Ben Watson's view on race during the draft

saintsfan1976 · 04-29-2020, 09:17 AM

I need to talk about this so that I can hopefully understand his perspective as well as all who agree here.

Is this really a critical issue in today's NFL? Am I wrong for disagreeing here? I respect Ben Watson and his views, I do. Even if he'd never played a down for the Saints, he's bright and a leader in the community.

However, this feels like an overreaction and slightly divisive.

He's essentially saying white coaches deserve their jobs (earned). Yet we must take action to ensure less white coaches have their jobs? Why? So we can feel better about the optics of the NFL?

And why is this directed at white people? He doesn't mention a single other race. What about all the other races who are fans, coaches and players of the NFL who don't care about race?

I'm willing to bet 95% of fans want to see their team win and don't give a damn what color their coach or player or fan next to them is. As long as the game is FAIR.

What Ben seems to be advocating for is not really fair at all.

04-29-2020, 09:17 AM	#2
saintsfan1976 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 10,972 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Ben Watson's view on race during the draft I need to talk about this so that I can hopefully understand his perspective as well as all who agree here. Is this really a critical issue in today's NFL? Am I wrong for disagreeing here? I respect Ben Watson and his views, I do. Even if he'd never played a down for the Saints, he's bright and a leader in the community. However, this feels like an overreaction and slightly divisive. He's essentially saying white coaches deserve their jobs (earned). Yet we must take action to ensure less white coaches have their jobs? Why? So we can feel better about the optics of the NFL? And why is this directed at white people? He doesn't mention a single other race. What about all the other races who are fans, coaches and players of the NFL who don't care about race? I'm willing to bet 95% of fans want to see their team win and don't give a damn what color their coach or player or fan next to them is. As long as the game is FAIR. What Ben seems to be advocating for is not really fair at all. jeanpierre, frydaddy and burningmetal like this.