Are NFL teams "liberal" in their approach to football?

[RightWingHomosexual]

I was, for many years, an avid Dallas Cowboys fan. As a child, I sat on my father's knee and watched Don Meredith then Roger Staubach and later Danny White lead the Cowboys to championships, Super Bowls, dozens of come from behind victories. Even as a child I understood the nature of the Cowboys franchise, since it rested on the able shoulders of the man in the hat: Coach Tom Landry.

After Landry was fired, and after most of the old coaches walked out of the stadium for the last time (Shula, Noll, Nolan, etc), professional football morphed into narcissism: showboating, dancing in the endzone, yelling, screaming, drugs, prostitutes, quadzillion dollar contracts, violence against women, the list is endless.

It seems liberalism has taken over professional sports. Liberalism's theological basis is love of self, love of money, liberation through sex and power and the projection of that power through the media.

Has liberalism destroyed professional sports, like it has our schools, churches and everyday lives?

[Chloe]

There are a lot of teams that have republican owners too. I think it's interesting but probably not as bad or impactful as you think. Also I disagree with your definition of liberalism, at least from how I define it I guess. Your description basically says that liberals are self absorbed, greedy, controlling, horny and power hungry. What you described isn't necessarily liberal or conservative it's just a description of a pretty bad person that exists in all political parties.

[Mainecoons]

I don't think it is liberalism, per se, more like moral degeneracy though many of the values liberals espouse certainly fall into that category. Many if not most of the football players today are little better than ghetto gangbangers picked up for one reason and one reason alone, they can play football. The colleges that actually try to teach them something and civilize them can probably be counted on the fingers of two hands.

The totally classless way Jones fired Tom Landry finished the Cowboys for me. It is interesting to note that there's a petition going round north Texas to fire Jerry Jones. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy IMO and I hope he takes Dan Snyder (Redskins) with him.

[Cigar]

WTF dude; Football is the one time I can get away from Political Bull Shit and scream at Reff's :)

[Mister D]

WTF dude; Football is the one time I can get away from Political Bull Shit and scream at Reff's :)

One of those few times we can get rid of Affirmative Action too. :wink:

[Conley]

If you don't think those old Raider, Steeler, Cowboy teams were knee deep in poonani and blow I don't really know what to tell you...drugs sex and violence has always been part of the game

[Mister D]

If you don't think those old Raider, Steeler, Cowboy teams were knee deep in poonani and blow I don't really know what to tell you...drugs sex and violence has always been part of the game

Isn't it a little less discrete these days? Maybe a lot less? Not a huge fan and you wold know better than I but that's my impression.

[Conley]

Isn't it a little less discrete these days? Maybe a lot less? Not a huge fan and you wold know better than I but that's my impression.

My impression is that yes, it's worse now. But you also have to keep in mind there's much a more of a media presence now, these guys are under a microscope unlike how they used to be. The league is a lot richer now, they care more about $$$ than anything and having obvious criminals doesn't make for good ratings. Plus they drug test now and do more than they ever did as far as that's concerned...some of the old college football programs were really out there like Barry Switzer at Oklahoma back in the 80s. Players as drug dealers, rapists, and so on...so long way of saying I don't know for sure, not sure anyone can say for certain. But the idea that these guys were all choirboys until liberals came along just seemed silly enough for me to have to say something :laugh:

[Mister D]

My impression is that yes, it's worse now. But you also have to keep in mind there's much a more of a media presence now, these guys are under a microscope unlike how they used to be. The league is a lot richer now, they care more about $$$ than anything and having obvious criminals doesn't make for good ratings. Plus they drug test now and do more than they ever did as far as that's concerned...some of the old college football programs were really out there like Barry Switzer at Oklahoma back in the 80s. Players as drug dealers, rapists, and so on...so long way of saying I don't know for sure, not sure anyone can say for certain. But the idea that these guys were all choirboys until liberals came along just seemed silly enough for me to have to say something :laugh:

Good point.

[Captain Obvious]

The NFL like baseball, college football - anything that was once holy is devolving into a lesser event.

But it still brings in record revenues, and that's all that matters.

[RightWingHomosexual]

The totally classless way Jones fired Tom Landry finished the Cowboys for me. It is interesting to note that there's a petition going round north Texas to fire Jerry Jones. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy IMO and I hope he takes Dan Snyder (Redskins) with him.

I would not be suprised if Jones sells in the next several years. It only took a decade for Cowboys fans to realize that the Jones-Johnson-Switzer sperm destroyed the Cowboys franchise and ushered in a new liberalized form of "Hey I'm your Coach,but I'm also your buddy" ego-centric leadership, which is now commonplace throughout the NFL. What? You want to rape that prostitute? Go ahead. And when your done, have her escorted to my place, bud.

Its interesting that Michael Irvin nearly murdered a teammate in the Dallas locker room after a game (he was stone cold sober) with a pair of scissors: multi-gadzillion dollar contract with ESPN. Linebacker Charles Haley openly masterbated (and ejaculated) on teammates in the Coach's office, the training room and during post-game film sessions. On them. Earned a million dollar contract from Jones. Switzer, upon taking over, jokingly asked Haley why he (Haley) had not yet masterbated on him (Switzer): hollow laughter in training room.

Rapists, criminals, perverts, thugs, societal rejects. Cha-ching.

Liberalism.