Posted on 09/25/2018 9:32:40 AM PDT by ETL
"...as has been the theme throughout much of the first three weeks of the NFL season, roughing the passer penalties were a significant storyline from Monday’s game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Bucs, Steelers set new mark for roughing penalties
Officials called four roughing penalties during Pittsburgh’s 30-27 win on Monday, which is tied for most in the league in one game since 2001, according to ESPN.
While a couple of them were fairly clear violations of contact with the quarterback’s head, others appeared to fall into the vague new definition of the foul that penalizes defenders for placing too much weight on the quarterback. Jason Witten, not a fan of ‘left-wing’ roughing calls
The calls, as usual, drew the ire of players and fans and inspired a new take on the controversy from “Monday Night Football” analyst and former Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten.
When discussing the bevy of roughing flags with play-by-play announcer Joe Tessitore, Witten delivered the following take.
“It’s just gone too far with that rule,” Witten said.
“I knew they wanted to make it about the health and safety and protect these quarterbacks.
It just seems like we went a little bit to the left wing on that, you know, with our approach of trying to protect.
“Not only are the players frustrated, but the coaches. They don’t know how to coach this. That’s when you have a challenge with this rule.”
Ummm. OK, Jason. Because Democrats don’t like football injuries? Or Republicans don’t care about them?
Wherever Witten was going with that isn’t quite clear.
Sports Illustrated’s Connor Orr, who called out Witten’s take on Twitter, reached out to ESPN, which told him that Witten’s comment “had nothing to do with politics.”
(Excerpt) Read more at sports.yahoo.com ...
“I knew they wanted to make it about the health and safety and protect these quarterbacks.
It just seems like we went a little bit to the left wing on that, you know, with our approach of trying to protect.
Maybe he meant "left wing", as in "out in left field". ie, wacky.
Then again, left-wing is synonymous with wacky.
ESPN fired Curt Schilling for speaking his mind. Is Witten now on the chopping block too?
Or, he meant “left wing approach”, as in the “liberal wussy approach”.
Witten (and Sean Lee) were the only good guys on the Cowboys for years.
I’m a Steelers fan so I’m hard-pressed to say anything nice about Dallas and its players. But Jason and Sean are real pros and I would have loved for both those guys to have been Steelers. Sean Lee could have been but our coach took a flyer on an “athlete” out of Virginia Tech, who ended up leaving football for the Jehovah’s Witness.
For some reason, I missed every game under discussion. There is good news though:
- My pistol and rifle skills have improved as I devote Sundays to range time.
- Just about everything is better as I find myself with a lot more free time.
- Best of all, I’m no longer exploiting those poor, abused, multi-millionaire athletes whom I used to oppress, so I’m now guilt-free.
Glad I stopped watching. Sounds tedious as hell.
Have you ever watched the ESPN sports show "First Take" with these two blatantly far left creeps?
There's a center I go to here in New York that often has this crap on.
They can't get through a single episode without throwing in a bunch of attacks on Trump. They also defend commie Kaepernick and other such things.
No, I refuse to watch anything on ESPN but live sports programming. I avoid the opinion shows including not watching social media clips.
And I’ll forgive Jason for going to Tennessee. LOL, hard not to feel sorry for anybody from Tennessee these days.
I wouldn’t watch it in a million years on my own set. Even their ‘sports talk’ is dumb and annoying.
Gator, thank you though for Joe Haden. He’s the only saving grace in a secondary that’s full of chumps and nobodies.
DBU, Baby!
From the Maoist Internationist Movement:
[1960s/original] Black Panther Party [BPP] Archives
From the article: REVOLUTIONARY HEROES
"On May 1st, May Day [1969], the day of the gigantic Free Huey [Newton] rally, two of Alioto's top executioners vamped on the brothers from the Brown Community who were attending to their own affairs. These brothers, who are endowed with the revolutionary spirit of the Black Panther Party defended themselves from the racist pig gestapo [the police].
Pig Joseph Brodnik received his just reward with a big hole in the chest. Pig Paul McGoran got his in the mouth which was not quite enough to off him.
The revolutionary brothers escaped the huge swarm of pigs with dogs, mace, tanks and helicopters, proving once again that "the spirit of the people is greater than the man's technology."
