(07-01-2020 06:39 PM)tigersroll Wrote: Well...bye...to them too... And yeah....it will be fine.
I will let them know too every chance I get.
Will go come back and tell us what they said?
They said the head coach should resign and let black coach take over.....if he really cares. Also he should give all his money away and not put stickers on helmets. They also said he's the first coach out of 11 since theyve been fans that have pissed them off before he even coached a regular season game.
Mostly stuff like that.
Oh that and golf and hunting will get a lot more attention this fall.
You know, predictable stuff to anyone with half a brain.
Oh my......some strong stuff there. I thing football and the coach will be fine. Screw the golfing...but I'd love to go hunting with you. Care to extend an invite...
Get back to me a few days before the first game. We can probably work something out. With our long history of success and huge crowds I'm sure he has the luxury to alienate part of the fanbase. NRA stickers on helmets for the second game would go a long way towards smoothing things over...but silly me thats ridiculous and too political. Maybe one of those black stickers with the blue line to support the police. Political stickers every game. Let's piss everyone off for equality.
Or maybe not.
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Well, I haven't really had a football team since 2011. As for all of these institutions supporting BLM, where is their outrage at the slaughter of blacks, including black toddlers recently, in Chicago. When BLM takes a strong stance against the killing of blacks by blacks, I will consider them as having a real purpose in the world. I still stand by the fact that all lives matter and I consider it racist not to support that stance.
(This post was last modified: 07-01-2020 09:15 PM by usmbacker.)
(07-01-2020 09:14 PM)usmbacker Wrote: Well, I haven't really had a football team since 2011. As for all of these institutions supporting BLM, where is their outrage at the slaughter of blacks, including black toddlers recently, in Chicago. When BLM takes a strong stance against the killing of blacks by blacks, I will consider them as having a real purpose in the world. I still stand by the fact that all lives matter and I consider it racist not to support that stance.
(07-01-2020 09:14 PM)usmbacker Wrote: Well, I haven't really had a football team since 2011. As for all of these institutions supporting BLM, where is their outrage at the slaughter of blacks, including black toddlers recently, in Chicago. When BLM takes a strong stance against the killing of blacks by blacks, I will consider them as having a real purpose in the world. I still stand by the fact that all lives matter and I consider it racist not to support that stance.
I don't usually watch Hannity but his show tonight is must see...the most riveting, emotional 30 mins I have seen on cable news.
(07-01-2020 07:42 PM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote: Sports is something that brings all of us together as fan of all races and creeds. Its no surprise at all that they want to flip the script and use it as a tool to divide us.
NFL network has become unwatchable. Its now the social justice network.
No matter how coordinated you think it is or is not, someone clearly wants us all to hate each other and take away ANYTHING that brings us together. "Social distancing" the rest do the year at minimum. No sports, concerts, large church gatherings or ANYTHING that brings all types of people together.
Anyone who still can't see this is really needs to get a grip on reality.
Never really watched the NFLN, but that's what ESPN is now. A few years ago, it was there but tolerable, now it's 24/7.
(07-01-2020 03:49 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote: BLM is a political movement and may become a political party, there is no place for politics in college football.
BLM seems to want a black revolutionary, similar to, if not more of, what Obama was. If they don't see that in Biden or rest of the Democrat Party, it'll happen IMO
(07-01-2020 04:44 PM)UofMTigerTim Wrote: Sports was a uniting institution. During the games it didn't matter your sexual persuasion, race or political views you were all pulling for the same team.
(07-01-2020 09:14 PM)usmbacker Wrote: Well, I haven't really had a football team since 2011. As for all of these institutions supporting BLM, where is their outrage at the slaughter of blacks, including black toddlers recently, in Chicago. When BLM takes a strong stance against the killing of blacks by blacks, I will consider them as having a real purpose in the world. I still stand by the fact that all lives matter and I consider it racist not to support that stance.
(07-01-2020 09:14 PM)usmbacker Wrote: Well, I haven't really had a football team since 2011. As for all of these institutions supporting BLM, where is their outrage at the slaughter of blacks, including black toddlers recently, in Chicago. When BLM takes a strong stance against the killing of blacks by blacks, I will consider them as having a real purpose in the world. I still stand by the fact that all lives matter and I consider it racist not to support that stance.
I don't usually watch Hannity but his show tonight is must see...the most riveting, emotional 30 mins I have seen on cable news.
(07-01-2020 03:04 PM)Bronco14 Wrote: Might just be a dumb promotional thing the coach is doing on Twitter. Not necessarily a gameday-helmet. I'm fine if they want to do it outside of the actual game, much as I despise BLM, but putting a political statement on your jersey crosses my line.
