Haha thanks for finishing that, I was running out of steam.

I’m seeing a lot of comments talking bad about the 49er fans without actually knowing what happened, so....

Worse still if Stevie Wonder later covered that song

Love that description of soccer. The excitement of anticipation, even if rarely realized, is still a commodity. That’s precisely what makes it exciting!

“Well, Johnny, remember that time you wanted to use the swings, but that other kid was on it for about 30 minutes, and then you got impatient and pushed him off the swing so you could use it? It’s kind of like that, except for land.”

Hmm, is this really analogous to Bobby Knight, who physically and verbally abused players and reporters (only verbally)? Is the fact that you’re at least loosely comparing this incident—telling a player to look someone in the eye and accept responsibility for their boneheaded play that could have hurt the team’s…

Inexplicable urge for Milanos...rising...

When you pull two Lombardi trophies out of your ass, you leave plenty of room for people to fuck you, or for you to fuck yourselves.

Oh, believe you me, I’m trying, and I’ll be sure to put a word back out on this post if it happens!

Haha they didn’t suck so much, I was just pretty sensitive as a kid. But yeah, that one incident didn’t do well to help me in sports, which I was actually pretty naturally talented in. (My dad actually got signed as an UDFA for the Cowboys for a year, and my brother was a varsity starting quarterback at both schools…

Hopefully? I think this is how football leagues—probably most sports leagues—actually got started. Regional associations that eventually coalesced into the national leagues we know today. This would be doing that on a semi-pro/minor league level. The NFL SHOULD absolutely get involved in that, since the point is that…

Make sure you don’t sit right on the horn!

And the fans, in this case, are looking at the industry from an incorrect perspective, which was my entire point. So thanks for dressing me down on the cynical nature of the world, which I am well aware of. The NCAA has every opportunity to pay players, and they won’t, and whatever cynicism lies behind that (ie, if…

Here’s my 3-part suggestion:

Why would they give up money that they have obtained legally that no one is making them give up?

“I do not care if the guy is yellow or black, or if he has stripes like a fuckin’ zebra. I’m the manager of this team, and I say he plays. What’s more, I say he can make us all rich. And if any of you cannot use the money, I will see that you are all traded.”

I applaud your cynicism and wish I cared to defend the NCAA’s dickish position as well as you.

Why charity? Why did some states end slavery before the 14th Amendment was ratified? Why did the Dodgers break the color line? Why do anything?

That’s fair, but that means the NCAA are dicks. They don’t have to wait for a public outcry to do it, and if they want to sell the people the notion of “amateurism” in their case, and the public buys it, then the public deserves to be called out for the suckers they are, as I did in my original response.

The average fan will continue to “buy tickets, merchandise,” and put “eyeballs on screen” if the decision was made to pay players. It is completely irrelevant. Now, if they cared enough to boycott until it happened? That would be nice. But it doesn’t matter, because that decision to pay them is not in their control,…