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MrsCavalluzzi


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Richard Sherman submitted an op-ed (an opinion editorial) to a website called MMQB (Monday Morning Quarterback), "To Those Who Would Call Me a Thug or Worse..." explaining his perspective/position/rationale regarding his postgame comments on Sunday night.  It quickly became, by far, the most-viewed article in the history of the site.  In this follow-up, "Unparalleled Fascination with Richard Sherman," Sports Illustrated football analyst/writer Peter King, who runs MMQB, and some psychology experts postulate why this incident has had such traction/resonance.  (click on the article names to link to them)

Does the piece written by Sherman change your perspective on his outburst at all?  Do you agree with the follow-up article's position that the negative reactions to Sherman are more sportsmanship-driven than race-driven, or do you subscribe more to Dr. Farrell's theory that it "seethes into this narrative of race in America and race logic [when] you have an angry, almost violent black man, in a very passionate moment, yelling on national television" ? (or her theory that the response is driven by people's love of a villain and the lack of other potential villains on either Super Bowl team?)

 

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i think how he handled this whole situation was just very out of hand and rude

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It's funny because he graduated from Stanford with a 4.8 GPA and went to highschool in Compton and graduated with a 4.2. He is a pro bowler and has his masters degree in communication.

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He reminds me a lot of Terrell Owens with the way he talks about himself.

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His comment in his post-game interview was too much. I know he was pumped up from the game and their victory over San Francisco, but players need to show restraint when speaking in an interview. I think most people will just forget about the interview comment and start looking forward to the super bowl itself.

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Not to belabor this story, but I thought this was hilarious- it was titled "Inside Richard Sherman's Gmail Account" :)

 

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MrsCavalluzzi wrote:

Not to belabor this story, but I thought this was hilarious- it was titled "Inside Richard Sherman's Gmail Account" :)

 

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 Haha this is great



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Eli Manning- "Has anyone seen my Etch-A-Sketch?" This is gold

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I think this whole situation is ridiculous yea we look to sports for entertainment but this isn't a soap opera, his actions were thoughtless and stupid.. and I agree people might be responding so greatly to it because we love to love the drama, maybe subconsciously its because of his race but i believe its really because we love the drama and the anticipation about what will end up happening at the Super Bowl

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The comment was unnecessary, and he made the interview all about him instead of talking about how happy he was for his team or the excitement of going to the Super Bowl. It will be forgotten soon though with the Super Bowl coming up.

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I think the thing with interviews after games is that the players are so hyped up with adrenaline. We watch them tackle and run around pounding on each other for a ball for two hours and cheer them on, in almost a barbaric way and then we expect them to be perfect gentlement directly after. It doesn't really make sense!

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Riley Harris wrote:

Eli Manning- "Has anyone seen my Etch-A-Sketch?" This is gold

 Agreed.  I also particularly enjoyed "Which color Skittles give you the most power?" "Purple"

 

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Sherman's piece definitely clarifies his reasoning for his outburst but I still think that his comments appear very hostile due to the way he said his comments by yelling directly at the camera. Though I think his outburst was unnecessary and over dramatic, Sherman does not deserve any of the racial insults he has been receiving on Twitter.

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this guy has issues....

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I think the column that Sherman wrote shows that he is very smart also i like that he doesn't back away from what he said just he elaborated on it to better help the public understand what he said i like that sort of fire in a guy it shows hes out there to win.

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his comment was unnecessary yes but i feel as though it was entertaining as a young person who watched the game and that is what professional players do get paid to entertain you

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