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Cam vs Manning is Joe Lewis vs Max Schmeling

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http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/cam-newton-overcome-obstacles-black-qbs-face-article-1.2512054

Snippets from this fine article which you should totally read if you have the time.

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Not off-the-field either. If Cam refused to report to camp after a 4-12 season and forced a trade like Carson did with the Bengals, he would be branded a "me-first" diva and possibly gone from the league. And if one of Cam's celebration's included Carson's crotch-taunting moves, then more than one mother would be sending a "letter-to-the-editor" about her now corrupted kid.

Palmer's second chances are par for the course for No. 1 QB picks who are white. Before giving up, Tim Couch received 59 starts before the Browns gave up, and David Carr got a whopping 79. Even heralded No. 2 picks get long looks. Five teams took a chance on Rick Mirer, and all-time bust/head case Ryan Leaf had four teams sign him before he voluntarily quit the game.

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Smith, also a former No. 1 pick, has developed into a fine quarterback — far more than a "game manager." But he was downright terrible his first five seasons (see 51 TD passes in 50 starts). Despite nearly identical statistics and a higher passer rating with Smith over his first three years, former No. 1 pick JaMarcus Russell was booted out of the NFL.

After five years Smith's team record was 19-31, almost the opposite of Vince Young's 30-17 starting record. Young, who has seen his life spiral to the depths and was recently arrested in Austin, Texas for a DWI, played in two Pro Bowls, but played only one more season after. Instead of being nurtured like Smith, Young was benched for the slightest mistake by coach Jeff Fisher for Kerry Collins — who went 26-50 over his last nine seasons. Fisher, who preferred to draft Matt Leinart, remains employed with the Rams despite five straight losing seasons — unchartered waters for African-American coaches (an article for another day).

In an attempt to avoid comparing Peyton Manning (whom I have a great deal of respect for) to a Nazi, let me say that I'm not comparing Peyton Manning to a Nazi (nor was Max Schmeling actually a Nazi) I will say this however. The one thing that keeps people like me from truly enjoying the NFL are the blatant double standards that are set for players and coaches depending on the color of their skin. There is absolutely no need to revisit them all, we've been down that road on this forum before. However, if you have the slightest urge to see the NFL become a true meritocracy, you better hope Cam Newton finishes with a damn near perfect passer rating in 10 days. An NFL where "athletic" QBs aren't turned into wide receivers and an NFL where Jimmy Clausen and Blaine Gabberts never see the field. Its quite simple. Cam Newton dominates, and the best men will begin to play. He struggles, and the old racial trigger words will fly out so fast nobody will know what hit them.

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I overheard a few older white men discussing Cam Newton not long ago today. As predicted, it centered around the usual rhetoric about celebrating, or "hot dogging" as one put it, and both seemed to concur that they "weren't a fan".

What a couple of babies, some people are just miserable prudes. With all that is going on in the world today, you're really that bent out of shape over an athlete celebrating? It makes zero sense to me. Go watch some Cricket if it hurts your feelings that bad. Even in Golf you see guys getting fired up, and emotional. Give me a break.

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skin color or not.......the old hate the young.......because they aren't young......and Cam shows how fun it is to be young.

In every generation you have some of those that are older that are repulsed by how the young act......forgetting that they were young too.

In regards to color jazz great Dizzy Gillespie used to say that you had to be better and act better for a longer time to be accepted because the White man expected the Black man to fail......seems to fit the bill on QB expectations as outlined in the article........

Beyond all that............the real question is how in the world did Jimmy Clausen ever get into the NFL to begin with!!!

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I mentioned this in another thread few days ago. America used to hate Ali, and it wasn't just white ppl (who never saw someone with his skin color dance, taunt and be unapologetic), black ppl hated him too because he humiliated other black boxers and those he described as ugly compared to him and his light skin color. and was a member of a cult . But he won. A lot. And he never backed down. Just like Cam. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plus they're jelly because they can't dance. 

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Bring back the locker room so some of you can fap over the faux hysteria. 

This is like Spy vs Spy.

It's like Murphy vs Piscopo.

It's like In the heat of the night.

Chocolate milk vs white.

Oreo vs vanilla wafer.

Oh black water vs white wedding. 

Jesse owens vs Eric Heiden.

Texas tea vs white lightning.

Coal vs crystal. 

Like like like like. If if if if if.

Stop taking all the race viagra. For at least a day.

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