Webster says "That's racist!"
-PJ
Posted on 02/16/2015 10:19:37 AM PST by Citizen Zed
Even though Chicago’s Jackie Robinson West Little League team was stripped of their title last week for allegedly recruiting ineligible players, they’re still getting their championship rings. That’s thanks to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who told reporters over the weekend that he still considers the team champs in the Windy City.
“These young men demonstrated tremendous character both on and off the field, and Chicago will honor them as the champions they are,” Emanuel told reporters. “The memories they created will last a lifetime, and so will the championship rings they have earned.”
But whether or not that title was actually earned has become one of the sports world’s biggest stories in recent weeks.
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Might as well recruit the best ball players from all around the world to ensure your little league win I guess.
Cheating is a Chicago tradition, so of course he backs their play.
Correct
I was wondering when they would get around to playing the race card.
Of course it is racism. If JJackson says it is racism then it is racism because racism is anything that JJackson says is racism because he says it. Look it up in your Politically Correct Webster.
I don’t care what color they are. They’re not champions, they’re cheaters.
“Might as well recruit the best ball players from all around the world”
As long as they are the best all black players.
It wasn’t racist; rules are rules. When my kids were in Little League 20 or so years ago, each year at registration I had to produce a birth certificate and a current utility bill for our address. There was virtually no chance of a team from our small area going to the national or even state tournaments, but the rules were were enforced locally, and teams were disqualified from local tournaments over kids playing who didn’t live within district boundaries.
That said, I feel sorry for the kids; they probably didn’t know any shenanigans were going on. The parents and coaches who did this should be ashamed of themselves - but instead they’re trying to make it all about race.
Boo hoo. Whining about “racism” falls upon my deaf ears.
I no longer give a sh1t. I am completely desensitized on that subject.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the Judas goat of Jews of all time.
No. Cheating did.
Did Racism Strip Jackie Robinson West of Its Little League Title?
No.
Did they lose the title because of their color, or because they cheated?
Webster says "That's racist!"
-PJ
They didn't 'earn' anything. You do nothing but discredit them even more by insisting that cheating is honorable.
Did racism against poor disadvantaged blacks make the coaches and other adults responsible for the cheating think they couldn’t win with young folks who lived in the neighborhood? I suspect there are pockets of racism by which successful blacks look down on their less advantaged brethren.
I wonder which side Jessie and Al would be on if some all white team had beaten the Jackie Robinson team by cheating?
No, but racism will return the title back to the team.
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