To these brothers the revolutionary people of racist America want to say, by your revolutionary deed you are heroes, and that you are always welcome to our camp."
Source: Maoist Internationist Movement
Article: REVOLUTIONARY HEROS (May 11, 1969)
http://web.archive.org/web/20060717050055/http://www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/bpp/index.html
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“'History!' Kaepernick wrote on Instagram Oct. 15 [2015], when he marked 50 years since the Black Panther Party was founded.
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"Huey Percy Newton (February 17, 1942 – August 22, 1989) was an African-American political activist and revolutionary who, along with Bobby Seale, co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1966. He continued to pursue an education, eventually earning a Ph.D. in social philosophy.[1][2] In 1989 he was shot and killed in Oakland, California. ..."
"As a student at Merritt College in Oakland, Newton became involved in politics in the Bay Area. He joined the Afro-American Association (AAA), became a prominent member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity, Beta Tau chapter; and played a role in getting the first African-American history course adopted as part of the college's curriculum.
He read the works of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Frantz Fanon, Malcolm X, Mao Zedong, Émile Durkheim, and Che Guevara.
During his time at Merritt College, he met Bobby Seale, and the two organized the Black Panther Party for Self Defense in October 1966.[3]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_P._Newton
Backup link:
https://web.archive.org/web/20171125112853/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_P._Newton
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Below are the names and photos of 35 Police Officers who were murdered by the Black Panthers and the subsequent Black Liberation Army in the 60s, 70s and 80s [click link for list and details].
The Black Liberation Army was an organization that grew out of the Black Panther Party, composed of former Black Panther Party members, operating from about 1971-1980. Another two police officers on the list were murdered by the Weather Underground, a domestic terrorist group with ties to the Black Liberation Army.
Despite this readily available information, today the internet was full of articles criticizing those who were upset by Beyonce’s Super Bowl Halftime performance, and questioning how anyone could be upset over a woman “affirming her blackness.” Their analysis couldn’t have been more off.
We have no issues with someone “affirming their blackness” or any other identity they want to affirm. We do take issue when people pay homage to a group that used terrorism and violence to promote racism and revolutionary socialism – a group that murdered dozens of police officers in cold blood.
As you scroll through the list of officers below, look at their photos and read their stories. Among these officers are black men and white men. Rookies and veterans from across the country. Most were killed in unprovoked attacks and ambushes. They all left behind families….
Perhaps Beyonce, someone from the NFL, and someone representing CBS, could read through this list and tell us if they still stand by their decision to honor the Black Panthers during the Super Bowl. Then perhaps they could explain their answers to the surviving wives and children of these fallen officers. ...”
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Beyonce and JZ in Communist Cuba...
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“'History!' Kaepernick wrote on Instagram Oct. 15 [2015], when he marked 50 years since the Black Panther Party was founded.
Kaepernick has posted 170 photos or videos on his Instagram account in the four years since he created it. Most of his first 128 posts were pics of him in football gear, publicity photos or shots taken with friends.
But 31 of his last 42 posts have strong social justice connotations, often featuring quotes from radical Nation of Islam leader [communist] Malcolm X, Black Panthers founder Huey Newton and cop killer Assata Shakur [aka, communist-revolutionary JoAnne Chesimard]
During a Sunday news conference about the flag flap, Kaepernick dressed in a black hat with a large, white “X” and a T-shirt that featured photos of Cuban despot Fidel Castro and Malcolm X.”
http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/08/30/kaepernick-social-media-posts-laud-black-lives-matter-black-panthers-since-dating-activist-dj.html
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Here's a close up of the jerk's shirt. It reads "Like Minds Think Alike" (Fidel Castro and black radical/communist Malcolm X)
“With the 49ers visiting the Dolphins this week, San Francisco’s Colin Kaepernick engaged in a conference call with members of the South Florida media. However, one reporter wanted to discuss something that happened in August, when Kaepernick wore a shirt that appeared to show support for Fidel Castro, which led to a tense exchange.
The shirt depicted scenes from a 1960 meeting between Castro and Malcolm X, and it bore the phrase, “Like minds think alike.” Kaepernick wore it to a news conference after the 49ers’ third preseason game, which was when his refusal to stand during the national anthem became a major national story.”
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