re: Ryan Clark Reads This Board

Ryan Clark is a POS. He was DMing me on Twitter talking shite about coach o. Then he blocked me.... he is absolutely in these kids ears about coach and is a big part of some of these kids leaving.

This is the problem with the word racist. It's being thrown around to loosely for a guy who was critical of a coach who mishandled a situation this off-season about players who voiced concern over social issues. He criticises Brees arm strength, he's labeled racist. Are people on this board racist for criticizing TJ's inaccuracy?No. So it's cool for The Ryan Theriot to make fun of Jerry Sullivan for being old for an entire season but it's racist from Ryan Clark because he said "old white"? I know this is a message board and everybody is entitled to their own opinion, but damn.

It's white peoples job to rid racism.

My issue with RC and the subjects you mention is that he has a responsibility as a professional and as a man to be accountable in his job.

Of course he's not alone, most of these sports analysts long ago shunned basic rules of journalism and just tweet or report whatever emotional takes they want. When you file a story or make a comment that takes a strong take IMHO there is a responsibility to go to the source and get their input before you opine.

RC did that in neither the case of O or Brees. He just went off on them without even an attempt to get their take from all I can tell.

Passion is the true enemy of reason. And that appears to me to absolutely be the case here. He used the cover of the volatile social climate to rationalize attacking without the responsibility that should be required of someone in his position as an ESPN analyst.

Be a man and go to the source RC before making yourself judge and jury with people's lives and professions.

No room for racism in journalism or the locker room If he weren't guilty he wouldn’t have erased his tweets, plain and simple.

Finally starting to see parity in who can be called out for racism.