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Olbermann Will Boycott NFL Draft, Mayweather vs. Pacquiao Fight Because Of Abuse Charges
Sports Grid ^
| April 25th, 2015
| Henry McKenna
Posted on 04/26/2015 6:39:57 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
ESPNs Keith Olbermann wants the United States to address its issues with rape and domestic abuse. And whether the sporting world knows it or not, fans are given the opportunity to do just that during the 2015 NFL Draft and the upcoming Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao fight.
Jameis Winston is dealing with allegations of sexual assault and Mayweather has five instances of domestic abuse on his criminal record. Yet, Winston is looking like a lock at the No. 1-overall pick, and Mayweather continues to box in the arguably highest profile event in the history of boxing.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: boxing; domesticviolence; nfldraft; olbermann; rape; winston
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Does this mean we should boycott the WNBA because of the domestic violence charges against some players?
To: ConservativeStatement
Olbermann is working himself up to another psychotic episode. He'll be fired again soon. Probably not for this (which will embolden him to engage in more extreme posturing that will lead to the firing offense), but soon.
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posted on
04/26/2015 6:44:00 AM PDT
by
Paine in the Neck
(Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
To: ConservativeStatement
I boycott the WNBA because it’s so boring...
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posted on
04/26/2015 6:45:12 AM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi! My vote is going to Cruz.)
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
04/26/2015 6:45:17 AM PDT
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: Paine in the Neck
Rage addicts are mentally ill.
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posted on
04/26/2015 6:45:37 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: ConservativeStatement
Highest profile event in the history of boxing my A$$! I remember the Thrilla in Manila.
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posted on
04/26/2015 6:46:13 AM PDT
by
4yearlurker
(No tagline today.)
To: Paine in the Neck
I have been boycotting Oberbum for years and it has not worked.
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posted on
04/26/2015 6:47:07 AM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
(If Hillary was running against Satan, I'd probably abstain.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Remind me... who is this Keith Olberman again?
...repeatedly terminated sports guy or something?
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posted on
04/26/2015 6:47:47 AM PDT
by
jimjohn
(You don't get the kind of government you want, or the kind you need. You get the kind you deserve.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Since when does Oberdouche give a damn about rape or abuse ? He is a huge Bubba Clintoon apologist.
To: ConservativeStatement
To: ConservativeStatement
Wonder if Olbermann realizes that the world will not notice his absence or passing.
To: ConservativeStatement
Politics and political correctness will destroy pro sports.
It will happen the same way it has been turning a large segment of the movie and TV industries away from making movies and shows that entertain to creating irritating lectures thinly disguised as entertainment that scold, preach diversity, and push senseless political correctness in the face of the viewer.
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posted on
04/26/2015 6:50:05 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(We may be paranoid but that doesn't mean they aren't really after us)
To: ConservativeStatement
Boxing is a brutal, dumb sport, the object of which us to cause a concussion in another human being for the edification of a jaded crowd which would not be out of place at the Colliseum . I would support outlawing it if the savages who participate in it would be effectively deterred thereby. As it is, we can at least control it by allowing it to continue.
Don’t like K.O. but he is right here. Sports figures should not be allowed to continue performing in a public forum when they act like brutal savages. They create a negative role model for young people - as if they don’t have enough negative
role models from the movies and tv.
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posted on
04/26/2015 6:50:38 AM PDT
by
ZULU
(Je Suis Charlie. . GET IT OBAMA, OR DON'T YOU??)
To: Da Coyote
To: 4yearlurker
Even the Rumble in the Jungle was bigger.
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posted on
04/26/2015 6:51:36 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
04/26/2015 6:54:50 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: ConservativeStatement
I'm surprised Keith isn't in the looney bin. I remember the night Republicans took the House. He was a talking head at MSNBC then. He had a meltdown on live TV. Called the voters too stupid to live or something. It usually hate watching boring election results, but this was hilarious.
To: ConservativeStatement
Ummm Who???..So???..
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posted on
04/26/2015 6:55:16 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
("Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid." Hedy Lamarr)
To: ConservativeStatement
Olbermann got fired by ESPN once before and subsequently by a few others. Time to fire him again and hopefully nobody will hire this nut.
To: ConservativeStatement
I agree with boycotting the fight. The charges against Jameis Winston were dropped so that is a little more arguable, could have been a publicity stunt, more about image than the act itself.
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posted on
04/26/2015 6:56:11 AM PDT
by
erlayman
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