the restrictions agreed to by the States) to figure out. I am tired of people looking to the USC for their rights. You are BORN with your Rights, and they are based on the concept of self-ownership of your body. Property Ownership is KING! The Government is there to ensure no one else (to include the government) infringes upon them.
Reading that just gave me a freedom chubby.
Old Dog New Trick
09-17-2020, 15:31
The US Constitution does NOT and should NOT apply to average US Citizens. It is supposed to apply to the Government. It is a list of things the USG Must and Must NOT do. Everything else is for the People or the States (within the restrictions agreed to by the States) to figure out. I am tired of people looking to the USC for their rights. You are BORN with your Rights, and they are based on the concept of self-ownership of your body. Property Ownership is KING! The Government is there to ensure no one else (to include the government) infringes upon them.
Eggzactly! Thank you!
And to add to what JGC2 had to say...
Ask the next person you argue with over the Constitution where it says: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Because it seems most Americans swear this is a “Constitutional Right” spelled out in the preamble or somewhere in the BOR.
It’s not.
ETA: Colon Kapersnick should have received a league warning the first time, been suspended and fined the second time and fired after the third time for violating NFL rules stating all active players will be present and ‘stand’ for the National Anthem on the field.
Now that entire teams are staying in the locker room for the National Anthem, they should stay there and forfeit the game. Team owners should be fined as well as all the players.
Old Dog New Trick
09-17-2020, 19:14
They can’t walk this back fast enough.
Check out this article from USA TODAY:
Steelers try to move on from flap over justice advocacy on helmets
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2020/09/17/steelers-try-to-move-on-from-flap-over-justice-advocacy/114055568/
Wonder if the SJW in the “Social Issues Dept.” still has a job?
bblhead672
09-18-2020, 10:52
Amen.
Also, when people say they love the Constitution, they mean the BOR. Everything we love about this document was added at the insistence of those who were against it from the beginning.
Right on!
These past few months I'm leaning more toward the Declaration of Independence as my guiding document.
Badger52
09-18-2020, 17:06
Right on!
These past few months I'm leaning more toward the Declaration of Independence as my guiding document.The civility of going to great pains to make your case with a monarch across an ocean who couldn't tie their own shoelaces, as well as witness to the world why it was happening, has kept freedom-loving folks on the reactive side of things quite often. They tend to not be the first to punch the bully on the playground, whether a country or a black-bloc thug.
Well....the Indians are officially "DONE". I guess my Braves will be next. I may be DONE soon.... :mad:
Ret10Echo
07-23-2021, 11:49
Interesting how quiet "The Arena" has been for almost a year it seems...
Gross disinterest.
Juiced Players
Juiced Balls
Dead Balls
Pine Tar
"Rosin and Sweat" (wink wink)
Stop and Frisk
Imaginary Runner on 2nd
"The Shift"
100-pitch count
3 batter minimum
Spin rate
Exit VELO
Launch Angle
Kicking up the specter of fantasy sports causing people to not follow or care about a team.
I was going to mention lumping the Olympics into that pile...but didn't have the energy since the games haven't been relevant since the Cold War ended.
The Reaper
07-23-2021, 13:03
I went to a Durham Bulls game this past week and it was like a trip back in time.
No politics, kneeling controversy, etc.
Just a couple of dozen guys trying to play baseball to the best of their abilities.
TR
Trapper John
07-24-2021, 06:37
Take the newfound free time and spend it outdoors and "doing", not watching.
:lifter Finest Kind
Badger52
07-25-2021, 03:54
I went to a Durham Bulls game this past week and it was like a trip in time.
No politics, kneeling controversy, etc.
Just a couple of dozen guys trying to play baseball to the best of their abilities.
TRThat is seriously good to hear.
Trapper John
07-25-2021, 08:57
How you feel is up to you. How others see you [ feel about you] sic is up to them.
:lifter I used exactly those words all the time while raising my kids. Guess I should have given credit to you? :D
frostfire
07-26-2021, 14:23
wrong thread*