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In a earlier blog post, I commented on high school football officials who were fined, suspended a couple of games, and might possible miss the state tournament, because they used pink whistles to honor and support Breast Cancer Awareness week. I stated that this was a ridiculous situation and that the Washington State official’s chair, Todd Stordahl, was an idiot for the stance he was taking. Well the Idiots Club just got bigger!
A high school kicker in Mendenhall High school, in the state of Mississippi, was kicked off the team for wearing pink cleats! He wore them during a game, then again at the next practice, and was told to take them off. When he refused, he was kicked off the team! Lord save me!
The cleats were a gift from his 82 year old grandmother who is a breast cancer survivor. Coy Sheppard was honoring both Breast Cancer awareness and his grandmother. But for some reason the coaches had a problem with the pink cleats. In the past, Coy has worn colored cleats with absolutely no problem. But when the cleat color changed to pink, that was the final straw. Remove them or get kicked off the team. There was no reason given why Sheppard was asked to take off the cleats. WOW!!
If Sheppard had never worn colored cleats in the past, I wouldn’t have any problems with him being kicked off the team. But that isn’t the case. When the color changes to pink, it became an issue? The Simpson County School District, deputy superintendent, Tom Duncan, says “it’s not about breast cancer awareness. It’s about not following the coaches instructions.” Yeah right? Dare I say it? The real reason pink became an issue?
The Simpson County School District isn’t that far from the Itawamba School district. The same district in Mississippi that denied Constance McMillen the right to bring her girlfriend to the prom! And was just ordered to pay Ms. McMillen over $100,000.00 in compensation and lawyer’s fees. The color pink is one of the symbols of homosexuality. An isolated incident? I think not! Again, no reason was given for Coy being asked to take the pink cleats off. But I am waiting with bated breath to hear that reason! Did I mention that Coy is allowed to apply school credits for playing football, and because of the removal from the team, may not graduate on time? Much like the football officials who were suspended because they used pink whistles, the logic behind the reprimands are questionable. Sheppard has filed a lawsuit to get reinstated to the team and complete his high school education. Hopefully cooler heads will prevail and Coy will be able to get back on the team and finish high school with his classmates.
I’d hate to think homophobia is this and and irrational. That a kid honoring his grandmother and supporting Breast Cancer awareness, would be kicked off the team for wearing pink cleats! Until we get the “REAL REASON” for Coy being kicked off the team, that is my story and I’m sticking to it! And I’m Not Feeling It at all!!!!!
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With all of the problems facing the African American community, you would think that any Civil Rights group worth anything would have their hands full. With unemployment, police brutality, inferior education, alcohol and drug abuse, teenage pregnancy, in many cases, spirit killing living conditions, the coming and going of Michael Vick shouldn’t be ANYWHERE on that list. But here we have the venerable, outdated, insignificant, historic civil rights group, the NCAAP, planning to march in support of Vick. What a great use of our resources!
Before you clowns get your underwear in a bunge, you have already got this all wrong. I’m glad Vick is back in the NFL. And I think the 6 game suspension is WAY TO LONG. He has done his time and should be allowed to play, PERIOD! Unlike my player hating mama who is ready to sell the house to fly to every Eagles game to picket them. The problem I have is that there are other more important things that we could be doing then rallying around Michael Vick. He is already back in the league. What is your rally is a waste of time and resources. It looks good in the media and for the “old folks” who want to say they are doing something. But to ANYONE who has more than one brain cell and can tell “fake activism” versus “real activism” we see this for what it really is. Nothing more than a “PHOTO OP” and nothing more.
It is reasons like this, time consuming, pat on the back, at least we did something, nothing accomplished, events sponsored by the NAACP which make them irrevelant the the butt of jokes. Just wasted shoe leather. How about those people who are going to the rally take that same about of time and volunteer a local Boys and Girls Club and help some young people out. Show them how not to become or do what Michael Vick is or did? Or how about coaching a pop warner football team? Or how about becoming a mentor? Or . . . . . . . . ?
Yeah, you get the picture. Your rally is joke and you are irrelevant! Walk on people. Walk on!
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The Dallas Cowboys, America’s team, seems to decide from weeek to week whether they want to be a team who is considered one of the best in football or a team that is a bunch of underachievers. One week they make plays on both sides of the ball that make you want to bet on them to win the Superbowl and then the very next week, they make some of the biggest bonehead plays that make you even want to trade them from your Fantasy football team. The bottom line is that their weakest link, the face of the team, and most teams, is their quarterback, Tony Romo.
Let me get this out of the way. Romo’s choice of a woman leaves alot to be desired. I won’t even mention the “no -talent’s” name. But it seems like everytime the media mentions her name in conjuntion with Romo’s name, the very next game, he CHOKES! Does anyone remember last year during the playoff season when Romo, “no talent” and “no talent’s father” among others, went on a vacation. It was mentioned all over the football sporting world. And that next game, during “winning time“, Romo got sacked TWICE during the final series, effectively losing the game for the “Boys.” While you can blame the Offensive Line, quarterbacks learn during Pee Wee football to “get rid of the ball.” That Romo continues to get sacked during crucial times lies directly at his feet, PERIOD!!! The last four possessions of the Boys last Sunday were two punts, and interception and a loss on downs.
This past week, it was rumored that “no talent” and Romo were now “roommates.” Whatever!!! And what happened against the Steelers last Sunday? Romo was sacked TWICE and threw an interception that became the winning points for the Steelers during winning time. The sacks and the interception came when the Cowboys were nursing a 7 point lead and were going in for the winning field goal. Romo has been annointed the “next” by a lot of people but he hasn’t delivered a damn thing. He is a “stat stuffer” and nothing more. He has yet to win a playoff game. But some people are putting him in the “one of the best quarterbacks in the league” category. Why am I bringing all of this up? Because the owner of the Cowboys, Jerry Jones, called his injured running back, Marion Barber, out for not playing in Sunday’s game. I don’t recall Jones questioning Romo’s pinkie injury that kept him out of 4 games!
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Vince Young, the starting quarterback for the Tennessee Titans, and the face of the team, had the city, the team, and his family worried last Monday night when he left his house, without his cell phone, in a “mentally unstable” state of mind. This series of events lead the family or the team to call the police to try and track him down. Young was eventually found at a friend’s house. Also found in Vince’s truck was an unloaded gun, which was in the glove compartment. Since he was found “safe and sound”, all was forgiven. REALLY!!
Young was injured in the season opening game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. During the game, he was booed by the home fans and then got injured. All of this made him “mentally unstable” to the point that team officials and family members thought it best to call the police. All because he got injured? What a CANDY ASS!
Last season, Donovan McNabb, starting quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles, complained in an Inside the NFL interview, that black quarterbacks are treated differently than white quarterbacks. At the time, this statement was controversial and was talked about on TV, radio, the Internet, and in the newspapers. When Vince was asked about that statement. This COWARD said that the situation “didn’t apply to him” so he had “no opinion on it.” Now that “oft-injured” is being placed before Vince Young, quarterback of the Tennessee Titans, he can’t handle it? CANDY ASS!
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