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Snackshack

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2. Hes right.

Reply to jaysunb (Original post)

Sat Oct 7, 2017, 01:21 PM

Oct 2017

I have heard people make the comment. “I want POTUS to be the kind of guy I can sit down and have a beer with”. Never heard a fan say that about a baller.

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Emmitt Smith wonders why we expect so much from athletes like Cam Newton but not President Trump [View all] jaysunb Oct 2017 OP

Glad to hear some of the older athletes coming out to support DK504 Oct 2017 #1

Hes right. Snackshack Oct 2017 #2

Excellent point! 50 Shades Of Blue Oct 2017 #3

Go Emmitt! Tanuki Oct 2017 #4

Our country just taught every young man that it's fine to express those opinions. rogue emissary Oct 2017 #5

Athletes can be measured by objective means, points they earn in their games rock Oct 2017 #6

Trump is a white male aka default setting JustAnotherGen Oct 2017 #8

and anytime some white person decides to lecture on the the black community or other JI7 Oct 2017 #9

Yup. Although Obama WOULD have been held to it . Trump gets away with it for being a JI7 Oct 2017 #7

I couldn't agree more JonLP24 Oct 2017 #10