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http://www.thenation.com/blog/196601/solidarity-and-seattle-seahawks-foreverSolidarityand the Seattle SeahawksForever by Dave Zirin January 30, 2015
When I started writing about the intersection of sports and politics in 2003, a countless number of sentences started with two words: if only. If only star athletes used their hyper-exalted-brought-to-you-by Nike platform to actually say something about the world instead of just trying to sell us more crap. If only they stood up to tired sports media that for decades had treated outspoken athletes with a sneering and, in the case of black players, transparently racist contempt. If only the pros, particularly in basketball and football, did not forget the painfully exploited student athletes they left behind in the multibillion-dollar NCAA meat grinder. If only a new generation of athletes would show that speaking out did not prevent you from being able to land a new contract and provide for your family, so we could put to rest cautionary tales like 1990s players Craig Hodges and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, drummed out of the league for rocking the boat. If only the most successful athletes, the ones with the rings on their fingers, would speak out more in the tradition of champions such as Bill Russell, Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova, Jim Brown and Muhammad Ali thus giving lie to the myth that having a voice takes your focus off of winning the big game.
It is so easy for all of us to get so caught up in saying if only that you dont see changes taking place right before your very eyes. To paraphrase James Reston, its a lot easier to to notice revolution than evolution. Well the evolution is here, and theyre coming straight outta King County with a posse on Broadway. They are the NFC Champions going for back-to-back Super Bowl wins. They are the Seattle Seahawks...
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yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)I just like them more. But good luck to you and have fun Sunday!!!!!
countryjake
(8,554 posts)so don't get me wrong. I hate the game of football and I'll most likely be doing the Sunday Crosswords throughout this weekend's big game, as usual, and hoping that no players from either team get injured so badly that they'll be afflicted with pain for the rest of their young lives. I didn't post this article because of Rah Rah Football.
However, my SO is super excited because he has long been both a Patriots fan and loyal to our state's Seahawks, so it'll be like the game of the century for him. Because of that, I thank you for your good wishes and I expect that it will be a pretty fine gameday.
This paragraph right here is why I posted the article from the Nation:
Seahawks stars rant against NCAA
http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2014/story/_/id/12249290/richard-sherman-michael-bennett-seattle-seahawks-bash-ncaa?src=mobile&rand=ref~%7B%22ref%22%3A%22http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FzrHxxN70ld%22%7D
Confused Marshawn Lynch: 'For some reason yall continue to come back'
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/confused-marshawn-lynch---for-some-reason-y-all-continue-to-come-back--183117217.html
Suich
(10,642 posts)When I heard Goodell talking about Lynch today, I almost barfed!
GO SEAHAWKS!!!
countryjake
(8,554 posts)http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/super-bowl-deflategate-bob-kraft-richard-sherman-patriots-seahawks-rips-stanford-education-012815
I especially love it when Sherman talks smack aimed at Goodell and the League, itself, but I was howling when we watched him on the news presenting his take on DeflateGate. That was priceless!
Off now to find Goodell's most recent comments on our Marshawn, tho I can imagine.
HAWKS!
Kraft took a pot shot at Sherman??? Wow!
So how many other owners has Kraft hung out with or had his picture taken with? Please proceed, Mr. Kraft!
Goodell was talking about Lynch and said everyone has things they have to do on the job that they don't like doing, blah, blah, blah.
imo, the sports writers ask the same stupid inane questions that the National press corps asks the President.
nilesobek
(1,423 posts)It's the spirit of the underdog, win or lose, that matters.
Seattle Seahawks Running Back Marshawn Lynch (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)