The Dark Side of the Game

It seems apropos to have read this today. While people cheer what is happening on the field, this is a look at what sometimes happens in the aftermath.

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https://twitter.com/ronaldravegan/status/960366799832334336

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White privilege:

Black suffering:

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It was the same speech. That commercial is a whole new level of callous/clueless.

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Callous clulessness? Because that’s what the rich in power offer us. Let’s not take that offer.

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I’m not too familiar with MLK; how angry would he have been about having his words about ā€œservingā€ played in such a way that they were obviously being conflated with military service?

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I’m surprised the ā€œhead injuryā€ (concussion) didn’t get brought up more. Not only did they avoid saying concussion, but to avoid showing an unconscious player from being brought out from the game they made a hard cut to commercial.

It even appears that Cooks may have been rocky on his feet before the big hit took him out, probably from a hit earlier in the game or just from the season wearing him down. Running in a circle like that and especially running horizontally like he did it something that is drilled into wide receivers day 1 to avoid injury.

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They could use a dye packet on the top of the helmet…?

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