The word "class" should be erased from sports

[MoneyTron]

It's irrelevant. Useless. A fall back for when certain people don't act like they're in church or at a funeral after completing a competition they've trained and dedicated their lives to playing.

Absolutely ridiculous.

I'm starting to think its becoming a code word.

 

[#1 pick]

It really is, but they been using it since Jack Johnson's days. Anytime a Black man is in sports it is used.

 

[Pimp]

LOL i know right.. I rather see real emotion than what Tom Brady does "Oh Tim Tebow is a very good QB, very dangerous, it's gonna be a tough game" Patriots win 45-10 lol..

 

[OG Talk]

"Class" has always been a code word when it pertains to athletics...It's probably only second to "articulate" when it comes to code word usage...

 

[Rev]

Lol @ expecting to show "class" 100% of the time while playing a game they also agree is "barbaric" in nature. Oxymoron if I ever saw one.

 

[JLova]

There is still something called sportsmanship and some yall wouldn't know it if it smacked you in the face.

 

[OG Talk]

There is still something called sportsmanship and some yall wouldn't know it if it smacked you in the face.

Sportsmanship only exists in terms of physical contact (ie trying to purposely cause harm or injury)...Once you get past the middle school level, "saying mean things" falls under the sticks and stones category...

 

[mrken12]

It's always been a code word.

 

[C-NICE]

No it's called respect for what you do everybody plays hard and there will only be one winner even though your better at that moment you always pay homage because you never know when you'll be on the other side. IMO

 

[FTBS]

It's just like when women say that a guy is a dog...after they have given him the p*ssy. If class or acting like you have been there before were that important then players who embody those things would be the biggest stars. Instead it's the arrogant a$$holes who get all the acclaim, money, and endorsements.

There is still something called sportsmanship and some yall wouldn't know it if it smacked you in the face.

Can't have it both ways. You can't hype games up as "wars" and relish in rivalries and then say a guy is out of line for getting too turnt.

 

[MoneyTron]

No it's called respect for what you do everybody plays hard and there will only be one winner even though your better at that moment you always pay homage because you never know when you'll be on the other side. IMO

Pay homage to a guy playing for my biggest rival and trash talking me for months? Get the fukk out.

Crabtree got styled on and would've done the same had he caught that pass. Be better. That's all you can do.

 

[JLova]

It's just like when women say that a guy is a dog...after they have given him the p*ssy. If class or acting like you have been there before were that important then players who embody those things would be the biggest stars. Instead it's the arrogant @ssholes who get all the acclaim, money, and endorsements.



Can't have it both ways. You can't hype games up as "wars" and relish in rivalries and then say a guy is out of line for getting too turnt.

I never call games wars. Football is a sport.

 

[Higher Tech]

I've been saying this for years.

Chase and tackle people like barbarians around a field for two hours for millions of dollars with millions of people watching.... Then be calm and classy when asked a question 60 seconds after the madness....

 

[OG Talk]

No it's called respect for what you do

Well "What they do" is play a barbaric GAME infront of stadiums filled with screaming shirtless alcoholics....

So lets keep that in mind before we form our expectations of appropriate professional behavior...

 

[FTBS]

I never call games wars. Football is a sport.

I am not talking about you, I am talking about the media and other fans. People treat these games like matters of life and death, feed so much hype into it, and then act like the players are supposed just be cool and take it all in stride.