Sally Jenkins on RGIII, the '23-year-old boy emperor'

I'm not sure how much of this I buy, given the mostly absurd way the Washington media has covered Robert Griffin since he arrived. Jenkins tries to detail the extent of influence Griffin has under Daniel Snyder:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/will-robert-griffin-iii-help-or-hurt-the-next-washington-redskins-coach/2014/01/06/a7e3be02-771b-11e3-8963-b4b654bcc9b2_story.html

If this is all true, how is it that no one in the entire football universe thought Griffin had character issues until this year?

 

"Boy" is a white racist word.

 

But according to insiders..

Not one on the record quote (except the Cousins quote to reporters).

 

Because of the power of narrative.
And the pollyannas who cover the college game.

 

Jesus, she gets killed in the comments on her Lance stuff.

Good.

 

It's been that way pretty much all season. Filed under my "mostly absurd" comment above.

 

Between Lance and Paterno, Sally Jenkins has made it clear that "insiders" means "anyone who will whisper in my ear whether it's true or not."

 

Once she used boy, didn't much matter what she wrote.

 

"Congratulations! It's a male child of African-American descent!

 

You people know that "boy emperor" is a play on "The Boy King," a commonly used description of young King Tut. It's referring to the fact that Griffin is very young in NFL terms but is supposedly running things. I doubt race ever entered into the thought process.

 

The title on this thread conjured up the image of Eddy Murphy in
Coming to America

 

At least she didn't use "man-child," a la LeBron James, Dwight Howard, or any other big, strong, and young black dude.