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One stern commissioner
Posted: Sat Feb 1, 2014 3:41 am
by iamworthy
Rozelle's equal? No. Rozelle launched the NFL past Major League Baseball. Rozelle swallowed and/or buried the leagues created to challenge the NFL. Rozelle made a game the overwhelming majority of people never play and don't understand part of Americana.
Stern gets credit for babysitting black kids and making them somewhat palatable to a small percentage of white corporate America.
The NBA has underachieved. In the past 30 years, the league has been home to the most transcendent, recognizable and interesting athletes since Muhammad Ali -- Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan and LeBron James. Tiger Woods and Mike Tyson are the only athletes who can compete with the quartet Stern was handed.
With the pervasive popularity of rap music and a black man sitting in the White House, there's no reason to pretend the NBA has been handicapped by the blackness of basketball. There's no reason to judge Stern on some sort of curve. He doesn't get extra credit points for running a league dominated by black players.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/10377 ... -got-lucky
Re: One stern commissioner
Posted: Sat Feb 1, 2014 3:50 am
by myersia
iamworthy wrote:Rozelle's equal? No. Rozelle launched the NFL past Major League Baseball. Rozelle swallowed and/or buried the leagues created to challenge the NFL. Rozelle made a game the overwhelming majority of people never play and don't understand part of Americana.
Stern gets credit for babysitting black kids and making them somewhat palatable to a small percentage of white corporate America.
The NBA has underachieved. In the past 30 years, the league has been home to the most transcendent, recognizable and interesting athletes since Muhammad Ali -- Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan and LeBron James. Tiger Woods and Mike Tyson are the only athletes who can compete with the quartet Stern was handed.
With the pervasive popularity of rap music and a black man sitting in the White House, there's no reason to pretend the NBA has been handicapped by the blackness of basketball. There's no reason to judge Stern on some sort of curve. He doesn't get extra credit points for running a league dominated by black players.
I gotta say he makes some good points about Stern but this article is flat out disrespectful. Is David Stern racist? I don't know. But he IS the reason the NBA is still alive. The man did a lot for the NBA.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/10377 ... -got-lucky
I gotta say he makes some good points about Stern but this article is flat out disrespectful. Is David Stern racist? I don't know. But he IS the reason the NBA is still alive. The man did a lot for the NBA.
Re: One stern commissioner
Posted: Sat Feb 1, 2014 3:52 am
by dockingsched
jason whitlock is back on espn? he's such a terrible racist that brings the race card in to everything he writes. he's so awful.
Re: One stern commissioner
Posted: Sat Feb 1, 2014 4:00 am
by iamworthy
dockingsched wrote:jason whitlock is back on espn? he's such a terrible racist that brings the race card in to everything he writes. he's so awful.
I hit the wrong button. Didn't mean to and 1 you. He's racist because he brings up the race card?
Re: One stern commissioner
Posted: Sat Feb 1, 2014 4:05 am
by dockingsched
he's a racist cause he says racist things
Re: One stern commissioner
Posted: Sat Feb 1, 2014 4:13 am
by GeorgeDillion
God I hate Whitlock he is the sole reason I couldn't stand the show Sports Reports on ESPN. Every article he writes is either about race or some asinine troll piece. The fact that he is a sports reporter and continues to get jobs covering sports is an atrocity.
Re: One stern commissioner
Posted: Sat Feb 1, 2014 4:15 am
by iamworthy
dockingsched wrote:he's a racist cause he says racist things
Do you know the definition of a racist? Larry bird said the NBA needs more white players, does that make him a racist?
Re: One stern commissioner
Posted: Sat Feb 1, 2014 4:20 am
by dockingsched
why would you question whether i know the definition of a racist? that was so out of left field
Re: One stern commissioner
Posted: Sat Feb 1, 2014 4:23 am
by iamworthy
dockingsched wrote:why would you question whether i know the definition of a racist? that was so out of left field
Because if you did I don't think you would have used the word.
Re: One stern commissioner
Posted: Sat Feb 1, 2014 4:35 am
by The Skyhook
You wouldn't even have to show me who the article was written by for me to know who wrote it. This has Whitlock written all over. I remember I ended up unfollowing him on Twitter because of how annoying his rants got. He always has some type of bias and never seems open to any objections. The way he goes about what he says never comes off as professional to me.
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Re: One stern commissioner
Posted: Sat Feb 1, 2014 6:26 am
by aaron_gray
Re: One stern commissioner
Posted: Sat Feb 1, 2014 6:30 am
by leeprettyp
I can never figure out how Whitlock keeps moving back and forth between FoxSports and ESPN. The guy is awful. But this thread isnt gonna go anywhere.
Re: One stern commissioner
Posted: Sat Feb 1, 2014 6:53 am
by Dr Aki
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Re: One stern commissioner
Posted: Sat Feb 1, 2014 4:17 pm
by Sunsdeuce
Biggest racist = Stephen a smith! Enough said.
Re: One stern commissioner
Posted: Mon Feb 3, 2014 2:52 am
by DEEP3CL
Stern over stayed his time. Glad he's gone.
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Re: One stern commissioner
Posted: Mon Feb 3, 2014 3:38 pm
by Slava
Jason Whitlock was one guy who was brave enough to say on radio two weeks back that the Broncos would get humiliated in the Super Bowl.
He's surely writing for the wrong sport.