Colin Kapernick remains unemployed. No surprise. And yet, liberal sportswriters are weeping into their keyboards about this "inexplicable situation." The thing is, it's not inexplicable at all... they caused it! Ha ha!
See, right now we are awash in articles which try to understand the inconceivable world in which Colin Kapernick is not on an NFL roster. These articles point out that NFL types have suggested that teams might be worried about his health. But that can't be because people near him assure us he is healthy. They might be worried that his Vegan diet will make him unhealthy, but "there are no studies that say that being a Vegan hurts your ability to play in the NFL." They say he stunk his last few years, but if you limit his numbers to a four game stretch against some awful teams and you kind of squint, then he's probably as good as the worst 5-6 starters. They even claim he might be a locker room cancer, but I found a guy who liked him! So why, oh why is this God among men not on an NFL roster?!!! There. Is. No. God!
This all gets wrapped up in the faulty assumption that somehow the default position should be that Kapernick has a job unless he is proven entirely unfit. That's simply not true. You need to earn those jobs. There is also a smear in these articles consisting of unspoken by hinted at allegations of some vague unsavory right-wing thing going on here. See, Kapernick has the absolute right to stand for what he believes in... or kneel. But apparently, NFL teams don't have the same rights, and to deny this man a place on your team is to love Hitler.
Here's the thing. Kapernick's skill level collapsed when he got exposed as a one-trick pony. Add in the health concerns and the questions regarding his focus and how much money he may or may not want and he's just not worth anyone's time. There are a dozen other guys with better track records who fall into the same category and remain unemployed. But all that is a red herring. The reason NFL teams won't touch him is the NFL media.
When Kapernick did his disrespectful anti-America crap, the sports media waddled to their keyboards as fast as they could to proclaim him a hero. They did their best to turn something less than 40 guys out of 1900 into a "national movement." And the result was a backlash. People burned his jersey. Attendance dropped. Televisions ratings dropped. In fact, these same journalists trumped that as proof that the fake movement they had invented was working!!! The NFL will be on its knees soon and will need to negotiate with us!!! MWooo ha ha ha!
So now that everything is over and the NFL has survived, why in the world would any NFL team court re-opening that can of worms? Sorry, Florio and Robinson and friends... you caused this. And I'm loving your wringing of hands now. Assholes.
As an aside, the NFL players union has been trying to destroy the NFL. I'm not kidding. They have done a massive number of things to undermine the league and attack the owners, everything from verbal abuse to frivolous lawsuits to hiding the top draft pick from the draft. And yet, this week, the NFL Players association made several bizarre comments about issues in which they "hoped" the league will do something for them out of the goodness of the League's heart. Really? What makes them think they can make themselves an enemy and then beg favors? Has the world gone stupid?
So a backbencher developed a cult following for their stance on a controversial issue and then found themselves unemployed? This is becoming a trend.
ReplyDeleteAnthony, The funny part is watching the media pretending to try to understand what is going on without saying openly that he is being blackballed for his stance. They act like they just can't believe that's true, all the while pointing their self-righteous fingers. It's a rather strange dance.
ReplyDeleteSaw something funny today. There is new argument starting up for what might finally bring about an end to the reign of Donald Satan Trump... fatigue. People are just sick and worn out over all the constant problems associated with this man. That may eventually lead to everyone just finally deciding to be done with him.
ReplyDeleteTranslated: Liberals have worn themselves out with their constant whining and demoralized themselves that none of their whining seemed to matter, and now it's boring and unpleasant and we all just want him to go. So when enough of us reach that point, he will magically be forced to go.
Wow. I guess the breakdown has entered a new phase.
I stopped watching the NFL when the Cardinals left St Louis.
ReplyDeleteAndrew, I don't follow all the NFL stuff, but it is very funny that the leftist method anywhere is to attack, attack, attack and then expect your target to treat you nice. Though, I guess the GOP and the Religious Right sorta trained them up to that. Still, it's funny when they find out the hard way that their bully tactics only work on weaklings.
