Posted on 07/08/2020 5:42:17 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Is it "all about the Benjamins"?
He had a choice. Stand his ground and retire, or keep playing football. If he had not caved, black players would have targeted him with cheap shots until he was permanently injured, and the players on his own team would have helped.
Well, I hope what you are saying is not true, but assume that it is. His groveling apology may make him as much of a target as standing his ground would have done.
There’s a lot of things more important than playing football, in fact pretty much everything on the planet is more important than playing football and certainly one’s dignity and self-respect should be high on the list of those things.
He’s a coward and a bum and he should hang in head in shame. And the wife too.
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