This shouldn’t surprise anyone. Remember when the NFL started all this crap with Colin K. and his kneeling during the playing of the National Anthem? The ratings for NFL games and “NFL Ticket” dropped like crazy as a result. We documented that, and how many stadiums looked empty after the NFL allowed that crap to continue. Now, in the Wuhan virus era when we can’t even physically go to games (and therefore that revenue for professional sports is not there), the NFL and MLB are seeing a similar effect…but it’s even worse because they’re playing in empty stadiums. So, we see these whiny, self-serving, self-righteous, spoiled-brat, entitlement-minded, millionaire athletes doing this kneeling crap and wearing social justice clothing…and Americans are over it. They’ve had it. So, they’re just changing the channel. What these obnoxious athletes and their coaches aren’t getting…..is that we just want to watch our sports without politics being rubbed in our faces. If they want to protest, or speak their minds about BLM, or how oppressed they feel living in America and all…then they need to do that on THEIR time; NOT ours. Sports used to be that one time where we could all go (regardless of political party affiliation or beliefs) and take a break from politics and just have a beer, a hotdog, and watch a ballgame and have a good time. Not anymore. These professional sports organizations, pandering to the liberal mobs out there, feel they have to rub their politically correct social justice politics in our faces whether we want to hear it or not. And THAT is why more and more Americans are saying to heck with that, and changing the channel.
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Abigail Disney calls Kobe Bryant ‘a rapist’ and is swiftly met with backlash
Normally here at The Daily Buzz we don’t report on celebs. Frankly its mostly boring and covered to death by the dominantly liberal mainstream media…and available in your grocery checkout lanes. But, we’ll make an exception here because of this interesting twist. When this story broke, it continued to break for almost three straight days. The unending, drooling, slobberfest by the media elite and those in the sports world was nauseating. They treated Kobe’s passing as if Mother Teresa had passed. Was it tragic? Yes. And, we’re sorry his daughter also perished. But…who were the other passengers on the helicopter who died? I don’t know. Do you? I didn’t see a single news report mentioning even the names of the other victims. And that’s awful. It goes to show that it’s all what the media feeds you. Was Kobe a gifted b-ball player? Absolutely. But, c’mon..let’s be honest. He was no saint. At BEST (and this is giving him every benefit of the doubt), and by his own admission, he had an aggressive, extramarital sexual encounter with a teenage girl hotel employee in his hotel room in Eagle County, Colorado. Again, he admitted to the extramarital encounter with this teenage girl, and paid her a settlement out of court. At worst, he raped her. So, Abigail may be correct. Sorry if it hurts the tender sensibilities of Kobe’s fans. To be fair, we weren’t there. Only he and the girl know what really happened. However, regardless.. He got away with it…and the media which has been drooling all over him, has been doing everything it can to dismiss, or otherwise bury, that part of his personal story. Why is that, exactly? Had this been some conservative icon, that’s ALL they would be talking about…and we all know it. Again, more duplicity from the dominantly liberal mainstream media. Kudos to Ms. Disney, and others, for reminding us that Kobe wasn’t all the media has made him out to be.
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Donald Sterling surrenders control of LA Clippers to wife Shelly
Donald Sterling surrenders control of LA Clippers to wife Shelly
Disclaimer.. For the record, I couldn’t care less about who owns the LA Clippers NBA team, or about Donald Sterling. And, the whole controversy has been a breathtaking display of sports media hypocrisy, a sanctimonious playing of the race card by hypocrites that are equally to blame, and a scary indictment on our society; how someone in a free country could actually lose his property over something he said in the privacy of his home (however stupid or offensive is irrelevant), and is illegally taped saying that. How frightening is THAT thought?! I thought we lived in America; not Nazi Germany or Vlad’s Russia. But, I digress.. There is this ongoing media circus. And, its news. So, here is the latest on that drama that the sports world can’t seem to stop talking about. Hopefully this is the beginning of this story just going away..
Donald Sterling is a racist and liberal media are hypocrites
Donald Sterling is a racist and liberal media are hypocrites
Eric makes some good points here. Of course, I think its outrageous that what someone says in the privacy of his/her home could potentially cost them their property. This shouldn’t happen in America where we ostensibly have a 1st Amendment right to free speech (however silly, moronic, controversial, et.)…especially in the privacy of our homes! Shame on the NBA for this brazen case of CYA. Did you see the NBA Commissioner look into the camera, puff up his chest and with self-righteousness say, “effective immediately I am banning Mr. Sterling from the NBA for life.” Wow.. As Eric notes, Donald Sterling’s views on race were well known for a VERY long time by all of these racial hand wringers. And there are other angles to this story that the media isn’t addressing…but are curious. Donald, while white, is an 80 year old Jewish Democrat. Just fathom if he had been Republican Christian Tea Party person. AG Holder would probably start some investigation into the old man. And take a good hard look at his old girl friend that outted him. Put the 50 year age difference aside, shes not exactly of the caucasian persuasion. Ya know? So, there is so much more to this story….not that I care. I don’t. What is interesting here is the hypocrisy of the liberal media and the race hustlers. This is FAR more about the liberal media coverage of this story and the NBA, then “Mr. Sterling.”
Sharpton Wants Clippers Owner Axed: ‘Prepared to Rally In Front of NBA’
Sharpton Wants Clippers Owner Axed: ‘Prepared to Rally In Front of NBA’
I was wondering when Al Sharpton (and/or Jesse Jackson, Obama, the NAACP, etc.) was gonna get involved in this one. Any opportunity to cash in on the race issue, and there is almost an Army of race-peddlers. Al typically takes the lead. And, in Al Sharpton’s world if you say something HE doesn’t approve of, you should lose your property..that pesky First Amendment be damned. If your language doesn’t adhere to certain politically-correct standards as determined by Al, Jesse or the NAACP, then they’ll go after you, your reputation, your career, and your property. To that end, Al is gonna go stammer to the politically correct NBA and raise holy heck until they “do something.” Lets hope that the NBA has the intestinal fortitude to tell race-hustling Al to go play with himself. Of course, they’ll probably cave. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not defending the words of Donald Sterling. I just don’t like the hypocrisy of race-baiting speech Nazis like Al Sharpton.