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Jason Whitlock: Manziel should be a game changer
Posted on 8/9/13 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 8/9/13 at 12:43 pm
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The explanation is rather simple: It’s been difficult for America to hear us unless we’re loud, obnoxious and rebellious. Reasonable claims of injustice and unfairness are dismissed as excuse-making by people who allegedly don’t have the necessary integrity and resolve to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Our shouts are heard, but they often go unaddressed until similar injustices impact the majority community.
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The Heisman Trophy winner is a rule bender like Cam Newton, a rock-star partier like JaMarcus Russell and an improvisational playmaker like Michael Vick. Somehow, America loves Johnny Football. We love him so much that we’re now ready to overthrow the NCAA and the stupid rule book that might deny us the privilege of watching Manziel attempt to duplicate his improbable freshman season. We love this rich, pampered, Justin Bieber-wannabe so much that we’re now apparently ready to deal with the fraudulence of amateurism.
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Yep. This is why black people tend to shout. Reggie Bush was an immoral, greedy punk who deserved to have his Heisman Trophy stripped from him because a potential agent rented his parents a new house. Cam Newton got called everything but a child of God because his father allegedly asked for extra money in his collection plate. Few outside of the Buckeye state cried when Terrelle Pryor got run out of college football because of free tattoos. But Johnny Football and his autographs are game-changers when it comes to public perception of NCAA rules. Why?
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Posted on 8/9/13 at 12:45 pm to DJ, your DJ
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Jason Whitlock
Posted on 8/9/13 at 12:46 pm to DJ, your DJ
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We love this rich, pampered, Justin Bieber-wannabe so much that we’re now apparently ready to deal with the fraudulence of amateurism
What do you mean "we"?
Posted on 8/9/13 at 12:48 pm to lsuhunt555
We and the pundits killed middle to lower class kids for trying to capitalize off their performance (cam, bush, pyror) and when the richest CFB of all time decides to do the same, we find him to be the victim and try to find every reason to overthrow the system
Posted on 8/9/13 at 12:50 pm to DJ, your DJ
He makes some good points.
Posted on 8/9/13 at 12:52 pm to DJ, your DJ
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America loves Johnny Football.
Apparently he's never visited the SEC rant
Posted on 8/9/13 at 12:52 pm to DJ, your DJ
So Whitlock has the pulse of white people huh?
Well i think JFF is a piece of shite
Well i think JFF is a piece of shite
Posted on 8/9/13 at 12:52 pm to DJ, your DJ
its quite different from the rhetoric he usually spews. that said, he kind of has a point. i dont think its necessarily a racial driven issue- that we now want to change the system for a white player- but if someone else thinks that, its easy to see given minimal evidence.
Posted on 8/9/13 at 1:01 pm to DJ, your DJ
Probably has something to do with his FoxSports colleague who said Manziel could be the Rosa Parks of college football.
Posted on 8/9/13 at 1:08 pm to LSUTIGER in TEXAS
He has a point if you drive it racially--it's not a racial issue superficially.
He's trying to parlay how things tend to work out in eyes of BP ltwerking was ghetto Hoodrat behavior until Miley Cyrus made it suburban. There are other examples of this.
He's trying to parlay how things tend to work out in eyes of BP ltwerking was ghetto Hoodrat behavior until Miley Cyrus made it suburban. There are other examples of this.
Posted on 8/9/13 at 1:09 pm to saintsfan22
man, in the last week I have heard JFF compared to Rosa Parks and Achilles. LINK
The end times are upon us!
The end times are upon us!
Posted on 8/9/13 at 1:10 pm to DJ, your DJ
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Somehow, America loves Johnny Football
LOL. I know maybe 2 non Aggies who like him. And I know several Aggies who hate him. Anything to play the race card though
Posted on 8/9/13 at 1:12 pm to DJ, your DJ
Wait, people love Manziel? Everyone dislikes him and thinks he's a douchebag.
Posted on 8/9/13 at 1:16 pm to hg
made a similar argument when I asked how is this different from T. Pryor and Ohio St.
Which is kinda different because Tressel got crucified because of this. So he cant argue racism in that instance.
Which is kinda different because Tressel got crucified because of this. So he cant argue racism in that instance.
Posted on 8/9/13 at 1:16 pm to Dr RC
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JFF compared to Rosa Parks
This is total bullshite. He didn't accept the money(allegedly)as some sort of landmark social statement, he accepted it because he's frickin 20 years old and someone wanted to pay him to sign his name!
Yes, his family is wealthy, but whether you have $5 or $5,000,000; when someone offers you that kind of money for doing something as menial as signing your name...you take it.
This post was edited on 8/9/13 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 8/9/13 at 1:17 pm to DJ, your DJ
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The Heisman Trophy winner is a rule bender like Cam Newton, a rock-star partier like JaMarcus Russell and an improvisational playmaker like Michael Vick. Somehow, America loves Johnny Football.
If you didn't know what the direction of this article was going to be, that is a large clue
Posted on 8/9/13 at 1:18 pm to Srbtiger06
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If you didn't know what the direction of this article was going to be, that is a large clue
well thats kinda the point
Posted on 8/9/13 at 1:20 pm to DJ, your DJ
Way to fricking cherry-pick, Whitlock!
He need look no further than his own employer, for one, when it comes to sucking off the Manziel teet. And, as far as I can tell, the only other group that has been vocal in regards to saving Manziel's arse has been aTm fans.
Pretty sure the rest of us want him thrown under the bus, right?
But, Whitlock is a race-baiting hack, so...
He need look no further than his own employer, for one, when it comes to sucking off the Manziel teet. And, as far as I can tell, the only other group that has been vocal in regards to saving Manziel's arse has been aTm fans.
Pretty sure the rest of us want him thrown under the bus, right?
But, Whitlock is a race-baiting hack, so...
Posted on 8/9/13 at 1:26 pm to RummelTiger
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And, as far as I can tell, the only other group that has been vocal in regards to saving Manziel's arse has been aTm fans.
The media in general.
This post was edited on 8/9/13 at 1:32 pm
Posted on 8/9/13 at 1:30 pm to DJ, your DJ
I agree with him.
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