Also maybe there's schools that won't do it this year you can jump on their bandwagon.
I'll be right w/ you if Western Michigan does it & I think about their athletics daily lol.
Also, to the above post, I know in Kalamazoo for football our players are in the locker room during the National Anthem, so we'll be safe at least from that, although things are probably gonna change so they can piss on the flag.
I really don't see a season happening tho, so by 2021 season BLM will be an afterthought because it won't be an election year & they won't plaster it all over
Well, unfortunately his Twitter says it'll be on all helmets this year for Memphis. Sucks. Maybe there's another team that won't do it you can jump on?
Saw this after I posted the other reply.
I'm a die hard, so I'll still watch. It's a 700 mile round trip for me to attend, so not an issue there.
My issue is I don't think politics and sports should be mixed, but it seems like that's an old-fashioned idea now.
Politics intertwining with sport is as old as the nation itself.
So? Doesn't make it right. And I'm a pretty old guy (73) and don't recall politics and sports being mixed all that much.
Most people follow sports for enjoyment, not to have to listen to more political BS from one side or the other.
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The commentating during games by broadcasters will be non-stop BLM. How Player X was so scared of seeing a police officer, how head coach A wants to stand in solidarity w/ players who are able to recognize the truth, how BLM has to fight the government so they can get political justice (i.e. fight the evil Republicans), how great CHOP is, players applauding the riots/protests, how wrong the NFL was to oppress Kapernick & how kneeling during the Anthem is good, the millions of dollars raised for BLM, etc.
If you thought Kapernick was bad, you ain't seen nothing
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(07-01-2020 03:04 PM)Bronco14 Wrote: Might just be a dumb promotional thing the coach is doing on Twitter. Not necessarily a gameday-helmet. I'm fine if they want to do it outside of the actual game, much as I despise BLM, but putting a political statement on your jersey crosses my line.
Also maybe there's schools that won't do it this year you can jump on their bandwagon.
I'll be right w/ you if Western Michigan does it & I think about their athletics daily lol.
Also, to the above post, I know in Kalamazoo for football our players are in the locker room during the National Anthem, so we'll be safe at least from that, although things are probably gonna change so they can piss on the flag.
I really don't see a season happening tho, so by 2021 season BLM will be an afterthought because it won't be an election year & they won't plaster it all over
Well, unfortunately his Twitter says it'll be on all helmets this year for Memphis. Sucks. Maybe there's another team that won't do it you can jump on?
Saw this after I posted the other reply.
I'm a die hard, so I'll still watch. It's a 700 mile round trip for me to attend, so not an issue there.
My issue is I don't think politics and sports should be mixed, but it seems like that's an old-fashioned idea now.
Politics intertwining with sport is as old as the nation itself.
So? Doesn't make it right. And I'm a pretty old guy (73) and don't recall politics and sports being mixed all that much.
Most people follow sports for enjoyment, not to have to listen to more political BS from one side or the other.
(07-01-2020 10:02 PM)Bronco14 Wrote: The commentating during games by broadcasters will be non-stop BLM. How Player X was so scared of seeing a police officer, how head coach A wants to stand in solidarity w/ players, how BLM has to fight the government so they can get political justice (i.e. fight the evil Republicans), how great CHOP is, players applauding the riots/protests, how wrong the NFL was to oppress Kapernick & how kneeling during the Anthem is good, the millions of dollars raised for BLM, etc.
If you thought Kapernick was bad, you ain't seen nothing
If that's what we get (and I think it may very well be so), then I'm not watching.
I know this won’t be well received by most in this crowd so let me first be clear that I DO NOT in any way support BLM as an organization, their demands, or their tactics.
With that said, I think we would all be well served to pause our outrage and realize that their is a vast distinction between supporting the saying/theme/intent of “Black Lives Matter” and the organization of BLM. The former is a saying intended to bring the thought the black lives matter too into popular culture while the latter is a radical organization that appears to have co-opted and hijacked said saying to advance a radical agenda much in the same way as the far right co-opted the Tea Party and the far left co-opted Occupy Wall Street.
I’m fairly certain Coach Silverfield and the UofM are showing support for the principal behind the saying “Black Lives Matter” and not BLM the organization. I realize that still will rub many the wrong way and that’s certainly your prerogative. Honestly, it used to not sit well with me too because really all lives matter. After a little deeper reflection I better understand that a lot of black folks feel the need to specifically say Black Lives Matter because the reality is that our society has not always reflected the principal that all lives matter as white lives simply mattered more for a significant portion of our history. Sure we have come a long way from slavery, Jim Crow, and even the war on drugs. But there are still lingering effects of those sad periods that make a lot of black folks feel as if their lives don’t matter as much as white lives. So when folks say Black Lives Matter they aren’t saying that police lives don’t matter, all lives don’t matter, etc. they are simply saying Black Lives Matter TOO.
