re: Keep politics out of sports please

The problem is the players talk about wanting to have an open dialogue where everyone can say what they feel but that’s really bullshite. What they really mean is they want an open dialogue as long as it lines up with their way of thinking. They don’t want to keep politics and real life separate from football but god forbid someone say they support a president or political party that they don’t agree with. Then there’s anarchy because they got their feelings hurt. It’s all one big load of horseshite. Either agree with their political views or you are a racist plain and simple. Tell me I’m wrong please.

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Not sure what’s hard to understand. Football teams are made up of people who have lives and concerns outside of football. When a large group of people on a team feel a certain way and engage in a concerted act due to those concerns, it’s up to the leadership to respond. Good leaders of men, such as Saban, stood out front with his players and led them. Others, like O, did nothing. When times get tough, seemingly unimportant things like that can make a difference.

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Even if the cause is unfounded and misguided?

Let's say the tables were turned. White players were advocating for the end of black on white violence due to statistical deviations...would that fly? I bet the white players would be shouted down by the black players and nobody would support their cause. Should the leadership support the white players?


Let's touch on a more realistic scenario that is and has directly affected LSU student-athletes rather recently, not some thugs thousands of miles away..maybe the players should march for ending violence committed by black male athletes against white female athletes, something that appears to be an actual epidemic at LSU. I don't see the players organizing marches and demanding change for that.