ReplyDeleteOn Trump, I haven't read The Art of the Deal, but I decided that the title is definitely a nod to The Art of War. If there is an overarching theme, it is that unpredictability will wear down your enemy.
I'm not saying that Trump is following all of Sun Tzu's advice. "It is the business of a general to be quiet" Ha! But then, going to D.C. is rushing headlong into the marshes. Sun Tzu doesn't really have any advice for fighting an enemy that thrives in the swamp.
I might return to caring about the NFL when ESPiN and NBC get out of the equation. Might. Way to wreck a brand with your incessant politicizing, phuccos!
ReplyDeleteI remember way back in the 70s turning the sound off when watching a football game because I got tired of listening to some of the idiots drone on and on about nothing...
ReplyDeleteCan't recall the exact teams/network (think it was Jets vs. Dolphins on NBC), but whoever experimented with an announcer-less game in the 80s, gifting us with naught but the sounds from the trenches, had the right idea. Bummer they never visited it again.
ReplyDeleteMerlin Olsen & Dick Enberg, the only team I ever really looked forward to hearing.
Critch, The league of NFL announcers used to have some great voices and wonderful storytellers, but these days it's just ex-athletes who can enunciate.
ReplyDeleteThe real lack of talent is in reporter ranks. These guys are grade A morons. The things they don't get are astounding. The mindless "conventional wisdom" they pass off as knowledge is awful. Their inability to connect dots and recognize real information is pathetically minor. Awful.
EP, Olsen and Enberg was fantastic. Enberg was the voice of sports to me for years. I also came to like Howard Cossell and a half dozen more. But there's been no one worthwhile in years.
ReplyDeletetryanmax, I've found that people like to reference The Art of War as a way to sound intellectual, even when they've never read it. It wouldn't surprise me if Trump never read it, but he references it all the time.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I don't get the idea that you can be a total bastard to someone and then expect them to be nice to you. That so fundamentally flies in the face of human nature as to make me wonder if there isn't some mental issue when people act like that.
>>But there's been no one worthwhile in years.>>
ReplyDeleteJim Brockmire. ;-)
RE: The Art of War, I'm just saying, if Trump's never read it, he appears to have an instinct for much of what's in it. I firmly reject the banana-peel hypothesis.
ReplyDeleteIn the past couple days, a couple media types have really turned up the paranoia on the Kapernick thing. I'm really enjoying this. I can imagine them with their eyes twitching as they write their stories and them peeking out their covered windows for black NFL choppers overhead.
ReplyDeleteWhat's really funny to me is that they seem to be trying to prove what everyone already knows -- that no one wants to hire Kapernick because he's a race baiting asshole -- and yet they act shocked and refuse to come out and say this. Then they act like there is some secret crime or something to NFL teams not wanting to hire a guy whose politics they find noxious.
They did the same thing Ray Rice after first screaming he should be banned for life and castrated.
tryanmax, It's a smart book with a tremendous insight into human v. human psychology, so if doesn't surprise me that he would act in accordance with some of it. But I frankly doubt he's ever read a book.
ReplyDeleteEP, I am glad that Phil Simms is finally getting the boot. What a moron! And the way he screams everything in monotone kills me.
ReplyDeleteBTW, There will be a guest film review up soon. I need to add a couple images and then it will be up. Sorry for the delay!
ReplyDeletePhil Simms out, Joe Buck still employed. Eh, based on appearances on Brockmire (and some Twitter exchanges) at least Joe seems to have a decent enough sense of humor about how he rubs some people the wrong way.
ReplyDeleteSo under the Trump administration the FBI is being secretly taped :) . Things keep getting weirder.
ReplyDeletehttps://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/05/12/comey-on-trump-tapes-i-hope-they-exist-that-would-be-perfect-n2326146
Cortney wrote how President Donald Trump took to Twitter to give former FBI Director Comey a warning: Be careful about leaking stuff because I might have tapes.