Comments on: Did Blount Suffer ‘Whiff’ Of Racism From Forde?

By: RoB68

RoB68 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:57:59 +0000

I’m going off on a tangent.
Wasn’t Blount suspended for the year?
What happened to repercussions for wrongdoings and accountability after the fact.
I guess because Blount’s a great athelete he gets a pass because the team is “too big to fail”.
Did everybody get a “whiff” of the political angle I interjected.

By: anon

anon — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:19:52 +0000

I wouldn’t be surprised if Pat Forde was a racist

By: Joshua

Joshua — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:23:16 +0000

Patronizing, perhaps. Racist, don’t think so. If Tim Tebow wrote a letter like that he may not get the same reaction. But if Tebow sucker punched an opposing player, then tried to fight fans, then wrote the same kind of letter, then yes, it would get a similar reaction.

I think Forde might have been dismissive because he thinks Blount is some punk, but I wouldn’t call it racism since Blount earned that reputation with his actions.

By: Steve Naismith

Steve Naismith — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:26:05 +0000

You hate Forde… WE GET IT.

By: Kris G

Kris G — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:14:33 +0000

West Coast is amusing. One of those guys who has defined racism in specifically narrow terms so that people of color can always be accused, and people of entirely european decent can never be questioned. “blacks are already WAY to fast to throw the tattered Race Card.” Yes. Every time the guy at Starbucks gets my order wrong, I say it’s because I’m black. Sometimes, for fun, I say I’m “one of the blacks”.

By: West Coast

West Coast — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:52:35 +0000

Brooks, blacks are already WAY to fast to throw the tattered Race Card. You just acted as another facilitator. And you probably wonder why people who think President Barry is leading the country to Socialism with this Healthcare plan are labeled racists. Too funny.

Maybe Forde has the tone he does because the dumbass sucker-punched someone, then wanted to fight his own teammate and coaching staff, then wanted to go up in the crowd and fight all comers. He basically went berzerk. And he’s already learned his lesson (after other behavioral issues)? And Tebow and McCoy could pull off that apology without help - haven’t heard the other two talk enough. Sorry if the truth hurts.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:18:59 +0000

Once again, anytime ESPN can be attacked by Brooks, it will be. This is such a non story……

By: dave

dave — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:24:20 +0000

Forde is from Louisville and a local elite… racism.

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:18:50 +0000

“If the same apology came from Tim Tebow or Colt McCoy or Todd Reesing or Matt Barkley, do you think Forde would be so patronizing?”

To answer this question, probably not but he would to John Rocker and his forced reading-off-a-card-avoiding-most-eye-contact apology or if John Daly wrote it.

By: Farve hater

Farve hater — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:17:31 +0000

No Racism,
100% of all the apologies we’ve heard in recent years by public figures aren’t written by them, including ones written for the past six presidents of the U.S, I think the ONLY apology that was actually written by the person that said it was David Letterman.

hey did the the guy that posted before me write…
“be stupid, porrly educated an unlikely to use certain wording?”

isnt that a stupid uneducated way to write poorly?