Posted on 09/25/2017 10:55:39 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Donald Trump set the sports world on fire over the weekend, referring to NFL players who kneel in protest of racial inequality during the national anthem as “sons of bitches” who deserve to be fired, rescinding a White House invitation to the NBA champion Golden State Warriors and — as hundreds of mostly athletes publicly protested the president’s comments — praising both the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins and NASCAR owners for respectively accepting his White House invitation and threatening to fire drivers who dared kneel for “The Star-Spangled Banner.” I’ll let you do the math on that equation.
For their part, NBA superstars from LeBron James to Kevin Durant, Chris Paul and Kobe Bryant came to the defense of Stephen Curry, whose “hesitation” Trump decried in his decision to disinvite the Warriors. (For the record, Curry had already made clear his plan to oppose a White House visit after the team scheduled a vote weighing the president’s divisive policies with their respect for the office.)
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and National Basketball Players Association Executive Director Michele Roberts, with varying degrees of admonishment, also took Trump to task for his incendiary remarks. Now, NBA team owners and executives are lining up in support of the athletes who Trump condemned over the weekend.....
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It could be Jordan acted of his own initiative.
But it has the appearance, possibly, of somebody calling in the big guns to sway public opinion.
The NFL is giving Hollywood a run for its money
Well, the fans are finally finding out what these athletes really think about them.
(crickets)
Whites are finally finding out what blacks really think about them. Not *all* blacks, but the vast majority, meaning > 2/3, perhaps going as high as 90%.
I remember the name. Didn’t he play minor league baseball... if I remember, couldn’t hit...
I am pleased as punch that the NFL, NBA and Hollywood have decided to go to war with Trump and conservatives. Perhaps a 50% pay cut will do them good.
LOL! I see what you did there. Nicely played.
I forgot about him until now.
Couldn’t touch His Highness either.
Uh Michael, you’re aware that this latest contretemps is over the killing of a heroin dealer, right?
I watch some college ball (no NBA, can't stand the hype). The kids in college can't hit Free Throws worth a @$#@. Can't play in the post. Can't rebound, don't know how to pass.
But they *do* know how to look good on a highlight reel, or shotgun 3's at a 2-out-of-10 clip.
My coach would have lost it, had we played as selfishly as what I see on a regular basis. We'd have been running suicides until our tongues hung out.
Eventually European teams, which are stronger fundamentally, will start beating US teams in the Olympics.
Well I’ve stopped watching NFL, NBA and after seeing the officiating in College ball, now that’s out now it’s either
American Pickers, Mountain Men or Alaska Frontier.
I never liked him. I am now glad.
Given how monolithically leftist a voting bloc they are - in great contrast to white population - I think 90% is reasonable.
I am 67 and have never watched an NBA game in my life. I always thought the should just give each team 100 pts with 5 minutes on the clock and get it over with.
Nothing like a little race BS for people to show their true colors...
Agreed, at least they'd be fresh for those 5 minutes, but alas, the sneaker sponsors would suffer.
I love Mountain Men
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