Believe in something
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@mayjay I get all that, and Agassi and McEnroe were 100% horrible a-holes on the court too and those two are from 30 to 40 years ago. This doesn’t excuse her behavior.
I’m tired of hearing about her like she’s a martyr or a strong noble woman, especially to hear her speak about herself in those terms. She’s a spoiled mega-rich brat who happens to be female, have a child, have a strong frame, and be black. The latter set of characteristics do not make the former set invisible. She is not a likeable person.
Here’s the quote, after the ref penalized her for being coached from the stance:
“You will never, ever, ever be on another court of mine as long as you live. You are the liar,” said Williams. “When are you going to give me an apology? You owe me an apology. Say it you’re sorry. And you stole a point from me. You’re a thief, too!”
and then later…
“I thought he took the game from me, other men said other things,” said Williams, “I am here fighting for women’s right and women’s equality. (He) made me feel like a sexist remark, he never took a game from a man for saying thief.”
This isn’t an isolated incident. Remember when she previously threatened to kill a line judge? I’m pretty sure Serena has the worst attitude on the court of any high profile ranked player, male or female (I’m willing to hear otherwise). Her reputation precedes her. I’m not certain that if her modern male counterparts said the same things they wouldn’t get the same treatment. I guess we’ll never know because they have more class.
Congrats to Naomi Osaka! Sorry your childhood hero is a horrible sport and overshadowed your victory by making it all about her.
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Serena was getting her ass kicked. Didn’t like it and has always been a sore loser. So she made a spectacle of it to turn all the attention on herself to make seem like she got a bad deal.
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@mayjay The world has change a ton since McEnroe was playing, not saying it’s right but that was 30 years ago. Comparing that society to today’s is foolish and simply not apples to apples. Things changing that’s why guys like Billy Gilsieby (misspelled) and Mangino aren’t coaching anyone. You can’t yell at anyone and get away it. This whole racist, feminist excuse is BS, her actions weren’t right and she should be held accountable. I don’t care what sex, race or religion you are, if are a professional act like it.
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The Buffalo Bills started Nathan Peterman at QB yesterday. His 2017 numbers:
24-49 (49%), 2 TD, 5 INT, 38.4 Rating, 13.8 QBR (to his credit, he took only 1 sack in 4 games), 252 yards.
Yesterday’s numbers: 5-18 (28%), 0 TD, 2 INT, 0 Rating (3 sacks), 24 yards.
Thankfully, first round pick Josh Allen was able to come in and perform capably
6-15 (40%), 0 TD, 0 INT, 56 Rating (3 sacks), 74 yards.
Wait, those numbers are bad. Maybe Allen isn’t quite ready yet. Let’s check his college stats:
Last year: 152-270 (56.3%), 16 TD, 6 INT, 6.7 yards per attempt, 1812 passing yards.
Career: 365-649 (56.2%), 44 TD, 21 INT, 7.8 yards per attempt, 5066 passing yards
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Kap put up basically identical stats to Jacoby Brissett last year. Should Jacoby Brissett be a starter?
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At this point I’m more arguing the collusion case for Kap than arguing that he should start anywhere in particular.
If Jacoby Brissett was a free agent right now, someone would sign him tomorrow.
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@justanotherfan I can absolutely agree that Kap should be in the NFL. Making probably $6-7M a season.
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Here is a well thought out article by Martina Navratilova.
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You’re assuming. You don’t know what Kap will do with the money. Yet your posting as if it is a fact. Also as someone that watches Football. Kap’s football career was over long before he started this kneeling to the American flag. He had lost his starting job and was nothing but a backup QB. It wasn’t much of a sacrifice on his part. His NFL career was pretty much a bust.
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Kcmatt7 said:
@justanotherfan I can absolutely agree that Kap should be in the NFL. Making probably $6-7M a season.
Please how? He’s nothing but a backup. Yet he’s going to create all the turmoil like he’s some stud? Really?
If you were running a NFL team a business would you want a backup QB causing all these problems. Remember some people think you shouldn’t blame the flag for your problems.
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@JayHawkFanToo I dig it. Well said.
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@DoubleDD talent-wise, ignoring the anthem stuff, he should be in the NFL making $6-7M.
Is that better?
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@BShark lol. The dig on New York Times makes it clear that this is impartial Fake News
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I did hear a funny “conservative” burn last night on this topic.
“Trump’s economy is doing so well, even Kaepernick has a job!”
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Did you hear the one that Kaepernick is like Al Bundy, he could not play pro football so he sells shoes.
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He does have talent. No doubt. I also thought he should have been a running back. Seriously look at his build and that thick neck he has. Dude has stud running back written all over him.
