White boy can't catch a break.
"Race shouldn't be an issue, of course, but Gerhart can't help but believe that it has colored the opinions of at least some potential employers.
"One team I interviewed with asked me about being a white running back," Gerhart says. "They asked if it made me feel entitled, or like I felt I was a poster child for white running backs. I said, 'No, I'm just out there playing ball. I don't think about that.' I didn't really know what to say."
One longtime NFL scout insisted that Gerhart's skin color will likely prevent the Pac-10's offensive player of the year from being drafted in Thursday's first round."
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ms-gerhartstereotype042010
Hero worship, PC?
Quote from: fotd on April 20, 2010, 04:35:02 PM
Hero worship, PC?
Oh come on, you know that if this was reversed you would be all over it. So what does this make you?
Quote from: custosnox on April 20, 2010, 08:02:45 PM
Oh come on, you know that if this was reversed you would be all over it. So what does this make you?
He is a Dip-shitocrite......
I wonder how much trouble it would stir up with Je$$e Jack$on and Al $harpton if they started a white players union or white players association.
I'm not defending this scout's comments by any means.
But if this guy doesn't get drafted in the first round, it's probably because teams have much more urgent needs (O-line, defensive line, secondary) than at running back, not because it's a race thing. Anyone who watched the NFL last season noted that a lot of teams had gaping holes in those positions.
If he's truly talented and a team needs him, he'll pop up somewhere and be a star. The attrition rate in the NFL is so high, talent invariably will rise to the top.
Quote from: custosnox on April 20, 2010, 08:02:45 PM
Oh come on, you know that if this was reversed you would be all over it. So what does this make you?
It makes me unsympathetic to the plight of white men....like BB.
Quote from: fotd on April 21, 2010, 01:11:37 PM
It makes me unsympathetic to the plight of white men....like BB.
so, in other words, your racist?
Quote from: custosnox on April 21, 2010, 01:15:29 PM
so, in other words, your racist?
it would be "you're" unless you are an idiot.
Quote from: fotd on April 21, 2010, 01:20:35 PM
it would be "you're" unless you are an idiot.
I notice you only take exception to the typo in that statement.
Quote from: custosnox on April 21, 2010, 03:28:13 PM
I notice you only take exception to the typo in that statement.
No. There was no typo. Only an idiot would not recognize such as an excuse.
Quote from: fotd on April 21, 2010, 03:58:47 PM
No. There was no typo. Only an idiot would not recognize such as an excuse.
That's what I thought, you know what you are so you break down to childish name calling. Great intellectual response there. Have a nice day, buh bye.
Idiot white men....
Quote from: fotd on April 21, 2010, 04:23:14 PM
Idiot white men....
Just keep proving my point there
Quote from: custosnox on April 21, 2010, 05:17:02 PM
Just keep proving my point there
The meltdown is nigh...
It truly does exist. :-[