"Thanks for nothing, Mr. Kapernick. You have screwed up some of our college players and now even our high school players. President Trump is right on this issue. Get your poop in a group or go find something else to do."
Oh boy! He said it - he really did! Once again, President Trump said what many of us only have had the guts to think about in silence. He called out the football players who kneel during our National Anthem. Said they should be thrown off the team if they kneel.
Many of these primadonna athletes have had a silver spoon in their mouths since middle school. They had the world handed to them once they got into high school. BMOC for four years. In their final year or two of high school, college scouts come hanging around. Then come the scholarship offers. While their classmates had four years of hard work and debt to look forward to, the primadonna football players got free education and free tutors for four college years - all because they knew how to play a game.
After college, some of these primadonnas are drafted into pro teams. Some can get some very lucrative salaries. How lucrative? Making far more in one year than most folks make in a lifetime. And what are these primadonnas doing while our National Anthem is being played? I mean, these primadonnas who were treated like royalty during high school, receive a free college education, and then make more money than 98% if the country while playing the same game. What do they do for appreciation? They take a knee. Wah, wah, wah. They have been so very screwed.
Now the NFL is madder than hell at our President. And so are the Democrats. In fact, some Democrats are imploring ALL NFL players to take a knee tomorrow when our National Anthem is played. If they do, this is what I think will happen. There will be a resounding "CLICK!" as televisions are turned off. I know mine will be one of them. I also think many fans will walk out of the stadium, regardless of how much they spent for their tickets.
How much has football changed since I started watching it? Bud Grant, who is one of the finest coaches ever to walk this Earth, one of my heroes, had some very simple principals. One - no fancy shoes. We all wear the same uniform. Two - no sideline heaters. This is a game played in all conditions, and it is survivable. Three - (and this is big one) - no celebrations in the end zone. Why? Bud said this is what we are paying you for.
If Bud could go into a time tunnel and coach today, how would he react to players disrespecting our flag by kneeling during the National Anthem? I don't think it would have been pretty. First off, Bud had the Leroy Jethro Gibbs "death stare". If you screwed up, you knew it. Number two, and even more important - Bud knew what was right. If you wanted to "kneel" when the colors were displayed, maybe the Bears or the Lions could use your talents. Because Bud did not need you anymore.
Thanks for nothing, Mr. Kapernick. You have screwed up some of our college players and now even our high school players. President Trump is right on this issue. Get your poop in a group or go find something else to do. If you don't - the NFL will go the way of the Dodo Bird.
Sunday and the days to follow may be very interesting.
ReplyDeleteA black on white revolt is gaining traction.
This may be the leading edge of something very difficult, but important.
One can sense it in the air, in the rhetoric, in the schools, in the churches and especially in this government.
I may be overthinking this, but the last round of 45's tweets may have been the catalyst.
May your God help us all if I'm right.
Dave
"Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, they say get that son-of-a-bitch off the field right now — he’s fired! Fired!” 45 roared. “That’s a total disrespect of our heritage. That’s a total disrespect of everything that we stand for, OK? Everything that we stand for.”
ReplyDelete45 never defined “we,” but it seemed clear that he was speaking to and for the white supporters gathered before him in Alabama.
After years in which political figures and national leaders generally sought to unify the country rather than divide it, 45 is the polar opposite.
At the center of this seems to be a strong resistance to racial change and reform and racial justice. The bodies of black and brown people seem often to trigger a strong response in him.
I don’t think we can exaggerate the danger here.
I don't care if these guys are wealthy, or even if they've been wealthy all their lives. They are not wrong to take a knee. Trump is wrong to castigate them for doing so.
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