I can get behind that message coming from a largely black football team representing a largely black city. It’s certainly a distinction I would appreciate Coach Silverfield and the UofM making if they are going to put these decals on our team’s helmets but until they say anything about their intent, I’m happy to assume that the logical explanation here is that the players who are behind this are simply trying to say “we matter too” rather than “we want to show our support for a radical organization”.
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Do you honestly think that even a significant number of 18-20 football players are even aware of the radical Marxist demands of the BLM organization? Or that Memphis would come out in support if those demands? I don’t.
I do think that Memphis and our football team does support the notion that black lives matter the same as white lives.
I will grant you that like the confederate flag meant different things to different people, so does the saying Black Lives Matter. Using the same argument that because so many were offended and hurt by their view of what the flag stood for then it should be removed from prominent places then I have no problem with folks asking for the BLM stickers to be removed from football helmets. I don’t think that’s necessary though and would be just as comfortable with Coach Silverfield, a group of players, and/or the UofM as a whole simply saying we are sporting these decals to show support for the black community that feels their lives haven’t mattered as much as white lives but we do not in any way support the political and policy demands of the BLM organization or its tactics to advance those demands.
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I think there will be a good number of fans that will not attend games due to this support. A BLM leader said if they don’t get what they want they will burn down our country . Is that what the Tigers advocate?
(07-01-2020 11:10 PM)pkptigers07 Wrote: Do you honestly think that even a significant number of 18-20 football players are even aware of the radical Marxist demands of the BLM organization? Or that Memphis would come out in support if those demands? I don’t.
I do think that Memphis and our football team does support the notion that black lives matter the same as white lives.
I will grant you that like the confederate flag meant different things to different people, so does the saying Black Lives Matter. Using the same argument that because so many were offended and hurt by their view of what the flag stood for then it should be removed from prominent places then I have no problem with folks asking for the BLM stickers to be removed from football helmets. I don’t think that’s necessary though and would be just as comfortable with Coach Silverfield, a group of players, and/or the UofM as a whole simply saying we are sporting these decals to show support for the black community that feels their lives haven’t mattered as much as white lives but we do not in any way support the political and policy demands of the BLM organization or its tactics to advance those demands.
It's called poor leadership at best pandering at worst. You wouldn't have heard a peep if it was an MLK sticker.
Appreciate the civility. I'm done with this topic and genuinely saddened.
(07-01-2020 11:10 PM)pkptigers07 Wrote: Do you honestly think that even a significant number of 18-20 football players are even aware of the radical Marxist demands of the BLM organization? Or that Memphis would come out in support if those demands? I don’t.
I do think that Memphis and our football team does support the notion that black lives matter the same as white lives.
I will grant you that like the confederate flag meant different things to different people, so does the saying Black Lives Matter. Using the same argument that because so many were offended and hurt by their view of what the flag stood for then it should be removed from prominent places then I have no problem with folks asking for the BLM stickers to be removed from football helmets. I don’t think that’s necessary though and would be just as comfortable with Coach Silverfield, a group of players, and/or the UofM as a whole simply saying we are sporting these decals to show support for the black community that feels their lives haven’t mattered as much as white lives but we do not in any way support the political and policy demands of the BLM organization or its tactics to advance those demands.
It's called poor leadership at best pandering at worst. You wouldn't have heard a peep if it was an MLK sticker.
Appreciate the civility. I'm done with this topic and genuinely saddened.
I don’t know if it’s poor leadership as much as it’s just a first time head coach who is clearly a players coach and wants to show his support.
I do agree that an MLK sticker or some other show of support would be better received and more widely supported amongst the fan base. I do fear that it is just to easy for everyone to see BLM and think it’s a show of support for the organization rather than the principal behind the statement that black lives matter.
I certainly appreciate the civility as well. Particularly on such a sensitive topic.
Problem is more often than not 'support of of the principal' usually means the organization is getting a check.
That's the whole scam. 'If you don't support the organization, you don't support the principal.'
Few people realize that BLM is far-left organization advocating Marxism, & that's why it's so scary, & these coaches/admin or someone needs to tell them what BLM supports outside of the race components. They'd probably still support it like a lot of millennials, but would still show them it isn't just about race & that's why people are pissed about it.
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No college football for me this year.
