ESPN Trolling Hard w/ this One

[Lucky_Lefty]

A few lockers away, Cooper was talking to reporters before a PR guy broke up the little scrum. Months after he was caught on video uttering a racial slur at a Kenny Chesney concert -- temporarily becoming the most hated man in the NFL -- Cooper is having the best season of his career. He's caught 41 passes, and his 743 receiving yards and seven touchdowns have surpassed the totals of his first three seasons combined.

"I don't know if I'm doing anything different," Cooper said. "I'm just trying to go out there and play as hard as I can."
On Sunday, Cooper jumped into Zach Ertz's arms after Ertz scored a touchdown and helped break up a sideline spat between DeSean Jackson and an Eagles assistant.
Cooper is now being called a good teammate and a catalyst for an 8-6 Eagles team on the verge of its first playoff berth in three seasons.

"We all expected that Riley would come out and have the best season of his life," said Mike Jalazo, Cooper's high school coach in Clearwater, Fla. "Because that's how he reacts to any adversity."

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10155320/nfl-hot-read-how-riley-cooper-put-slur-past
The bolded is basically a microcosm of what the whole article is about. Cooper isn't a victim so why is this narrative of "redemption" or "he's been through so much adversity that it's good to see him excelling" being promulgated?? WTF was the adversity??? Whether alcohol hadn't been involved, he showed you who HE was that night. No 2 weeks away from training camp will change that or make him a better player/man. The only change that came out of this is he may have lowered his alcohol intake and/or he makes sure there's no one out there w/ camera phones when he chooses to use racial slurs. Also, Harry Edwards c00ned it up during this whole Cooper thing and I hate typing that because I really do admire that dude but it is what it is Mods delete if this thread was already made. I didn't see it if it was

 

[dunkman6]

Riley Cooper for humanatrian of the year.

He over came the adversity for being a racist who kept his mouth close.

Why can't we have more athletes be like him...

 

[OG Talk]

To be fair ESPN is kinda consistent with this.. They applauded Vick's comeback the same way and I think he won the Humanitarian award from his teammates...

I guess Philly just loves scumbags

 

[Walt]

ESPN just throwing chum in the water for its core audience.

 

[ScoopNScore]

:cacsabo: somehow stay winning, from being one of the faces of the Eagles' rise from obscurity to now overcoming "adversity," being painted as the victim from the whole incident.

But to be fair, he needed to do it big this season, otherwise his legacy would've been "that racist guy who couldn't even catch a cold....

 

[bangbreh]

HE GOT CAUGHT SAYING SOMETHING THAT MOST OF THEM SAY ANYWAY,
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[606onit]

ESPN just throwing chum in the water for its core audience.

 

[bangbreh]

neither have blacks, breh

i got a lot of white friends and they don't say the word "n!gger" @ all.
that's some down south hillbilly shyt.

 

[TheNig]

I really don't know what to say.

 

[Jerz-2]

Co-sign.

But on an unrelated note:

Cooper isn't a victim....

....neither was the cum dumpster who accused Jameis of rape, but that didn't stop idiots like Paul Finebaum and Jemelle Hill from referring to her as a "victim"....the amount of trolling by the media, especially sports media, has reached epic proportions. It's not enough that they report the news anymore, now ere'body is in a race to BREAK the news. Ol' "hey-let's-make-this-into-a-story-we-can-milk-the-shyt-outta-for-the-next-several-days" ass nikkas.....

 

[OG Talk]

i got a lot of white friends and they don't say the word "n!gger" @ all.
that's some down south hillbilly shyt.

 

[bangbreh]

WHAT DOES THE BOLDED HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING SAID IN THIS THREAD?
*ALERT* *ALERT*
WHITE PEOPLE NEVER STOPPED USING THE WORD ******
THEY JUST STOPPED SAYING IT IN FRONT OF BLACKS.


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hold up, let me make this clear-cooper said it in a shytty context, no doubt.
i'm just saying you were making an ignorant statement saying that "most" white people say it behind black peoples back.
i've yet to meet a white person say that word in the same frame cooper did.