I personally would like to see all the social messaging left off the field...
I’m not sure I can agree 76-1. These athletes have a big stage to express their feelings about a very systemic problem. Anywhere else they go the stage is very very much smaller. A very large percentage of these guys are minorities and feel the pain. It is really their responsibility to use their ability to get a message out to do so. Let them take their opportunity to promote This. After all most of the people who “hate” or are racist also love sports and have minorities as their sports heroes. That would mean they are speaking to a great audience for their message that would never pay any attention to any of those other mediums you mention. I love it.
Sigh...
No one will be persuaded I agree. But someone might think about it. Did not mean to cast anything like that on you.
I noticed Iowa basketball having equality? I think on their backs. It's time for that to go to begin with, glad Woodson isn't doing that but really Iowa? Most doofy white guys in the league to begin with. Part of them the coaches kids lol.
I woke up just as KC had the ball, so still not sure what exactly happened? I think they should just play 15 minutes regardless in playoffs. Reg season I get keeping the games from getting too long
Absolutely agree. If You want to support a cause or deal with a problem. Do it on your own time and effort. This is pretty much a universal Message that nobody disagrees with. But when you have a football Team with 50 some players, 15 Coaches, assorted training and Administrative Personnel, when do you put a message out that not everybody agrees with?
It's just the world we live in I suppose...
Please name the systemic problem so we know what you are talking about.
....Noooooooooooo...........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🙉🙈(fades away after jumping off a cliff sound....)....😉
Let's not be obtuse. But also let's not stoke this discussion... this thread shouldn't even be here.
I’m with you Limestone. Let’s get back to football.
That's the point. A large portion of society can just hide in their happy lives while others are struggling and having to hear about the struggles makes people feel uneasy. If you didn't hear it there, you would have to outwardly pursue it and lord knows there is a large subset of society that wouldn't do that. I think that's the whole point so by asking for them to only use political forums that are easily avoidable you are basically telling them I don't care about your problems.....which is the point they're trying to change.
There were nothing wrong with the original post and there was nothing wrong with your reply that immediately followed. Reasonable people can disagree on the subject. But when you add stuff like this ...
... it looks like you're just stirring the pot and/or playing the martyr. Nobody called you names.
You missed a good weekend, maybe the best in NFL playoff history. Three walk-off FGs, and an overtime game.
Where are these specific systemic problems that you are talking about ?
I didn't miss a thing. But the NFL missed me.
Yeah one of the color commentators mentioned you I think
That was one of the best weekends of football that I can remember. One if the best games I have watched was ruined by an idiotic overtime system.
Sports and social justice and politics have been intertwined for longer than any of us have been alive and will continue to be. They've brought about a great deal of good.
