What’s
really good people?
Man
I am really disappointed that my boy AP is done for the season and for that
matter his career will be FOREVER tarnished regardless of the outcome with the
child abuse indictment. How he disciplines and to what degree he chooses to
discipline his children will remain a point of contention. This never should
have been a debate about what is the right way or wrong way to discipline a
child. We all can agree that as a parent our number responsibility should be to
provide and protect our children. Unfortunately, we all got it backwards when
30, 40 and 50 year old adults start looking up to 18, 19 and 20 year old
athletes as heroes because of their ability to dribble a soccer ball, throw a
football and slam dunk a basketball then we all are out of wack and our
critical thinking abilities becomes cloudy at best. And here I was all set to
talk about my visit to the Nigerian embassy in recent weeks and things I took
away from the experience, well I guess there is always next week.
(S/O) BIG 50th HBD Love to my pops; the man that gave
me many Whoppins, Lessons & Love in helping to Raise me. DODO Master
wishing another easy 50 more to come. Love iz Love! P
(S/O) To all of the viewers, followers & readers
of the MY OMO NAIJA blogspot. Thank you for your continued support. Love iz
Love! P
Ok
people; let me get focused…
As
much as sports were created really to help past-time and serve as a release or
outlet from the everyday grind, too much of it is life imitating sports or
sports imitating life. What is undoubtedly different about professional sports
and the athletes of color that play them is how they are treated by the
majority white media that cover them when s**t hit the fan. Quick question for
the people; have we now eradicated domestic violence now in America after the
Ray Rice video? Have adults stopped spanking or disciplining their children
because of the Adrian Peterson indictment? The hypocrisy in all of this was
merely weeks ago the same media ripping and crucifying these young men were
showering these larger than life figures with superlatives. Is it only me but
why do I just continue to take issue with the idea that the National Football
League (NFL) in its own ignorance still continues to take the position that
somehow it suppose to lead change and help fix all of our social issues and
many of America’s ugly truth that people just rather turn the other cheek to.
Well
here is an underlying thought that I have now witnessed when athletes of color
get into legal trouble, it is not only the act or crime in question that draws
the public ire but equally vexing to the majority white public is the idea that
millionaire athletes of color are being given preferential treatment and that
the law does not apply to them. What a concept? I mean the idea of injustice in
America is now only pertaining to athletes being put on probation for striking
their partner, proof of excessive beatings on a child that will be plea to a
lessor crime with a very good possibility of no incarceration. So I ask the
question; was the outrage of these incidents only tied to their acts of
negligent behavior or the reactions from law enforcement and judges that gave
or will only give a slap on the wrist and tell their heroes to go score three touchdowns
on Sunday for their fantasy football teams.
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