Derek Jeter honors Muhammad Ali for living the life he never would

[tremonthustler1]

Sheeeeeeit but if athletes went out and started making demands it probably would
Imagine if all the NFL players went on strike until all the troops were brought back from Iraq/Afghanistan

Them muthafukkas would miss 1 game check

We'd see scabs and if you're gonna make wild ass demands you might as well join ISIS and free all da guyz

 

[BXKingPin82]

We'd see scabs and if you're gonna make wild ass demands you might as well join ISIS and free all da guyz

The NFL is more American than the actual American military
fukk the fact the fact theyve been gettin their ass blown up for no reason
We GOTTA have football

 

[Remote]

Fam you can say this about ANYONE who wrote something about how Ali. How many other athletes or entertainers are actually speaking out on social issues? It's not many. For the writer of the article to single out Jeter is corny. It sounded personal, and this not the time to dude to start his anti-Jeter campaign at the expense of Ali's death.

You're just upset because it's Derek Jeter.

Who would you want him to address then?
Write some ambiguous article talking about every athlete on earth?

Then what? You'd be bytching about him not calling anybody out.

 

[Remote]

Cool. Thats how you feel but none of these athletes are taking stands. They shoot out a tweet and thats it.

Its already been stated but the Clippers looked stupid as shyt coming out with the jerseys inside out like they were sending a message. The biggest message would have been to not play at all. Nearly every athletes from the90s until now deserves some blame in not taking more sociopolitical stands.


To me it just seems like @Raul has it out for Jeter and he thought this article was proving a point.

None of the athletes that praised him should have said anything yesterday. Not one of them would dare follow in his footsteps.

What do you mean have it out for Jeter?

This no witch hunt. This isn't stretching any circumstantial evidence to make an outrageous point
The article is straight facts.

You want the article not to be written for what? If you can't talk about every athlete on earth who is the polar opposite to Ali you can't write about ANYBODY?

 

[tremonthustler1]

The NFL is more American than the actual American military
fukk the fact the fact theyve been gettin their ass blown up for no reason
We GOTTA have football

Correct. We GOTTA have football, so much so we really don't give a fukk who plays it. Vince Young and Jamarcus Russell will get called for duty and you gullible fools will watch

If they had that kind of power they'd have a lot more money in their pockets come negotiating time.

 

[Remote]

man stop whining.

Everything Jeter said was true even if he wasn't the outspoken type. I f he didn't say shyt they'll find a way to complain regardless.

Everything the columnist wrote was true.

But if it was written about Jordan you wouldn't have said shyt.
Were you caping when Kareem wrote his piece?

Probably not.

 

[Unknown Poster]

Been saying this for years.

Derek Jeter was a great athlete on the field.
And a nobody off it.

the sting and brutal honesty here is impeccable!!!!

 

[OG Talk]

Athletes speaking out doesnt change a fukking thing

Tell that to the president from the University of Missouri

 

[Unknown Poster]

I'm okay without the obvious Jeter hate. I'm no big fan of baseball or any of its players but I've always respected Jeter for keeping his nose clean and not loving them hoes. A man can't pay respect to a great one without being subjected to hate. It's the Twitter/gawker reality we live in now apparently.

Sometimes people need to get over their agenda. This is one of those times. Let an all time great pay respect to another

agreed 100%. well said.

 

[Jean toomer]

Al

Cool. Thats how you feel but none of these athletes are taking stands. They shoot out a tweet and thats it.

Its already been stated but the Clippers looked stupid as shyt coming out with the jerseys inside out like they were sending a message. The biggest message would have been to not play at all. Nearly every athletes from the90s until now deserves some blame in not taking more sociopolitical stands.


To me it just seems like @Raul has it out for Jeter and he thought this article was proving a point.

None of the athletes that praised him should have said anything yesterday. Not one of them would dare follow in his footsteps.

completely agreed. All valid points.

 

[ezrathegreat]

Yes, let's uplift a black man while putting another one down . Op, don't fall for this, its one of the oldest tricks in the book.

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

You're just upset because it's Derek Jeter.

Who would you want him to address then?
Write some ambiguous article talking about every athlete on earth?

Then what? You'd be bytching about him not calling anybody out.

I'm not upset, you're the one who is seeming to try & push an agenda. You keep saying that he picked Jeter because it's from the NY Daily News. He could've picked any number of athletes who have played or are currently playing for NY that are big stars (Eli, OBJ, Melo, David Wright, Ewing, Joe Torre, etc).

 

[DeuceCypherUno]

Everything the columnist wrote was true.

But if it was written about Jordan you wouldn't have said shyt.

Except that Jeter did start a philanthropic venture with Turn2. He just doesn't champion it like that. /argument.

 

[TheNig]

What do you mean have it out for Jeter?

This no witch hunt. This isn't stretching any circumstantial evidence to make an outrageous point
The article is straight facts.

You want the article not to be written for what? If you can't talk about every athlete on earth who is the polar opposite to Ali you can't write about ANYBODY?

I told you initially that the article was true but why single him out when nearly every athlete of the 21st century is the same?

I just think the article was written in very poor taste. He's focused more whos giving praise than the man receiving the praise. That's petty.

 

[GunRanger]

And let's be real here, you guys only want athletes to speak on things you care about. If they were talking about things you disagreed with, you'd say "just play the game and shut up."