Letters to the Editor
debaser
Published Letters: 652 Editor's Choice: 11
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@ G.L et al
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You wrote: "It is interesting, in allegedly Christian America, how many people claim to embrace the narrative of penitence and redemption but at the same time flaunt their "moral clarity" by advocating not merely that this man do some serious time in prison, but that after he discharges that famous debt to society, he also be banned from making a living in the only profession he ever showed a talent for."
I know I'm coming into this late, but this is a curious statement to me. One it assumes that the NFL is the only Football league in the world...and,um, it's not. AFL, CFL, NFL Europe (still?) and countless other leagues exist. Sure he wouldn't make the same coin as in the NFL, but to say he's "banned from making a living in the only profession he's shown talent for" is just factually wrong. Furthermore, it's not like anyone is saying the man can no longer work, full stop. Ya know, there are literally millions of jobs he can do outside of playing football, playing football is not, and should not, be his inalienable right. If he wanted to play football for millions upon millions of dollars, well...he should've thought of that before engaging in such criminal behaviour.
That being said, there is no doubt in my mind that some team will take a gamble on him. The NFL, moreso than any other league (it seems) is about the bottom line. If it helps the team make money (and hey, if they win a few in the mix all the better) then they'll do it. I mean, look at the non-guaranteed contracts - it's pretty obvious that there's no other real consideration for the teams (like team/player loyalties etc) only making green and LOTS of it - come to think of it, maybe that's why the sport is so popular in the US, it's hyper-capitalism at its finest :)
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umm
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hey Thrasher,
do you actually know that King is Jewish? Has he ever said he was Jewish? Or are you only basing your assumption on his last name? 'Cause I gotta tell ya, Kaufman is not an exclusively Jewish name, it's German.
And even if Mr Kaufman is in fact Jewish, he's never ever spoken about events as a Jewish American, but rather a fan of sports. For example you'll never see him write "Speaking as a Jewish American I feel that etc etc etc." (you know, like you always do)...his creed has no bearing whatsoever on his analyis, but it sure seems to have a bearing on your reading of everything he writes...I reckon that says more about you than him.
Seems to me that one shouldn't make assumptions about another's race or creed...pot meet kettle.
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Thrasher
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]umm...you still didn't answer my question: what makes you think Mr. Kaufman is Jewish? Has he ever said he's Jewish? I've been reading his column since he took over from Allan Barra and I can never remember him ever saying he's Jewish. You shouldn't make assumptions based on a last name (which as I've already said, is not an exlusively Jewish last name, but rather a Germanic one), assumptions which very much make you appear the bigot (what's next? You gonna hit me with some "Jews control the banks, the media, and everything else under the sun" conspiracy crap?)
Nice dodge though...
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sigh
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That's it, I give up. I tried to engage you civilly, and all I get is rambling obfuscation.
You know, sometimes i would get the inkling that somewhere in that morass of tripe you spout there's a valid point hiding, but I see now I was sorely mistaken.
auf weidersehen
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who?
[Read the article: Labor war on drugs]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Just who are these supposedly legion Clemens fans? Outside of Yankees fans (and even then it's not unanimous)where is all the love the sporting world supposedly has for Clemens? He's been rightly looked at like a big ol' jerk for many many years.
And his name popping up should surprise exactly nobody..."traning regimen" my ass...
I'm not saying that race doesn't have anything to do with Bonds, but I seem to remember Palmeiro being booed so loudly in Toronto that he had to wear earplugs. (literally!) So I'm not so sure the whole fans hate him because he's black thing is completely valid. Then again Palmeiro is Cuban so...who knows?
one other thing, I suspect that anyone not named on this list will have a sheen of cleanness to them now. Like they'll be free of any suspicion, which of course is crap...