I understand your point, I just disagree with it (see all the comments above). I hate to pull the “no, YOU!” card, but your not understanding what I’m saying. Here’s what you said your point is: “my point is, I am not willing to give him credit for taking a stand (or a knee) in support of an issue that he, himself,…

I thought he was saying “Boooooooooooooooooooo-urns”

I thought Jesus was Tebowing? At least that’s what my UF tell me.

Unless Jerry’s actions do not necessarily comport with his previously articulated statements, such as this.

If I flick off a guy it doesn’t matter if I am thinking “I’m doing this to show him how impressive the cuticle on my middle finger looks”, he’s going to interpret it as me insulting him. People can claim they know what was in Jerry Jones’ heart when he took a knee, and that may very well be what he was thinking (I…

I can’t tell if deadspin is purposefully strawmanning the purpose of the owners, coaches, and players joining the protesting players in kneeling this weekend or if the writers here really don’t get it...

“What is Jerry Jones protesting for?”

“Not willing to get involved in protest.”

“And pushing back on that is, while different, also worthy (or so it seems to me).”

Trump attacked the right of the players to protest in the first place. Showing unity with those players is an explicit rebuke to that claim, and the people kneeling are saying “we support their right to protest”. One of the huge issues with the protests’ effectiveness at this point has been widespread criticism of the…

I don’t think there is anything more predictable than a deadspin article attacking the NFL and Roger Goodell no matter what they do. This whole “they’re always evil, and everything they do is always bad” mentality is simplistic and tiresome.

Agreed. The idiots who shout “stop making football about politics!!” are conveniently ignoring that lots of other entities have been inserting politics into football for decades. Playing the national anthem is a political act. Promoting the military and actively schilling for army recruitment efforts are political…

What am I missing? I downloaded the app and don’t see the Flex Watch option anywhere. All I can do is input specific days of travel and it tells me how much it costs to fly on those days. I tried doing a trip to Cuba and couldn’t find a single combination of days that Hopper could find flights for. I’m sure I’m an…

Was this meant to be a response to the points I made? I understood what your implication was, and I pointed out why that was likely due to confirmation bias. When 55% of the players are white that means it will be shocking not to have examples of white players doing something. If your notion is that “something…

This sounds an awful lot like confirmation bias mixed with a skewed sample. I think something like 55% of players in MLB are white, so it would be surprising if you didn’t see a greater percentage of white players doing pretty much anything in the sport. Implying that it’s something INHERENTLY white, or that it’s…

This isn’t that complicated. Companies have every right not to wade into political disputes, and to attempt to minimize the damage when their brand is implicated in them. This is true EVEN WHEN I AGREE WITH THE POLITICAL MESSAGE BEING EXPRESSED. ESPN took a very mundane and reasonable step to say “listen, we don’t…

Agreed. The White House press conferences have become such a farce, but the reporters there used their time to ask for an official position on THIS issue? Sanders statement was despicable, so I’m not dismissing the response to what she said. But we really should demand more from our journalists as well. There’s a…

Exactly. How many previously anonymous people have been fired from their jobs after they say something stupid on social media and it goes viral? Those people were let go despite having no reason to know their comments would be seen by the broader public at large. Here, Hill was 100% aware that her post would be seen…

“And resigning herself to a private twitter for family, etc. doesn’t seem like the answer. She’s allowed a public voice like anyone else.”

I can’t stand listening to Gus Johnson call a game. We get it- sport is exciting. But freaking out every time somebody completes a 20 yard pass or runs for a first down is just exhausting. I can still remember screaming “SHUT UP!” at the television when listening to him call March Madness games.