SepSep 22
Jamie Foxx defined the Michael Vick Case. On August 24th, From Star Pulse, He says, "It's a cultural thing, I think. Most brothers didn't know that, you know. I used to see dogs fighting in the neighborhood all the time. I didn't know that was Fed time. So, Mike probably just didn't read his handbook on what not to do as a black star." When this was going on, I was just saying that blacks may as well sit this one out, because the racism has gotta go somewhere. It may as well be on a brother that was - AT LEAST - hooking up the CONDITIONS to allow dogs to get electrocuted and shit. He was about to get Berry Gordy money, quit fighting dogs, ok?
But lo and behold comes Patriots' coach Bill Filmajet, cheating during the course of an actual game, and is HE suspended from the League indefinitely? How about for half a year, like the infamous Tank Johnson? A suspension for the first half of a game, or better yet the second? The answers are no, eh hn and hell naw.
So it bothers me that the New England Patriots will be punished by giving up what they have (money) while the Falcons actually pursue TAKING money away from Vick, who currently has no ability to earn income.
That shit's racist.
How come no one is asking if there is any connection between the ability to secretly record other teams' defensive signals and an insider being able to use that information for gambling purposes? The running joke is, "Why did they have to cheat to beat the sorry ass Jets?"
Let's acknowledge that the Patriots are a superior team to the Jets, and we expect them to win. If a person knew the team would ALSO be stealing signals, couldn't he look at that as a good reason to bet on that particular GAME?
I used Covers.com to look at the betting line record between the Patriots and Jets since the 2001-2002 season and Bill Mumbledrek is 9-3-1 Against THE Spread! The Jets play in New York City team, a city that, at times, has been rumored to have illegal betting. May as well ask if anyone knew of this happening and, ahem, let it slip that the coaches knew things looked pretty good the week going into a Jets game. Stealichik's actions have more potential to effect a Vegas Line than Vick gambling on dog rasslin'.
It's also frustrating from a racial standpoint to see Reelisick avoid any of the 'societal role model' scrutiny that good arguing whites use whenever a black dude is accused of something. The fact is - the high and whitey - ARE role models - for ADULTS. The coaches and owners of teams, CEO's of every industry and people in on the commercial real estate scam all have one thing in common. They can command five figure fees speaking to breathless audiences, imparting THEIR version of wisdom, gained in the process of becoming better than you.
So when Belichik gets hit with a $500,000 fine while making 5 million a year... and the OWNERSHIP gets hit with $250,000, or 25,000 cups of beer, while Mike Vick is about to be out of 22 million, well that's just too much fucking beer. It sends a message to anyone who runs any company with more than, say, 200 employees, that it's OK to fudge a bit on whatever you have to do, be it job applications at Walgreens, overtime pay at WalMart or shade in Jena, La. If you have the power, your penalty will be money, not time. And taking away someone's ability to earn money (Tank Johnson, Pacman Jones), versus fining people who can afford it (Jerry Buss, Robert Kraft(y)), is straight up the racist BS that I hope most people are referring to when they say, "...things are better than they used to be, even though it could still get better..."
