Charles Haley told 49ers rookies in May to 'Act like the white guys'

CBS Sports ^ | July 23, 2015 | John Breech

[ConservativeStatement]

Charles Haley is the only player in NFL history who's been a part of five Super Bowl winning teams, so it was no surprise in May when one of those teams, the 49ers, asked him to speak to their rookies.

What might come as a surprise to some people though is what Haley said to those 49ers rookies.

"As far as the rookies, and I know they probably got mad, but I said, 'Why don't you all act like the white guys? You never see them in the paper getting high or hitting people," Haley said, via the San Jose Mercury News. "'Why don't you act like that?' They all looked at me crazy."

[ConservativeStatement]

"The hardest thing is these guys, they have an attention span of a 5-year-old."

Oh, my. Apology coming in 5....4....3..../sarc.

[cripplecreek]

Seems to be a growing sentiment among some blacks that there needs to be some personal responsibility. Just today a black pastor in Michigan told the locals to be mothers and fathers so they don’t need state funding to raise their kids.

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[MeshugeMikey]

an astonishingly forthright statement like that needs to be put on a plaque

[Michael.SF.]

Based on how I believe the 49ers will do next season; the players will be playing like the white guys.

[LouAvul]

Gee. Imagine what the world will be like when the social architects have succeeded in eliminating the white man from the planet. Then all that will be left will be the blacks, the ragheads, the messycans ......

Should be exciting times, huh?

[canuck_conservative]

You never see them in the paper getting high or hitting people

Charlie Sheen

[max americana]

Kapernick throws like a white girl though so it’s understandable..

[MeshugeMikey]

whos charlie playing for....these days?? hes still in the NFL??

[Vic S]

Well, at least he didn’t say “All lives matter”, cause that would be racist.

[Sivad]

The shirt he was wearing in the photo is
the kind my conservative friends and I would
wear and I assume that too would be off putting
to today’s NFL rookies.

Charles is my man, though.

[BenLurkin]

"We wear the silver. We wear the black."

[Michael.SF.]

He played baseball, for the Black Sox:

Then 50 years later for the Indians:

[Mears]

You forgot the Asians who will,of course,be running things.

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[MeshugeMikey]

amazing what modern medicine...and cinematography can do for a guy

[babble-on]

Oh wow. That is pretty damn funny, actually.

Of course some of the white guys are pretty big goons, too, but he does have a point.

[noprogs]

Hey Dude...some people are like bongs. They need to be hit./s

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

“messycans”

You aren’t from Texas or have never lived in Texas, right? The proper pronunciation is “Mescan”. ;-)

[rwilson99]

Charlie Sheen plays football?

[rikkir]

Hey Charles, how about telling them to act like “Gentlemen”.

Have we as a society forgotten the definition of the words Lady, and Gentleman?

Race didn’t need to be made a part of this.

[twister881]

Agree. The NFL has its share of white bad boys, too: Rothliesberger(sp?), Johnny Clipboard, Ryan Leaf, etc.