I have some friends that are big time 49ers fans. They were completely pissed when Kap was promoted over Alex Smith. I mean they were mad.
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Time to believe in something… I believe I’ll have another beer!
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I believe tonight is the night I find the dang cricket that is so dang loud, but I can’t find it!
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I believe setting the alarm on my phone to Gangham style was not a pleasant way to wake up, but it was effective.
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@justanotherfan How Dallas Police is in charge of the case, I’ll never understand. This should have immediately gone to another City in Texas.
I’ll wait to see the results of the case before I go on a rant.
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@Kcmatt7 - Agreed. Texas Rangers or similar should be in charge. This doesn’t pass the “sniff test”…
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@justanotherfan @Gorilla72 @Kcmatt7
This warrant appears to be the work of the Dallas police in a bald-faced attempt to protect their own. The investigation of the cop actually is being done independently by the Texas Rangers. They took 3 days to finally arrest her on a manslaughter charge, which has brought major criticism that any civilian involved in a suspicious shooting would not have remained out of jail while it was investigated. The county prosecutor has laid all responsibility for favorable treatment on the Rangers, saying his office could well bring more serious charges.
Well, what did we expect? I would think if you farm out a homicide investigation to an MLB team, they are likely to screw it up. Winning the WS is no substitute for police training.
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mayjay said:
Well, what did we expect? I would think if you farm out a homicide investigation to an MLB team, they are likely to screw it up. Winning the WS is no substitute for police training.
Everyone knows the Astros would have done a better job anyway.
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@justanotherfan I don’t count them as really winning. They are supposed to be National League, so it devolves to the Rangers instead.
That doesn’t work? Well, ok, . . . my bad.
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Kcmatt7 said:
Stock down 3% today.
Nike stock closed at $83.47, an all time high for the company, yesterday.
Still needs some time to stabilize before we can really say what the trend is, but it looks positive right now after an initial dip. Probably should check back in a month or so to see where its at then.
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@justanotherfan this move makes me believe Nike wasn’t meeting guidance. Needed something radical. But I don’t know that we see LT effects of this until 2019 ER in April of 2020. However, Nike is definitely a great buy right now. I’m sure their Q3 report will be off the charts.
I’m still trying to feel this all out. Nike probably also just raised the sales of UA and Adidas. They would be good ST buys as well.
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Blake Bortles, 3 TDs and up 21-3 at half against New England.
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Ryan Fitzpatrick, 4 TDs and 1 INT in a win vs Defending Superbowl Champs.
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@Kcmatt7 I’m trying to figure out if Fitzpatrick sold his soul to the devil or what, he looks great so far.
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@kjayhawks he’s done this so many times. He should be a legit starter in the league. One of the best brains and arms. But the Bills are one of the worst franchises in history.
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Notice how Kap is signing endorsement deals and now trying to copyright his image in order to sell merchandise. This has always been about money for Kap.
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@Woodrow Any logical thinking person knew it was a bout money from the get go, gets benched and then desides to protest. The time of everything he has done coincides with money.
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@Woodrow Kanye West isn’t a shameless self promoter at all.
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In what planet do you live?
Kanye West has been viciously attacked by the liberal press with disgusting racial insults led by no other than CNN anchors and guests.
He has also been savaged by liberal Hollywood for expressing his opinion while Taylor Swift had been praised and placed on a pedestal for doing the exact same thing…except for the liberal side.
BTW, you forgot that Kaeperenick carried his protest at his employer’s place of business and on company time and forced million of fans to watch his antics while West does on his own time and dime.
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@JayHawkFanToo It says the people that told Kaep and Bron to stick to sports. It just seems like there is a bit of a double standard, is all.
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@approxinfinity not sure what Kanye has to do with Kap or me…?
Sorry if you were a puppet that fell for the Kap jig.
Also I’m sure you are proud of CNN for calling Kanye a “token negro”. Imagine if Fox News did that. Then there is Don Lemon clown ass who used Kanye’s DEAD mother to insult him.
For the record I don’t really have a opinion on Kayne. I don’t like him or listen to his music, but I don’t hate him.
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approxinfinity said:
@Woodrow Kanye West isn’t a shameless self promoter at all.
Also if we are being honest this isn’t going to help Kayne in any way with his following. So this is really a bad business decision for him. Kayne doesn’t need to do this to be relevant he has millions of fans who like his music. Kap was irrelevant until he started doing his act. Big difference.
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@Woodrow I was being facetious. You were riffing off of @BShark 's post, as was I. I’m not a Kanye fan at all, and have had that opinion pre-MAGA. He is a self absorbed ass. Which is why he gets along with the President.
