@Buckeye_GDG And good news , the NAACP isn’t putting a gun to anyone’s head demanding they don’t go to Florida .
Also piss off for thinking money is the only thing that matters. I would be proud of my son for taking such a stand.
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I’ll get this back on topic…I am not for the NAACP telling black athletes, especially men, to leave a better school, with better resources, with money you can’t get at FCS level, and possibly screwing generational wealth writhing your family and politics stay out of CFB.
Call on donors, call on famous wealthy black people…don’t call on college kids and HS kids.
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This is irresponsible of the NAACP
Political agendas shouldn’t be at the feet and they on the backs of athletes and HBCUs.
- There are not a lot of FCS HBCUs, so that’s asking players to go to worse than what they already doing
- HBCUs don’t have the money, resources, donors, or infrastructure
- Some FCS HBCUs don’t even turn a profit
- MAC team make over twice what they do or more
- Coaching top to bottom and coaching outreach outside of the school is not the same
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@Buckeye_GDG Which social justice cause that didn’t require some level of sacrifice is your favorite ?
If these MEN want to make an ADULT decision to put right over wrong , I applaud them . I’m also happy to reassure you that there are plenty of options besides Ole Miss, bama and Auburn .
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@Jaybird2433 @MattFinkes No one knows what you are even talking about dummy. I’m for life being better for Americans , I know this isn’t it , in no way do I pretend to have all the answers . But being governed by this batch of immoral dipshits sucks . Maybe get outside and get some fresh air .
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@chriscmckee @MattFinkes Well argued. As articulate and intelligent as I’ve come to expect from someone who advocates for the most murderous ideology of all time.
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Trump and the Republican Party is such a threat to democracy, the only way to save our country is to abolish all the founding institutions that created our democracy. Electoral college, sovereignty, Supreme Court…
I’m sorry but these people are fucking nuts.
John Pavlovitz@johnpavlovitz
The Supreme Court is a threat to Democracy.
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@Jaybird2433 @MattFinkes Oh my bad , didn’t realize you were that wacky . Do I think the Supreme Court sucks ? Yes . Do I think MAGA has enabled corruption beyond what we could have imagined? Also yes . If you think this system is fair and not stacked for the rich then it’s kinda pointless to debate .
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@chriscmckee @MattFinkes Yes it’s called corporatism and everyone, literally everyone opposes it. It is also what will happen on steroids if socialism and communism are fully adopted in the West. Ayn Rand wrote entire books on the philosophy of “Pull”. Learn to read dipshit.
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@Buckeye_GDG The right wants to control what books are available in schools and what is taught in the classroom. They play politics with education all the time , denying science and history …then the NAACP starts suggesting student athletes take a stand for their cause and you say not fair ?
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@chriscmckee This isn’t anything like “shut up and dribble.”
You also don’t know these kids politics or their parents. Has nothing to do with instructions…this has nothing to do with the colleges.
Read this post below, they aren’t looking out for black people.
Torraine Walker@TorraineWalker
Is there a pipeline to funnel any students who join this push into other schools? Because asking young Black people to risk their futures and those of their families without a backup plan is foolish.
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@Jaybird2433 @MattFinkes Just a dad trying to not raise communists , lol, people you meet think you are exhausting. You are probably considered my ideology and it’s all you can talk about . Piss off
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@chriscmckee @MattFinkes Thank you for conclusively proving my point.
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@Buckeye_GDG Yes my personal politics surely are more aligned with what the NAACP is trying to accomplish, but this sounds a lot like “shut up and dribble”.
These institutions use their economic and political power to get all types of things that they benefit from , yet athletes can’t ???
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@chriscmckee My personal politics have nothing to do with this, yours clearly do. Politics have no place in CFB.
I gave points to why it would not work.
Thankfully, a lot of black people are seeing how wrong this is of the NAACP.
It’s not smart, it’s irresponsible and again, kids aren’t.
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@Buckeye_GDG You referring to the grown men making thousands to millions of dollars?
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wtf do these institutions have to do with any of this?
Said it for 47 and I’ll say it here, “keep politics out of CFB”
Ross Dellenger@RossDellenger
Jeffries: "The silence of the institutions is complicity. ... If LSU is for it, we are against it. If Alabama is for it, we are against it. If Ole Miss is for it, we are against it. If South Carolina is for it, we are against it. If Tennessee is for it, we are against it."
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@anthony_bo55231 @Jay_Ohhhh It is, this also makes it more impactful for more teams , you don’t think Illinois football isn’t better if they don’t make the playoff every once in a while? Suddenly a trip to Champaign seems more interesting
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I can’t believe people actually want a 24 team playoff. This is absurd.
The Next Round@NextRoundLive
What would it look like long term if there were a 24-team CFB Playoff? *IF* the CFP had been 24 teams from the start in 2014, 80 different teams would've made an appearance over the last 12 seasons.
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@ColtBass828 @AriWasserman So ? We also had a ACC championship game that meant nothing , BIG 10 and SEC conference championship games where we knew neither team would miss the playoffs as a result , teams are trying to actively trying to get out of playing anyone non conference…that all sucks
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@chriscmckee @AriWasserman usc played in the mother f’n alamo bowl ! you will be playing them
24 team playoff this year would’ve meant teams who played in the texas bowl, new mexico bowl, and las vegas bowl are now “playoff teams”
comical
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@awfulannouncing Someone should remind him that this is what the money is for . I love sports but at the end of the day it’s entertainment, it’s a tv show , broadcasters pay a lot of money that works itself to the players so they can put the shows on tv.
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Alex Caruso rejects NBC camera in Thunder huddle awfulannouncing.com/nba/alex-carus…
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@ColtBass828 @AriWasserman You are wrong , beating a rival is on the line . It’s not cheapened if both teams are going to the playoff . I think it’s more exciting to beat another playoff team as opposed to a team who will be playing in the Alamo or Independence Bowl.
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@chriscmckee @AriWasserman did you actually read the article ? yeah, of course you (buckeye) as an invested fan in this particular rivalry, will always care no matter what … but to the rest of us … the biggest rivalry in the sport just got diminished ! it’s not must see tv because noting is on the line !
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@AriWasserman I’m so in the minority on this , 24 sounds great to me .
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@AriWasserman Can you guys just break this down in the pod ? What are they proposing?
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I wonder if the New York Yankees would like a salary cap
Pete Nakos@PeteNakos
The President's Roundtable on Fixing College Sports sent a memo to U.S. Sens. Cruz and Cantwell today, voicing strong support for completing bipartisan college sports reform, @On3 has obtained. The Senators remain in the final steps of negotiations on the bill.
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