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i looked all over espn for any mention of this. sorry if i missed it somewhere, but let's just say donald sterling said he wouldn't draft any gays so he wouldn't have to deal with it and get out of the way. and tony dungee hasn't even won any life time achievement awards from the naacp...yet. the reason i bring this up is because it's emblematic of our media(term used loosely) and how hypocritical it is http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/07/21/report-dungy-wouldnt-have-drafted-michael-sam-because-he-is-gay/
http://espn.go.com/blog/indianapolis-colts/post/_/id/6398/dungy-would-not-have-selected-sam#1 Try looking#2 I don't even understand what your misspoken, convoluted point was in your post. I can only guess that you either feel persecuted by the liberal media or that only white people are picked on for saying stupid things. Blah,blah,blah.
The statements that "dungee" made are not even in the same universe as the statements that Sterling made.And even if they were - which, again, they weren't - Sterling is a team owner in a position of power and influence who can make or break people's lives. Dungy is a TV commentator.
wow! you sound like an angry person. i said sorry if i missed it. i went on espn.com and did not see it as i did on pittsburgh cbs., but thank you(i guess) for finding it. nope, don't feel persecuted by anything and nope again, many people of all persuasions say stupid things. hope you feel better soon though
sorry about the "dungee" that was stupid. you mean dungy was a tv commentator? remember rush limbaugh's comments? probably not in the same universe though, ey? yous guys are funny though
ya know, let's be honest here- tony dungy probably said what most people were thinking, but wisely chose not say. dungy would have been better off not saying anything, but...i believe what dungy really means is, as a coach, dealing with the distractions the media will create here, will be a difficult atmosphere to coach in. the yahoo article, unfortunately has to drag tony dungy's "conservative christianity" into this, then proceeds to feed off that and blast him. most people today don't really care about michael sam, the homosexual football player. most people only care about michael sam, the football player and whether or not he can play football as dan wetzel reasonably concludes
Dungy SHOULD catch flak for this. He is saying he would deny employment for Sam based solely on his sexual orientation. Because it would be a distraction.Dungy needs to remember that people like him were once denied an opportunity to coach (or even play) solely for being black.I wonder if Dungy would have considered Jackie Robinson to be a "distraction".
along with chico's quote +1000 it will be interesting to see how nbc handles this one. as i noted from the yahoo article posted previously. they will probably attack him from the "conservative christian" angle, then go in for the kill. that will play better for the pc crowd because you have a couple of dynamics working here-"i mean you got the first mainstream african-american who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice looking guy. i mean that's storybook man" maybe uncle joe can help get him out of this one.
I have an issue with him "catching flak". I disagree with his opinion, but I think he should absolutely feel free to share his opinion. It may or may not be the prevailing viewpoint, but even extreme viewpoints(I wouldn't label this extreme) should be shared so we can have a discourse about it.My whole thing is every time someone states an opinion and people react by attacking the speaker or trying to force the speaker to apologize we weaken our society and generally dumb people down while decreasing public discourse which was the whole point of founding this country in the first place.I always remember a quote from the musical 1776(I know I'm a major nerd) from the congressional delegate from Rhode Island "Well, in all my years I ain't never heard, seen nor smelled an issue that was so dangerous it couldn't be talked about. Hell yeah! I'm for debating anything. Rhode Island says yea!"Let's debate the merits of what Dungy said, but not the fact that he said it. I'm glad he did.
What are you saying here? Honestly.
eh... The guy traded for Keyshawn Johnson. And went to bat for Vick.
Simple reality is that a number of other people saying what Dungy said on ESPN would be suspended or worse, just the way it is. I love Dungy, respect the heck out of him...he has done work for us in the past so I am bias. I appreciate his honesty and he has the ability to be honest in a PC world without retribution. Many others do not.He may not be right, but he said what he felt and I applaud that, especially in today's world where you often cannot do that without retaliation of some kind.
Let's give Tony Dungy the benefit of the doubt - let's assume he's not a bigot. Given that, the BEST we can say about him is that he's a bit of a coward. He knows what's right but wants someone else to be Branch Rickey. He wants someone else's kids to go to integrated schools, someone else to live in the integrated community. His career is testimony to his own ability AND to people with courage who were willing to deal with the "distractions" that come with employment based on merit without regard to color, sexual orientation, etc. You want to applaud his hypocrisy as honesty and lack of PC? Fine, but it just makes you as hypocritical and wrongheaded as Dungy.