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Donald Trump: 'Football has become soft, like our country'
Yahoo! Sports ^ | 01/01/2015 | Jay Busbee

Posted on 01/11/2016 6:01:10 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Donald Trump may be the only person in America, outside of the residents of Cincinnati and Minneapolis, who has watched these NFL playoffs and doesn't like what he sees.

"Football has become soft like our country has become soft," the GOP presidential frontrunner told a campaign rally in Reno, Nevada on Sunday. "We're going soft, just like the NFL, we're going soft."

(Excerpt) Read more at sports.yahoo.com ...


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KEYWORDS: football; nfl; trump
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1 posted on 01/11/2016 6:01:10 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What NFL team did he play for?


2 posted on 01/11/2016 6:02:59 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution. Go Cruz.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Except for ex-Vikes HC Bud Grant who, at age 88, walked out to the coin toss yesterday in a polo shirt.


3 posted on 01/11/2016 6:03:15 AM PST by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged...why?)
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To: elhombrelibre

Still can’t get over that three dollar jury award, eh, Donald?


4 posted on 01/11/2016 6:04:00 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Yup... hockey is pretty much the only sport where the real tough guys play!
5 posted on 01/11/2016 6:06:22 AM PST by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Yup... hockey is pretty much the only sport where the real tough guys play!
6 posted on 01/11/2016 6:06:22 AM PST by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Switch over to watching the LFL, Mr. Trump


7 posted on 01/11/2016 6:06:36 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

I think it is “Turf Toe” not “Toe Turf”.


8 posted on 01/11/2016 6:08:59 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

You can say that again.


9 posted on 01/11/2016 6:09:07 AM PST by brewcrew
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Flag Football League!


10 posted on 01/11/2016 6:11:56 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Are the players gone soft or the team owners or the fans, who knows who or what he is talking about as per usual in such general terms, I think I get it now it is the football ie Deflate-Gate.


11 posted on 01/11/2016 6:15:47 AM PST by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Sorry, I don’t buy it.

NFL has become more brutal than ever. Steelers/Bengals game for example.......


12 posted on 01/11/2016 6:42:25 AM PST by Arlis ( A "Sacred Cow" Tipping Christian)
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To: ScottinVA

Bud Grant was the toughest guy on the field yesterday by far.

As for the article, I was disgusted by the lopsided officiating and the rally-round-the- officials announcing. And for the record I’m a Jets fan


13 posted on 01/11/2016 6:44:32 AM PST by SquarePants (Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time)
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To: SquarePants
Sorry for you as a Jets fan. Pick the KC Chiefs as your undercard team and root for the KC Chiefs!

In KC area, we're rooting for our Chiefs just like our Workd Series champs, the KC Royals to bring home the crown and want the Super Bowl to include the Green Bay Packers, to do a replay of the first SB only with the Chiefs winning the top spot.

Smile.

14 posted on 01/11/2016 7:00:07 AM PST by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: Arlis
NFL has become more brutal

Situations where coaches seem to have lost control of their players are disturbing. Where football has gone soft is with being politically correct. That's about image instead of getting their own house in order. In that way, Trump has a point.

15 posted on 01/11/2016 7:01:40 AM PST by grania
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To: grania

The Thug Culture has definitely taken over the game.


16 posted on 01/11/2016 7:03:03 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Arlis

Steelers-Bengals game was a throwback to Oakland Raiders football of the 1970’s.

Something I never thought I’d see again in today’s too-PC NFL.


17 posted on 01/11/2016 7:07:23 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Hey Jay!

Ever listen to Rush Limbaugh much?

18 posted on 01/11/2016 7:11:49 AM PST by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Believe me, I'll tell you, I would be the BEST NFL Commissioner they have ever had... NOBODY... would be a better commissioner than me. They have what, 90% of the league are black? Blacks LOVE me! They really do, you know...

19 posted on 01/11/2016 7:15:02 AM PST by Hatteras
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To: Buckeye McFrog

It was great to see a cold weather game in Minnesota for one last time.


20 posted on 01/11/2016 7:15:26 AM PST by dfwgator
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