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Jalen Rose: NBA players won't visit White House during Trump presidency
Sports Illustrated ^ | November 10th, 2016 | SI wire

Posted on 11/11/2016 6:59:03 AM PST by kevcol

ESPN NBA analyst Jalen Rose thinks some professional athletes, especially those in the NBA, who are invited to the White House to be recognized for winning championships will skip the festivities because Donald Trump will be president.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: athletes; espn; jalenrose; liberalmedia; nba; snub; trump; whitehouse
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To: kevcol

I’ve always thought there was an underlying reason why Tim Tebow was declared persona non grata in the NFL, and that reason had ZERO to do with his playing ability...

Wonder if Wikileaks takes requests...?


101 posted on 11/11/2016 8:13:09 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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To: kevcol

Jalen, Trump has already eclipsed any fame your black socks Fab-Five ever achieved.


102 posted on 11/11/2016 8:13:57 AM PST by Rebelbase (Make no mistake. It's not revenge he's after. It's a reckoning--Doc Holiday)
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To: No_More_Harkin

Tis but a scratch!!


103 posted on 11/11/2016 8:32:14 AM PST by refermech
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To: kevcol

Trump was highly regarded and not associated with hate and racism until he joined the race as a Republican and the rats invented a meme. If, instead, he had endorsed and worked for Hillary, he would be given great influence in her regime.


104 posted on 11/11/2016 8:38:30 AM PST by ntnychik
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To: kevcol
What makes him think Trump would honor sports figure, who make millions to play, by making a big deal of them over all the important things in the Nation?

If professional sports were to disband today, tomorrow would still come....

105 posted on 11/11/2016 8:42:44 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: kevcol

Great news!


106 posted on 11/11/2016 8:43:55 AM PST by WashingtonSource
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To: kevcol

Don’t wantcha, don’t needya.

Stopped watching even the Phoenix Suns last year.


107 posted on 11/11/2016 8:44:31 AM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: kevcol

Bet The Donald won’t be posting his bracket, either ....


108 posted on 11/11/2016 8:47:08 AM PST by nevermorelenore ( I miss Reagan !)
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To: Alberta's Child
"Seems awfully presumptuous to think they’d even get invited, Jalen — doesn’t it?"

That was my thought. And if NBA players aren't invited to the WH, just exactly how would that be a loss to the country?
109 posted on 11/11/2016 8:52:48 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: mewzilla

“Tebow...and that reason had ZERO to do with his playing ability...”

Sorry, the reason Tebow didn’t make it as a QB in the NFL is because he was not an NFL level quarterback...period! He does not have an NFL arm, nor an NFL throw. He does not have the ability to get the ball out fast enough and never showed an ability to read a defense to call an audible.

Any NFL QB that is still trying to modify his radical delivery after 4 year in the league is not long in the league. In his 2011-2012 season with the Broncos, in which he played in 14 games, his completion rate was 46.5%. When they asked him to try another position..he refused..it was QG or bust!

I like Tebow; I think he is a great role model, but he is not an NFL quarterback.


110 posted on 11/11/2016 8:53:34 AM PST by MaxistheBest
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To: kevcol

I hope so. These phony bastards who are “down with the people” want the plantation gates slammed and nailed shut. They are in the process of NFLing themselves.


111 posted on 11/11/2016 8:55:19 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: All

good....


112 posted on 11/11/2016 8:55:33 AM PST by Maverick68
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To: kevcol

Okay then!


113 posted on 11/11/2016 9:01:31 AM PST by stocksthatgoup (When the MSM wants your opinion, they will give it to you)
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To: kevcol

And I won’t attend or watch any NBA games.


114 posted on 11/11/2016 9:02:02 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: kevcol

What the Hell is that???


115 posted on 11/11/2016 9:05:55 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: kevcol

Rose, you just Kapernicked the NBA! Good work buddy.


116 posted on 11/11/2016 9:07:31 AM PST by mom.mom
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To: kevcol

Trump wasn’t going to have them anyway. He doesn’t need to use celebrities to make himself seem cool like obama does. And Trump supporters aren’t interested in those fools anyway. Especially since they’ve shown us what they are.


117 posted on 11/11/2016 9:08:03 AM PST by uncitizen (Ding Dong The LSM is Dead!)
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To: TigerClaws

Because FR doesn’t support the NFL and NBA TigerClaws. Individuals here might, but FR doesn’t. If JimRob wants to do that, it his business.

Do you believe in banning and suppressing the speech of people you don’t agree with?


118 posted on 11/11/2016 10:04:36 AM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: Right Brother

Probably relieved that nothing will be stolen by these thugs while they are there. The NBA is where the NFL is headed, over paid punks and criminals. I haven’t watched an NBA game since Bird played in the early 90’s and haven’t missed a second of it.


119 posted on 11/11/2016 10:19:50 AM PST by sarge83
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To: kevcol

Elections have consequences. I would consider this possibility a positive consequence.

JoMa


120 posted on 11/11/2016 10:59:53 AM PST by joma89
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