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Old 01-24-2013, 01:25 PM
 
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We're white, we wouldn't understand this sort of thing.
You've got the wrong person. You'll never need to paraphrase anything I say. If I meant that, I'd say that.

I didn't say anything about comprehension...you white folks understand QUITE WELL what's going on. But blowing off the Rooney Rule as unnecessary shows a shocking amount of ambivalence at best. The rule didn't just come into being because blacks were getting lots of opportunities.
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Old 01-24-2013, 01:28 PM
 
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You've got the wrong person. You'll never need to paraphrase anything I say. If I meant that, I'd say that.

I didn't say anything about comprehension...you white folks understand QUITE WELL what's going on. But blowing off the Rooney Rule as unnecessary shows a shocking amount of ambivalence at best. The rule didn't just come into being because blacks were getting lots of opportunities.
I could paraphrase a lot of what you say, but I would rather not sound like a dumbass.

"Rooney Rule, Rooney Rule!!!"
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Old 01-24-2013, 01:45 PM
 
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We're white, we wouldn't understand this sort of thing.
Well, judging from your posts, you definitely don't understand.
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Old 01-24-2013, 01:47 PM
 
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You sound like you're riding the same bus as the Sandy Hook Truthers.

Just because you're black, doesn't make your racial conspiracy any less absurd.
What's absurd is your leaps in logic and lack of connection to reality.
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Old 01-24-2013, 01:48 PM
 
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Lets have real fair diversity in sports like the NFL then, where 70% of the players are white, 13% black, 12% Hispanic, 5% Asian etc...
That would be one boring and unwatchable league.......so that is why the demographics aren't like that in the NFL.
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Old 01-24-2013, 01:52 PM
 
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What's absurd is your leaps in logic and lack of connection to reality.
Odd, that's exactly the point I was making about you.

what's more out-of-touch and irrational than thinking billionaire NFL franchise owners' hires are racially motivated? LOL. That's like stock brokers picking stocks based upon the ethnic makeup of the stock's board of directors. LOL!!!!

Ok, Lucario. Take off the tin foil hat, buddy.
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Old 01-24-2013, 01:53 PM
 
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That would be one boring and unwatchable league.......so that is why the demographics aren't like that in the NFL.
I think it's boring watching a bunch of black guys throwing a leather ball through a hoop.

Wait, that's racist, isn't it?
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Old 01-24-2013, 01:54 PM
 
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I think the Rooney Rule does a great disservice to potential black coaching candidates. How sad is that and a waste of time, not to mention degrading to the black person who knows he isn't going to get the job, but is only there because the team is required to interview a minority candidate? It should be that the best candidate should get the job, regardless of skin color.
I agree. the Rooney rule is a joke. Hey we interviewed a black guy so now we can go hire who we want. That is what happens when politics in injected into the situation though.
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Old 01-24-2013, 01:57 PM
 
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I agree. the Rooney rule is a joke. Hey we interviewed a black guy so now we can go hire who we want. That is what happens when politics in injected into the situation though.

That's what I'm saying. It's a huge disservice, and waste of that person's time.
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Old 01-24-2013, 01:58 PM
 
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I could paraphrase a lot of what you say, but I would rather not sound like a dumbass.

"Rooney Rule, Rooney Rule!!!"
Well if that's the case, why do you continuously override your own desires?
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