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approxinfinity said:
@Woodrow I was being facetious. You were riffing off of @BShark 's post, as was I. I’m not a Kanye fan at all, and have had that opinion pre-MAGA. He is a self absorbed ass. Which is why he gets along with the President.
Strongly agree. Also Kanye has self-admitted mental issues.
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Which rapper did Obama have there that was on house arrest and his ankle monitor was going off lmao sounds like high class citizen. I guess I dont really care about Kanye or Trump just dont see why its a big deal.
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@kjayhawks The whole thing was just me posting a snarky thing because the truth is either side will blindly promote their side. IE people telling Kaep and Bron to stick to sports but the same people are suddenly very interesting in hearing Kanye’s political ideas.
I was just having some fun with it, and felt this thread was the spot for it.
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@BShark I agree, politics are just see who’s the bigger hypocrite these days. That’s why I’m independent. I encourage all people to not vote for ether of the two parties. If you want change neither of those will do it, they both have had their chances.
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The best thing, maybe the only good thing except as a distraction, about West’s Oval Office visit was the look of utter stupefication on Trump’s face during the really intense part of West’s rant. It made me wonder what the Donald was thinking as he just sat there in apparent disbelief:
“Who let this guy in here? Cameras in here are supposed to be on ME!”
“I could learn something from this…”
“How can he go on so long without mentioning collusion?”
“Maybe this guy can replace Nikki. We need a more involved representative at the UN.”
“I bet I could sneak out with Kim and he would never notice…”
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BShark said:
@JayHawkFanToo It says the people that told Kaep and Bron to stick to sports. It just seems like there is a bit of a double standard, is all.
Absolutely there is a double standard but we need to compare apples to apples.
Lets compare the reaction to two similar and very popular singer/entertainers. As I showed above, Kanye was viciously attacked by the MSM and Hollywood for expressing support for Trump, something he did on his own time and dime and did not force anyone to watch it. Taylor Swift, on the other hand, did exactly the same thing except she was shilling for a liberal politician and was widely applauded by the MS and Hollywood. This is the real comparison and the real double standard, don’t you agree.
I have no problem withe Kaepernick doing all the protesting he wants but I always indicated he should do it in his own time and not at his employer’s place of business where he forced fans to put up with his antics and in the process hurt his employer’s bottom line and by extension the livelihood of his teammates. Of course we now know it was all about money and an excuse to hide the fact that he was replaced as starter as his skills had greatly decreased and did not warrant a starting job and he chose to not go away gracefully like most reasonable athletes do but threw a fake hissy fit instead. Even some of my liberal friend are now pretty disappointment with him and feel they were used, some still don’t see it or more correctly see it but refuse to admit they were duped. To each his own.
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@JayHawkFanToo Swift didn’t do anything similar to West, who besides supporting Trump also said slavery was a choice and that the 13th amendment should be repealed (or some such nonsense). West also dissed Swift badly years ago. Both of these, along with others, have hugely undermined West’s popularity with many blacks and young music fans.
Incidentally, Taylor Swift has been pilloried by the RW which had thought she was on your side. So, you might to find some other fruit than apples to compare–this is more like peaches and hedge apples.
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@mayjay anytime anyone has came out in favor of Trump they are under attack. I’m not a Trump supporter by any stretch but if you can’t see the double standard in that you are truly blinded by you’re political affiliations. I pretty much dislike all politicians, I think they are all liars and cheats. But the Democrats confuse the crap outta me these days. The Kanvavgh (spelled wrong) deal for instance, several democrats in office right now have been accused of sexual assault and Ellison(D) beat the living daylights outta his wife with no out cry. I’m for women’s safety as much as anyone else but only calling out people you don’t vote for is chicken sh**. You’re for Justice and equality or you’re not, it’s like reporting your neighbor to west for raping and beating your wife then voting for the neighbor to east that’s doing the same. Next is the McCain deal, so the guy that was called a racist, white supremactist, nazi and a trader for info he gave up as a POW during the presidential election by Democrats. Now because he didn’t like Trump he’s the greatest republican to walk this planet. Next one of the many women that claimed to be sexually assaulted by Clinton was called a whore and skank by Democrats, the Daniels gal that claimed Trump paid to have sex with her (who by definition is actually a whore) was giving Democrats life lessons and called a hero for no apparent reason. You want to look up all the the Democrats that have been busted for prostitution that are currently in office? There are several, I say we end the parties right now and start voting for independents. Everyone needs to take off there Donkey or Elephant hats and see that all of these people lied and cheated to get to where they are.
