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Another NFL sob story.
1 posted on 01/08/2018 1:57:05 PM PST by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

Another National Felons League pansy. Cry me a river.


2 posted on 01/08/2018 2:00:06 PM PST by tgusa (gun control: hitting center of mass)
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To: EdnaMode

Mr. Marcus Ball will just have to wonder as he sits unemployed. He may also wonder why he will have a hard time getting another job.


3 posted on 01/08/2018 2:03:39 PM PST by allendale (.)
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To: EdnaMode

Actually, it’s the first one I’ve heard of being released for not respecting the flag and veterans, if that’s the real reason.


4 posted on 01/08/2018 2:04:31 PM PST by libertylover (Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
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Missed the call? Missed his calling is more like it. Then again, it’s hard to get paid to be a whiner, even harder than it is to get paid to play a child’s game. There are only 535 in Congress, 1400+ in the Needless and Foolish League.


5 posted on 01/08/2018 2:05:41 PM PST by Jhadur ("You are not ready for immortality.")
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Good honest work available at Jiffy Lube.


6 posted on 01/08/2018 2:06:01 PM PST by OKSooner (Joan Rivers, RIP)
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Well....bye...


7 posted on 01/08/2018 2:06:08 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: EdnaMode

This. This is all you need to know about this nobody. He sucks.

Toronto Argonauts[edit]

In two seasons with the Toronto Argonauts (CFL), Ball had 142 tackles, 7 sacks, 3 fumble recoveries, and 4 interceptions (with 2 touchdown returns).[3] He was a key contributor to the defensive unit that helped the Argos to win the 100th Grey Cup at home in Toronto. On February 17, 2014, Ball was released by the Argonauts.[4]

New Orleans Saints[edit]

Ball signed a three-year contract with the New Orleans Saints on April 2, 2014,[5] but was released on May 4, 2015.

Carolina Panthers[edit]

On May 21, 2015, Ball signed with the Carolina Panthers.[6] On September 5, 2015, he was released by the Panthers.[7] He was re-signed to the practice squad on September 29.[8]

Ball was accused of threatening New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. while holding a baseball bat on the field prior to the game on December 20, 2015.[9]

On February 7, 2016, Ball’s Panthers played in Super Bowl 50. In the game, the Panthers fell to the Denver Broncos by a score of 24–10.[10]

On February 9, 2016. Ball signed a futures contract with the Carolina Panthers.[11]

On September 3, 2016, Ball was waived by the Panthers as part of final roster cuts.[12] The next day he was signed to the Panthers’ practice squad.[13] On September 23, Ball was elevated to the active roster to replace injured teammate Dean Marlowe.[14] He was released on September 27, 2016.[15] He re-signed to the practice squad on September 29. He was released on October 12, 2016.[16]

Jacksonville Jaguars[edit]

On October 12, 2016, Ball was signed to the Jacksonville Jaguars’ practice squad.[17] On October 24, Ball was waived by the Jaguars.[18]

San Francisco 49ers[edit]

On November 22, 2016, Ball was signed to the San Francisco 49ers’ practice squad.[19] He was promoted to the active roster on November 29, 2016.[20] On May 2, 2017, Ball was waived by the 49ers.[21]

Toronto Argonauts (second stint)[edit]

On May 25, 2017 it was announced that Ball had signed with the Toronto Argonauts (CFL) at the start of the CFL training camp season.[22]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Ball


8 posted on 01/08/2018 2:09:25 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (R2: Proudly intruding since 1958)
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Here’s another “gesture” for you


9 posted on 01/08/2018 2:09:42 PM PST by clamper1797 (We are getting close to the last "box")
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And pray tell, what “gesture” did he make? (I don’t want to click LOL)


10 posted on 01/08/2018 2:10:12 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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Any relationship to the Ball Family Baltic Basketball Circus?


11 posted on 01/08/2018 2:12:15 PM PST by COBOL2Java (Arguing with the left is like trying to reason with a crazy bum hearing voices)
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To: EdnaMode

And if you were??


13 posted on 01/08/2018 2:14:29 PM PST by aquila48
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Notice how he termed this:

“But I do, too. I feel like I was screwed out of a job, a career and my lifelong dream, because … why? The owner doesn’t want a black player raising a finger? I know he’s the boss. But is that fair?”

Never did it cross his mind, that even if he did indeed get fired for what was perceived as a protest, that a white player might have gotten the same fate for the same action? Assuming of course, that was the action that caused his release.


14 posted on 01/08/2018 2:18:08 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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During the anthem, I made a gesture, holding up my right hand with my index finger pointing toward the sky to God. I didn’t realize it, but I was the only guy on the team to make any sort of gesture that day.

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15 posted on 01/08/2018 2:19:09 PM PST by conservative98
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“I’ve thought about that every single day since then. Would I do it again? The answer is “yes.”

There’s your answer instead of reading this leftard garbage. This POS still WILL do it again. See? I saved you the time of reading this racial “I hate whitey” nonsense..


17 posted on 01/08/2018 2:19:17 PM PST by beergarden
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To: EdnaMode

Let’s see if we have this straight: this is a great job, right? I mean - most people would probably give anything to have a high-paying enjoyable job playing a game on a field, just like did when you were in school (I’m assuming you went to school).

You also knew that the boss - the guy hiring you and paying you doesn’t want any goofy demonstrations during the National Anthem (or long, nasty dreadlocks or weird tats) but you thought that it wouldn’t affect your job status.

Well, you just learned an important Life Lesson - Do what the boss tells you to.

Or you can pursue another line of work somewhere else.

Good luck.


21 posted on 01/08/2018 2:23:51 PM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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“The owner doesn’t want a black player raising a finger?”

Or a white man, you slobbering moron. Stand at attention during colors and pretend you have a nanogram of class.


22 posted on 01/08/2018 2:24:06 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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Boo. Hoo. If he’d kept his mouth shut and fingers to himself, he could still be raking in the big bucks. It’s tough to shoot yourself in the foot, but it’s no one’s fault but his.


23 posted on 01/08/2018 2:24:31 PM PST by txrefugee
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Dear Dumb-ox,

All actions have equal and opposite reactions.


25 posted on 01/08/2018 2:30:00 PM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Note to all foreigners: Please.....GET OUT and STAY OUT!)
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To: EdnaMode

Thugs don’t fall far from the thug tree .


26 posted on 01/08/2018 2:32:47 PM PST by Lionheartusa1 ()-: There is nothing DEMOCRATIC about the democrat party ,, stop using that term :-()
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Break out the violins.
No Marcus, you were cut because you were a crap player.
That’s why u were on the practice squad.


30 posted on 01/08/2018 2:42:30 PM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee.)
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