Monday, February 8, 2016

Football Fanatics Go Beyond the Black & White Of the Ref’s Shirts BY; KB 2.8.16

Let me just say that no aspects of racism and bigotry catch me off guard. I’m shocked when it shows up in the words and actions of people I associate with…..let me tell you…there are no greater showcases for racism and bigotry than politics and sports.

Let’s take the Super Bowl…it was obvious that both black and white hate Cam Newton…blacks because he won’t assume the role of the grateful docile negro. His talent, his braggadocio, his exuberance for the game he loves has somehow been interpreted as a slight to whites. He’s a talented player who knows he’s talented and he won’t celebrate the way whites and subjugated blacks want him to….How is Cam any different from Deion Sanders (Prime Time)? Didn’t hear too much about him. Sports enthusiasts, bigots and racists allowed a Thomas “Hollywood” Henderson? He admitted to sniffing cocaine on the sidelines in his oxygen mask….all you ever heard about him was people hated his outlandish fashion sense. Now let’s talk about football busts like Brian Bozworth…the crazy haircuts and sideline antics but his talent in college was a result of steroid injections that also killed his career. Let’s talk the insanity that is Johnny “football” Manziel…domestic violence, an addict out of control, and a major team distraction…very little press….then we look at Ray Rice, Ray Carruth,  Ray Lewis, Shawne Merriman, Andre Reed,…tons of press on their sordid details…..but you don’t hear too much about Alex Smith’s drunk driving, Joe Thiesman having his wife and mistress show up at the hospital when his leg was broken on televised game….

You don’t hear about how much time and money was utilized by the NFL to cover up CTE and how their legal machine damn near destroyed a black doctor’s career. You don’t hear about how much money goes to breast cancer every year when they throw a few pink garment in the game for the month of October….I never knew, until a couple of days ago, that the NFL was tax exempt. This is the same entity that has the power to make and break a city’s economy based on the greed of owners…case and point the Oakland Raiders…

Now, getting back to my point on racism, bigotry and my friends….I am preconditioned and predisposed to listen for the subtleties…saying things like He’s athletic -…excuse me isn’t he supposed to be an elite athlete? He’s in the pros! He’s brash and too outspoken….he’s been around yes men and future leeches  telling him how great he is…all the while waiting to capitalize on the greatness. Why isn’t he allowed to believe what he’s told, what is written about him? What is really being said is that people are afraid that he might wake up and interrupt their cash flow so he must present a certain way so that everyone can continue to get paid (sounds like slavery to me…)

What’s my point here?!!! We all love sports…it’s a way for us all to be “armchair active” either in the sport or be fake moguls in fantasy football…but we all need to look at the level of hypocrisy, greed and dirty dealings that keep the games going…


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