saintfan

shawnkytonk

Comedy gold in here from the usual suspects. All of you are still watching and following.

frydaddy

I'll keep watching, all the while ignoring these stupid ass cry babies who have the money and influence to affect real and immediate change, but instead decide to cause more division. I'll keep watching while I can, because these dipsh*ts are going to eventually bring about the ruin of a sport I have loved since I was a kid, and I'm gonna miss it when it's gone.

As for you, here is your participation trophy and some Kleenex. You can go back to your safe space now.

shawnkytonk

Ah, the ever original participation trophy (why that's used is unclear) and safe space rhetoric. Why would I need a safe space? You guys are the one's whining and crying. That would apply to you. At least I practice what I preach, while you guys are straddling the fence. You're just fooling yourselves.

saintfan

What is it that you preach?

I'm certainly not whining nor am I crying. I love football. I love the New Orleans Saints. I loathe the NFL - very clear separation for me. I have no respect for Kaepernick. I am fully prepared to elaborate as to the 'why', if you are interested.

What's ironic here is that Kaepernick just signed a contract with a corporation that represents everything he would have us believe he is against. He is a real idiot but, because the left has money to spend, NIKE has decided to market an angle that fits their marketing.

So, what is it that you preach (and practice)?

C'mon Man...

shawnkytonk

I'm not preaching anything. I don't feel the need to get on my soapbox and push my agenda. Not sure what you're comment about him signing with a corporation that represents everything he's against means. He's an athlete. That's what they do. Now, he's the coverboy for a huge corporation that's helping continue his mission. Seems pretty smart to me. I also love seeing all you "patriots" get butthurt and salty over this. Yet, you will continue to watch the NFL. Very comical.

saintfan

I think you don't fully understand. Let me try to help.

You stated you "practice what you preach". Best I can tell what you're practicing is, well, nothing. If you're not "on your [my] soapbox" and pushing your agenda (which appears to be air) then what the are you even doing here in this thread? You can have it both ways in your own mind I guess, but the rest of us see the dichotomy.

Now, Sir, if you think NIKE is doing anything other than marketing, well, then their marketing is working as intended vis-a-vis your perception. And that's fine. That's capitalism at its very finest. The only cause NIKE is interested in is its bottom line. Their stock is down, but oh my just look at the free press they're getting. Ding ding ding, we have a winner!

Our watching the NFL has nothing to do with it. There again you may have fallen victim to a perception that goes like this: If we don't like it then we must not watch it. The problem is you confuse Football with the NFL. Here again, while the NFL wants everyone to believe these two are the same thing, they aren't. One is a game, see? The other is a product. If the Saints extracted themselves from the NFL and joined up with another league, in theory, would you follow them, or would your loyalty to the NFL reign supreme? Now do you understand?

I'm sorry that you think we Patriots are "butthurt", and I find it troubling that you find some some glee over it. That's pretty sad. Personally, I don't enjoy seeing anyone feel they are being used. Pretty sad indeed. I wonder if you can accurately articulate the views of those who oppose Kaepernick. So far, I'd say no, you can't, but you can always respond and try to prove me wrong.

But you carry right along. Is is your right after all. I know who Kaepernick is. I know where he came from. I fully understand the timeline of his "protest" and the people who played a role in changing his message from disgruntled benched NFL QB to activist. I don't think you do. Or, maybe it is that you just don't care. I don't really care, other than the platform he has hijacked to dispense his rhetoric.

At the end of the day he better get some marketing deals, because he doesn't have the talent to be an NFL QB. The league figured him out. He can't make consistent throws to WRs moving away from him. His 'collusion' case is a waste of everyone's money, and that will be proven shortly. His lawyers will get some nice vacation cash though.

To quote Obi Wan, if I may, "Who's the more foolish, the fool, or the fool who follows him?"

C'mon Man...

saintfan

FinSaint

Did you know that Adidas bought the 3 stripe brand from a Finnish sneaker company for less than 2,000$ in today's money?

The more you know...

SmashMouth

When did this occur?