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08-21-2012, 08:27 AM | #1 |
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Skip Bayless - "White fans will root for Cousins"
Just wanted to give a BIG F you to Skippy. How this guy is even considered a journalist is beyond me. He should be ashamed of himself.
Skip Bayless on RG3: ‘I’m for the black guy.’ Nobody: ‘I’m for Skip Bayless.’ | Shutdown Corner - Yahoo! Sports ""I'm going to throw it out there," Bayless continued. "You also have the black/white dynamic and the majority of Redskins fans are white and it's just human nature if you're white to root for the white guy. It just happens in sports. Just like the black community will root for the black quarterback." Last time I checked Redskins fans were a very diverse bunch who couldn't give a $hit if the QB was green....as long as he's the best guy to help the team win.
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08-21-2012, 08:38 AM | #2 |
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Re: Skip Bayless - "White fans will root for Cousins"
One of the most delusional/off base things I have ever seen an analyst say.
This is truly LOL worthy.
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08-21-2012, 08:40 AM | #3 |
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Re: Skip Bayless - "White fans will root for Cousins"
Best to just ignore Skippy. He's not even worth getting upset over.
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08-21-2012, 09:22 AM | #4 |
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08-21-2012, 08:41 AM | #5 |
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Re: Skip Bayless - "White fans will root for Cousins"
Shouldn't have said in April, shouldn't have said again yesterday. He's right that the majority of Redskins fans are white...if this was 1970. Times have changed.
Either way, it's irrelevant. He's a huge RG3 fan and feels the Redskins should not have drafted Kirk Cousins (who he thinks is better than RG3 at the moment because he's more pro ready).
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08-21-2012, 08:43 AM | #6 |
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Re: Skip Bayless - "White fans will root for Cousins"
Bayless is nothing more than an antagonizer who stirs up controversy when there's none... As mentioned, our fan base is pretty diverse (Whites, Blacks, Latinos, etc.) so it's just a ridiculous claim to make about our fanbase without having any factual evidence.
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08-21-2012, 08:51 AM | #7 |
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Re: Skip Bayless - "White fans will root for Cousins"
As someone who knows Skip personally (I mean we're not best buds or anything) and has spoken to him a few times, my thoughts are he's fiercely loyal to those he feels close to, he can come across as an ass to those not in his inner circle, he's not racist in the slightest, he's very stubborn, he can provide you 19 minutes of well thought out, insightful conversation on a variety of topics (not limited to sports), then in the 20th minute gives you a "what the ****??" comment. He, and others, are victims/culprits of an unfortunate downward trend in the quality of what First Take could be (but it gets people to watch).
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08-21-2012, 09:06 AM | #8 | |
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Re: Skip Bayless - "White fans will root for Cousins"
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He certainly has no knowledge in evaluating QBs if he thinks Cousins is more NFL ready than RG3. He's the same guy that still thinks Tebow is "one of the best deep throwers in football" and "he'd take Tebow over Aaron Rodgers in a one game scenario."
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08-21-2012, 09:25 AM | #9 |
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Re: Skip Bayless - "White fans will root for Cousins"
Skip Bayless' brain at work.
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My somewhat educated guess is that Skip won't last past his current contract.
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Honestly, isn't this comment so stupid that it's almost fire-able? I know he won't actually get canned for this, but a big part of me feels like he really should. I'm really not easily offended at all, but to me, this insults the intelligence of just about every white Redskins fan, myself included, in that it says we're either too dumb or inherently racist enough to value our own prejudice over talent. Obviously skip has the right to his personal opinion but at this point I don't see how ESPN can justify paying to tell it - but then again, controversy sells.
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Got your PM. Let me check
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08-21-2012, 08:53 AM | #15 |
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Re: Skip Bayless - "White fans will root for Cousins"
F U C K Skip Bayless
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