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The overwhelming majority of NFL owners are white, and when they do choose to get involved in politics, they usually champion conservative causes.
“The overwhelming majority of NFL owners are white, and when they do choose to get involved in politics, they usually champion conservative causes.”
— Jemele Hill · Causes
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“The overwhelming majority of NFL owners are white, and when they do choose to get involved in politics, they usually champion conservative causes.”
“I once wrote about Don Imus that 'speech is free, but consequences are not.' I never want to be the exception to that rule, and I'm not sure any of us want to live in a world where hurtful things are hurled around without cost.”
“One of the worst things in sports is when selfishness gets disguised as truth.”
“Perspective should never influence punishment. Too often in our society, we practice selective perspective. We're willing to see all the angles only when it suits us. When perspective becomes inconvenient, we can be unflinching, even cruel.”
“Think about the most successful coaches in sports. What did they all have in common? It wasn't their knowledge of X's and O's. It was their ability to lead, motivate and manage - traits you need no matter what or where you coach.”
“The paid professionals who navigate the complications of playing their sport during a pandemic at least share in the financial rewards. Far worse off are college football players - who lack the union protection and financial resources of their professional counterparts.”
“Everybody knows, when you have a band, there's always going to be a hierarchy, and there's always going to be some issue where ego gets involved and causes some kind of shake-up.”
“It was hard to figure out what were the good causes, the bad causes, even the good politics and the bad politics. So we started taking requests and figuring it out.”
“It seems that when anything aimed at kids catches on, it causes the collective antennae of the older set to go up.”
“Guys are much happier when someone puts a limit on their behavior and causes them to make a real connection with another person.”
“When your friend causes you trouble, a president gets rid of those friends.”
“In times of war, it is often best to look to our history to see how past generations of Americans dealt with the loss of their countrymen in just causes.”