Eric Reid Press Conference

[rico6]

1 minute ago, Skack25 said:

I had a doc appointment last Friday and I wore a Panthers shirt (ok, and a hat).  Someone asked me if I thought the Panthers would be any good this year..  An older guy, probably hasn't been watching.  I told him we were 2-1, and that we just signed a guy who is really gonna help the team.  Some older lady overheard the conversation and yelled "Yea! If he can get up off his knees!"  So that was fun.

That’s just awful. The sheer pettiness people have for this man. I honestly pray that he kneels all season long to continue exposing more and more people for their bigotry. 

[Skack25]

Just now, rico6 said:

That’s just awful. The sheer pettiness people have for this man. I honestly pray that he kneels all season long to continue exposing more and more people for their bigotry. 

Same here.  I honestly do not care if the players kneel, but I support them if they do.  I think it's funny to watch racists heads spin.  He is an amazing football player, and this is a signing the Panther's haven't had the balls to pull off in a long time.

[CRA]

1 minute ago, tondi said:

I know a lot of Panthers fans, mostly conservative, and I've not heard anyone mention giving a crap about this beyond the football impact it will have. I know some would love for this to turn into a big ruckus and for the stadium to be empty of anyone who isn't a left winger but I've not seen any indication that's going to be the case. 

there is a simple fact that gets ignored (and yeah, there are exceptions to everything but overall this is the simple truth).

Actual football fans don not give a fug.   Football fans have proven over time AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN.  You can put literally ANYONE on YOUR team and you will deal with it. 

The people who drone on and on and on....aren't actual football fans.  They are the type who consider themselves fans because they go to a Super Bowl party or tailgates because drinking and being social is fun.   They don't actually give a fug if a team is 2-14 or 14-2. 

During this entire outrage over kneeling.....the NFL actually dominated the top 100 most watched shows last year.  It is largely a fictional and fake outrage and it didn't do poop to viewership.   TV viewership is an across the board issue.  Not a kneeling issue.  Not a NFL issue. NFL actually dominates TV more than ever.   Less people consume TV though so people try to use that out of context to make their fake points. 

[MasterAwesome]

36 minutes ago, TheRed said:

It’s mind-boggling that you perpetually bring race into every thread, whether appropriate or not, but when it comes to a thread comprised of 40 pages of racial discussion...you are virtually nowhere to be seen, aside from a couple of somewhat mundane posts ~30 pages ago that lacked any kind of unique insight or perspective. I thought you would be all over this...this is what you’ve waited all your life for, buddy. Plus there are actually quite a bit of racially insensitive or even downright bigoted posts for you to lay into. It’s like you either don’t know how to actually have a legitimate racial discussion, or your only intention is to instigate arguments and stir the pot.

[t96]

12 minutes ago, PntherPryd said:

I wonder what Eric Reid's opinion is of Cam's nickname for Obada?  (Wakanda for those who have not watched the clip)

What is Wakanda? Why would Reid's opinion of it matter at all?

[4Corners]

14 minutes ago, PntherPryd said:

I wonder what Eric Reid's opinion is of Cam's nickname for Obada?  (Wakanda for those who have not watched the clip)

There are also people in this thread who believe Wakanda is a real country. 

[CRA]

5 minutes ago, t96 said:

What is Wakanda? Why would Reid's opinion of it matter at all?

I don't really get why Reid is suppose to care about Cam's nickname of Wakanda either...

I mean is Reid suppose to want that nickname? 

[PantherOnTheProwl1523]

39 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

If you won't support a Panthers player because of his social or political beliefs, you were never a Panthers fan

Just because one doesn't support this does not mean they are less a Panthers fan than those who do support his cause. What you said is a false assumption. There are many that were Panthers fans since they were inducted into the league.

[PntherPryd]

Just now, t96 said:

What is Wakanda? Why would Reid's opinion of it matter at all?

Wakanda is a fictional country in the movie Black Panther.   Some activists have criticized the movie.  

http://afropunk.com/2018/02/controversy-around-black-panthers-supposed-appropriation-shows-necessity-pan-africanism/

 

[Bartin]

4 minutes ago, CRA said:

I don't really get why Reid is suppose to care about Cam's nickname of Wakanda either...

I mean is Reid suppose to want that nickname? 

It’s insensitive at best. Reid will most likely care.

[CRA]

2 minutes ago, PntherPryd said:

Wakanda is a fictional country in the movie Black Panther.   Some activists have criticized the movie.  

http://afropunk.com/2018/02/controversy-around-black-panthers-supposed-appropriation-shows-necessity-pan-africanism/

 

some activist gives real activist a bad name.  See that on pretty much every issue. 

Black Panther is one of the GOATS in terms of super hero movies.  Life doesn't have to be that hard. 

[PntherPryd]

2 minutes ago, Bartin said:

It’s insensitive at best. Reid will most likely care.

my gut opinion also, but I don't know the man.

how he reacts is also key to how he affects the chemistry of the locker room and thus gets to the crux of the "football" aspect of how this signing could impact the Panthers in a negative way.   I think it is a very good thing TD is headed back to the locker room.

 

[CRA]

9 minutes ago, Bartin said:

It’s insensitive at best. Reid will most likely care.

insensitive at best? 

Nah, more like finding a way to find something to outraged about in anything....

Dude is from Africa.  Cam gave him a nickname from a freaking super hero movie about badass mofos from Africa.  Life isn't that hard or serious.   This is why we can't have nice things.  I mean, stand up comics should all quit, comedy in general should be banned, fun too, no more fun....all too offensive and dangerous. 

maybe Greg should be offended someone called him Thor.  Asgardians are aliens!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

[rico6]

If someone likened me to a Wakandan I’d be all for it. Sophisticated, intelligent, and outright badass warriors? poo I’ve been called worse, but that’s me.