The part I can’t get over is how so many people are debating whether Burfict hit him with his shoulder or his head.

Think that’s why he/she said “after that hit” and not “after he got up and walked off the field on national television.”

Re Manziel—Johnny D-bag didn’t do anything really outrageous until the wig trip to Vegas. Stupid, entitled, self-destructive, and all that, but not outrageous. And the media was all over him waaaaaay before that Vegas trip.

“But let me ask you, what other athlete has that level of scrutiny and negative takes on him or her...”

No, it’s not. The numbers I cited are accurate.

So I’m jealous of millionaire athletes, but not the billionaire owners? Ok.

No, it’s not.

I don’t understand why people keep raising this as a rebuttal.

ETA: Ahem, oops.

Of course not.

Yeah, this. In bold.

Sincere question—can you give me an example of the widespread criticism Cam Newton is facing?

Yeah, I’m sure those tweets are a departure from the critically-important-intelligent-and-not-at-all-brain-melting missives usually sent out on Twitter.

Maybe so, certainly someone better than their current reps.

I really think Jed York makes all his decision by surrounding himself with people whose opinions he respects and starts the brainstorming session by asking what he absolutely cannot do, earnestly intending to follow their advice.

I would sincerely appreciate someone pointing me in the direction of this widespread, vocal criticism of Cam Newton.

Hold on a second—are you counting the figures after the decimal point as a joke or b/c you actually think they count? Doesn’t 5 figures mean you have at least $10K? B/c now I’m thinking I might have it wrong and now I’m confused.

My man, you’re like a battered spouse.

Although I’d still say you’re a knuckle-dragging fool if you buy into the NFL’s bullshit promotion.

My point is this that there hasn’t been an iota of skepticism applied to this “people hate Cam Newton b/c he’s black” narrative.