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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by NewRoxFan, Sep 23, 2017.

  1. Major

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    Except Trump isn't their employer.

    It's the same stupidity as people telling Google whether to keep or fire that one employee a few months ago, except that he's doing it using the bully pulpit of the Presidency. The NFL rightfully told him to STFU because it's none of his business.
     
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    This all faux outrage and hate to break it to you but you can't impeach Trump because he hurt your feelings and the entire Russian narrative is fake as ****. People like you who are easily influenced by fake narrative shouldn't be allowed to ever vote. Your dumbassery is ruining this country.
     
  3. RocketsLegend

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    Trump is a unique president. You're going to have to learn to live it.
     
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    And owners should be allowed to cut players who are a distraction or as Trump put it "fire them"
     
  5. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    While it won't happen, a president can be impeached for virtually anything. An article of impeachment could be brought against any president simply because he 'hurt their feelings'.
     
  6. RocketsLegend

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    WTF Melo is a Thunder?
     
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    You're not the quickest gazelle on the savanna, are you?
     
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    who are you talking to?
     
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    I sense the presence of a Dotard.
     
  10. RocketsLegend

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    This is to all the Trump haters

     
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    The dotard is strong in this one. Where there is one master dotard, there is always an apprentice dotard.
     
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    Why is trumps tweets considered racist?
     
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    Because literally anything Trump does is considered racist by the unhinged fringe left. It's why there's honestly no reason to pretend like they have any credibility whatsoever even if the fringe left nonsense is more and more becoming the mainstream left.
     
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    I was referring to Kaep going out of his way to offend paying customers while wearing the uniform of his employer, which he clearly did (if not with the kneeling, then with the pig cop socks that people conveniently forget). That's a fireable offense in most jobs.

    Trump is the wrong person to say such things, but he isn't wrong.
     
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    While that is accurate, it's not why he doesn't have a job, the reason he doesn't have a job is because he's not very good at being an NFL QB. If he was a good NFL QB, he'd have a job because in the end talent gets you paid in the NFL, not political BS.

    I just don't think it's even productive to play into the narrative that his politics is why he's not a starting QB in the NFL. Now sure the distraction that he made himself along with the fact that he's not a good NFL QB is why no one wants him as a backup, but he only has himself to blame. If he had more talent, or if he was smart enough to not become a distraction, then things could be different.

    The bottom line is that you can't suck AND be a distraction and still be employed in the NFL.

    If Aaron Rodgers pulled exactly the same BS that Kap did, no big deal because he's a really good starting QB. Stars can get away with some BS, scrubs simply can't.
     
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    Agree, his politics are why he is not a backup QB in the NFL
     
  18. Major

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    Sure - and that's essentially what happened. Kaep made a decision. His employers made a decision. Ultimately, the employer decides whether the value of what the player brings to the table is worth more than the cost. In the NFL, it's easier because people can lose their jobs - it's a bit more complex in the NBA and MLB thanks to how they collectively bargained their agreements.

    He *is* wrong. Being a fireable offense is different than an employer *should* fire them. That's an employer's decision, not Trump's. When he started weighing in on how other people should run their private businesses, that's where he went wrong. If an NFL team owner wants to say something similar about his own team, more power to him - but he'll probably lose fans that way too.
     
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    [​IMG]

    The Dotard is an obese gazelle that survives not by being clever and fast, but by breeding in high numbers similar to a rabbit or rat to maintain a non-threatened population. The Dotard is hunted by all predators that roam within its range and is an easy kill for even small carnivores.
     
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