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I need advice– I told my friends I gave up on the NFL but I am still watching am I a hypocrite to myself or my friends?
You are a hypocrite to your friends only. When you told your friends that you weren’t going to watch the NFL, you knew you were going to. You are not alone though.
Most people hang out with people like them, so if your friends told you they aren’t watching football too, they are lying as well. I’m starting to believe there needs to be a support group for people in your position. The ratings prove there are a lot of people who are pretending not to watch. You should not be ashamed, we are all slaves to football. I do have questions though. Do you watch the games in the bathroom on your phone? Do you pretend like you are sick on Sundays and stay in the room with the television on mute?
Whatever age you are is too old to blame things you do on peer pressure. Grow a pair and walk into the light! If you choose not to, please write back and tell us the hilarious story about how you got caught watching football.
Are you jumping on the idea that many are this year, saying LeBron has the highest chance of getting the MVP award?
Absolutely. The reason why has everything to do with guilt, and nothing to do with LeBron’s actual play. Last year LeBron had one of his best statistical seasons ever but finished 4th in MVP voting. It has become routine for us to see James average 27 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. His greatness last year was largely overlooked until LeBron “stans” like Nick Wright got on their soapbox and stated yelling like religious zealots on the street corner. I can’t say they were wrong though. Now this year, the MVP is LeBron’s to lose. Writer’s want to give it to him because they will not be accused of overlooking greatness again.
The Casting Couches in Hollywood are in the news with Harvey Weinstein. So many women have come out to tell their stories, but now men have started to come out. We heard from Terry Crews about his uncomfortable grab by a Hollywood creep– does sexual harassment or hazing happen in professional sports? Are players free to come forward? Remember what happened with Martin and Incognito….
I have never seen or heard of any sexual harassment inside of NFL locker rooms. Testosterone and machismo are bouncing off of every corner so any open sexual advances by a teammate or front office would likely be met with a fight.
I did once have a teammate who dressed up as a the SNL character “Mango” who would go around the locker room with sex toys including a 12 inch dildo and make sexually suggestive comments to players.
With women, I would say absolutely athletes get sexually harassed, but for me it was no big deal. It comes more in the form of groping. Ironically, it’s usually 45+ year old women who do it. They are like Stiffler’s mom from American Pie.
In Hollywood though, I have been in a few situations where I felt like a man was taking advantage of a situation and being much to “handsy” with me. I shut it down immediately and made it clear he should never do that again. I felt like it was unfair how I had to handle it. I had to be super discreet for fear of someone hearing me and thinking I was “homophobic” and just imagining sexual harassment because he was a gay and I “believe every gay man wants me”.
Frank Gore, he just passed the great Eric Dickerson for 7th on the all time rushing list. He currently sits at 13,295 yards rushing and trails Jerome Bettis (6th) who has 13,662 yards, then Ladanian Tomlinson (5th) with 13,684. My question is, is this the quietest HOF career you’ve ever seen? And why is Frank Gore not as hyped or talked about as he should be? Even in his prime, he didn’t get the recognition he deserved…I would know, I’m a 9er fan.
Unfortunately, I am not convinced Frank Gore is a Hall of Famer. If he is, it certainly will take a few years to get in. It really sucks because he will likely finish his career 4th or better on the all time in rushing list. The Hall of Fame is somewhat of a popularity contest, and Frank Gore would never win in that category. The only other player inside the top 15 all time in rushing not in the Hall of Fame is Edgerrin James. He and Gore have something in common, underappreciated and a University of Miami running back. For what it’s worth I believe he should be in.
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