Opoponax
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http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...spond-president-trump-player-protest-comments
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/23/sports/football/trump-nfl-kaepernick.html
Long story short, Fuckface von Clownstick urged NFL owners to fire their players and disinvited the Golden State Warriors to the traditional White House whatever because all of them don't love him.
But why has our fearless shit-for-brains picked this particular fight at a time when nuclear war is closer than its been since 1962, he's under serious investigation for his shady dealings with Russia, etc.? It's because he also fucked up a major sports league.
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a41135/donald-trump-usfl/
Long story short, the USFL was new football league, but it didn't want to compete directly with the NFL because it knew it couldn't for both legal and financial reasons. Enter Donald Trump, who bought a franchise and then shortly thereafter convinced enough of the league to sue the NFL so that the USFL could directly compete with the NFL. And the USFL won the lawsuit; but that "win" bankrupted the USFL and it went out of business shortly thereafter.
So not only does Trump despise anyone who disagrees with him, he has an especially black place in his heart for those who have succeeded where he has miserably failed. And Trumptards, true to their nature, are professing to now boycott both the NFL and the NBA.
This gives me a (another) sick feeling in the pit of my stomach, and it has to do with his pettiness and willingness to cater to the worst among us. And there a lot of the worst among us. This sports thing isn't a sports thing: it's a race thing. Go look at conservative boards or some place like Yahoo! and you'll see that this dogwhistle has been clearly heard.
The thing is, I don't think that Trump is sophisticated enough to understand what he's doing. I think he only understands that it'll appeal to enough of his idiot supporters to hurt the NFL and NBA to some degree, even if it isn't significant. Or am I wrong? Is Trump sophisticated in his trollish behavior to know exactly what he's doing? I'm ready to be convinced.
And which is worse? That he does know or that he doesn't?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/23/sports/football/trump-nfl-kaepernick.html
Long story short, Fuckface von Clownstick urged NFL owners to fire their players and disinvited the Golden State Warriors to the traditional White House whatever because all of them don't love him.
But why has our fearless shit-for-brains picked this particular fight at a time when nuclear war is closer than its been since 1962, he's under serious investigation for his shady dealings with Russia, etc.? It's because he also fucked up a major sports league.
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a41135/donald-trump-usfl/
Long story short, the USFL was new football league, but it didn't want to compete directly with the NFL because it knew it couldn't for both legal and financial reasons. Enter Donald Trump, who bought a franchise and then shortly thereafter convinced enough of the league to sue the NFL so that the USFL could directly compete with the NFL. And the USFL won the lawsuit; but that "win" bankrupted the USFL and it went out of business shortly thereafter.
So not only does Trump despise anyone who disagrees with him, he has an especially black place in his heart for those who have succeeded where he has miserably failed. And Trumptards, true to their nature, are professing to now boycott both the NFL and the NBA.
This gives me a (another) sick feeling in the pit of my stomach, and it has to do with his pettiness and willingness to cater to the worst among us. And there a lot of the worst among us. This sports thing isn't a sports thing: it's a race thing. Go look at conservative boards or some place like Yahoo! and you'll see that this dogwhistle has been clearly heard.
The thing is, I don't think that Trump is sophisticated enough to understand what he's doing. I think he only understands that it'll appeal to enough of his idiot supporters to hurt the NFL and NBA to some degree, even if it isn't significant. Or am I wrong? Is Trump sophisticated in his trollish behavior to know exactly what he's doing? I'm ready to be convinced.
And which is worse? That he does know or that he doesn't?