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Coaches aren't compelled to go to disingenuous interviews, and some haven't in the past.
It's up to minorities to ascertain the effectiveness of the Rooney Rule. When we don't want it anymore, we'll let you know. Until then get used to it. Telling us how bad it is does nothing but raise our suspicions....not about the rule, but about you. Lol..
Oh come on DD. As I've said I have no axe to grind so you have nothing to be suspicious about with me.
Oh come on DD. As I've said I have no axe to grind so you have nothing to be suspicious about with me.
Browns, you are the pawn (white guy) who is a necessity to perpetuate this racial conspiracy in the NFL. Just go with it, it's not about you, it's about the conspiracy.
You've made it abundantly clear that you're a good dude, but that is beside the point.
Browns, you are the pawn (white guy) who is a necessity to perpetuate this racial conspiracy in the NFL. Just go with it, it's not about you, it's about the conspiracy.
You've made it abundantly clear that you're a good dude, but that is besides the point.
Oh come on DD. As I've said I have no axe to grind so you have nothing to be suspicious about with me.
I meant "you' generically...not you specifically. I know you're cool.
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Originally Posted by Some_Random_Guy
Browns, you are the pawn (white guy) who is a necessity to perpetuate this racial conspiracy in the NFL. Just go with it, it's not about you, it's about the conspiracy.
You've made it abundantly clear that you're a good dude, but that is beside the point.
It ain't that...bad read by you.
I just dont want white folks by and large telling me what's bad for me because historically, when have whites (with few exceptions) given a damn about what's bad for blacks?
So yammering on about how evil the Rooney Rule is just makes me more suspicious. If its bad, I can figure it out myself.
The long-awaited Katie Couric-Manti Te’o interview aired this afternoon, and for people who have followed the story of the bizarre hoax that led to Te’o claiming to have a girlfriend who didn’t exist, not a lot of new ground was broken: Te’o is sticking to his story that he was a victim, not a perpetrator, of the hoax, while acknowledging that he did lie to his family about having met his nonexistent girlfriend in person, and that he lied to the media even after learning that she didn’t exist.
But one brief exchange within the interview has people talking: Couric asked Te’o, “Are you gay?”
Te’o, who up to that point had calmly answered questions suggesting that he’s naive, stupid and a liar, grew emphatic as he insisted that he is heterosexual.
“No, far from it. Far from it,” Te’o said.
The emphasis Te’o placed on being “far from” gay was striking. At other times in the interview, Couric grilled Te’o about being “the most naive person on the planet” involved in a “web of lies,” and Te’o didn’t flinch. But when Couric asked Te’o if he’s gay, Te’o took umbrage. Te’o seemed to be saying, “Katie, you can call me naive, call me stupid, call me a liar. But don’t dare call me gay.”
And that may say a lot about how a gay player would be treated in the National Football League. Although there have been encouraging stories recently about more accepting attitudes in NFL locker rooms, we may still be a long way off from a day when a football player could answer the question, “Are you gay?” with a simple, “Yes” and not fear being shunned by teammates, downgraded by coaches and heckled by fans.
The bad news is that Te’o seems to think that if you’re an aspiring professional football player, you’re better off being labeled naive and stupid than gay. The awful news is that he might be right.
The obsession with sports is shameful. Imagine what kind of change would come if half of the population of a stadium stood up for their rights instead.
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Here it comes....the MSM is salivating, ready to sink it's "social justice" teeth into the NFL
