Very good list here. #1 is key for me: Including that as #1 will allow me to take him off my "punk ass" list and reconsider him for everything he is, not just that one moment. I don't agree with #5. There have been plenty of low-class white players that I didn't like because they were belittling, poor winners (and losers) and punks. It wouldn't have mattered if it was Alex Smith. What he said after the game was low class, be he black or white. I wish he wouldn't have written the second-to-last sentence in #10. Not that my opinion of him matters to anyone but me, but I respect the fact that he actually put something out there that wasn't the typical weak-ass "sorry". This was very well written and I give him respect for it.
I think there's a lot more to point 5 than people want to believe. That's not to say that everyone who thought he acted like an a-hole is a racist (even if they don't realize it), but a whole damned lot of them are. As he mentioned, it's a polarizing issue that's become one side, or the other. The reality is that almost nothing is two-sided. The NFL is a race to get that money. You can be the quiet, humble guy but if you're going to get paid doing that then you better be Peyton Manning, Joe Montana or Tom Brady. The league's history is covered with great players you don't remember because injury cut them down. There have been guys in the past who have taken the 'larger than life, in your face' attitude toward self-promotion. It's a double edged sword, but it's a potential short cut to bigger money. The point that the guy is quite possibly the best shut down corner in the league, and almost NO ONE knew about the guy until he pulled that stunt. Now, he's a house hold name. Whether someone agrees, or disagrees with what he did is fine by me. I don't think there's a wrong answer to that. I do, however, strongly feel the race card is being dismissed too lightly here. This guy isn't Bill Romanowski, who is someone people and teammates clearly should have feared. He's just playing the heel pro wrestling style. It's pretty played out, but it's good fore generating money/attention.
Is it possible Corey that people feel the same way about him as they do about Richie Incognito without being racist? Guess not in some minds. :roll:
Of course he could be like Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, Earl Campbell, or Warren Moon. Like someone famous said :wink: Act like you've been there before! 8)
Interesting. 2 points of view, but only one side is telling the other that his opinion isn't valid. We've come a long way as a society/nation. We've still got some work to do. Racism is very much alive and well in America. It's watered down and less abrasive, but that doesn't make it any less real.
Whatever racism still excists, I think it is the reverse of what you are insinuating. The race card has been so overplayed from the President to the media to entertainment and sports figures that it is just background noise now. I think it's a lot of BS.
I think racism is very alive in this country as well as all around the world. I just don't agree that it is a component of this situation. :?
I agree with this. IMO we've come to the point where the vast majority of people with a brain judge a public person only by words and conduct and not by color.
Racism to me is to deny someone their human rights based on their skin color or ethnic or religious background. Today it means that if you disagree with someone then you must be a racist.
First I changed my mind about Sherman and accept him as a decent human being who got carried away with the moment. I suppose there might be some people who are racist who don't like him, but basically I agree with KP.
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