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Legendary Jim Brown To Current Players: Stop Dancing In The End Zone

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by BNWriter, Sep 27, 2008.

  1. Big Buckin' agate_monkey

    Big Buckin' agate_monkey Active Member

    MISTER ... BOOOOOO-JANGLES.

    MISTER .. BOOOOOOO-JANGLES. /homer
     
  2. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member


    Dropped charges, after separation from the heat of the moment.

    Brown's arrogance in this relationship area remains unbearable.
     
  3. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    Here are a few classic ones, including Billy White Shoes Johnson. I wish they had Elmo Wright, the man who started it all.



     
  4. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    I personally can't stand end-zone celebrations.
     
  5. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member

    Except a lot of the current players can't really preach to Mr. Brown in that regard.
     
  6. forever_town

    forever_town Well-Known Member

    He'll probably be dismissed as being out of touch with the modern athlete even though he's right as fuck.
     
  7. Smasher_Sloan

    Smasher_Sloan Active Member

    His point isn't rooted in sportsmanship issues or worrying that the bullshit cheapens the game.

    He's basically asking today's players to have enough respect for the people who fought the stereotypes of African Americans as stupid, grinning fools who broke into goofy dance steps that were ridiculed by others as typical of the race.

    Amos & Andy and Stepin Fetchit wouldn't play very well to mass audiences today, yet some football players insist on perpetuating a stereotype that should be dead and buried.
     
  8. Double J

    Double J Active Member

    They obviously don't equate the dancing with perpetuating a stereotype, which raises the question - for how many years should black athletes not bust a spontaneous move out of respect for the stupid grinning fools of yesteryear? I mean, really.....
     
  9. Smasher_Sloan

    Smasher_Sloan Active Member

    Every year there are stories about current MLB players who don't know who Jackie Robinson was and don't understand his place in sports history. Does that make him and his accomplishments less relevant?
     
  10. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    Stepin Fetchit isn't nearly as culturally relevant as Jackie Robinson.
     
  11. Smasher_Sloan

    Smasher_Sloan Active Member

    And I don't think anyone suggested he was.
     
  12. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    Nobody suggested Jackie Robinson wasn't relevant, either.
     
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