Marshawn Kneeland

[supafreak84]

Certainly not trying to turn this political, but it's what the NFL is best at, so...I just watched the NFL have a moment of silence before the Thursday night game for Kneeland, who killed himself after being in a pursuit with the cops and crashing his car. Like...why? Why do they choose to celebrate or recognize people who break the law and/or do stupid shit? Today's NFL and the causes or people they choose to support blows my mind

[Zanary]

It's still a pretty disturbing death of a kid who has the dream job, has the slews of support people, and still manages to have a very final meltdown.

I'm not sure what the response should be, really.

[supafreak84]

It's still a pretty disturbing death of a kid who has the dream job, has the slews of support people, and still manages to have a very final meltdown.

I'm not sure what the response should be, really.

Agreed, but a moment of silence...really!? For a guy who broke the law and was running from the cops? Lol. The NFL is just completely ass backwards at this point.

[SFVikingFan]

Sounds to me more like a mental health crisis ending in suicide than any sort of criminal activity. I don't have a problem with a moment of silence for the guy.

[StickierBuns]

For me, I really don't care. I don't get outraged over everything. I do think ESPN is extremely liberal-minded in a way that panders hardcore to every shifting wind of cultural 'correctness', but what else would I expect from ratings chasing whores? I have my opinion internally and if I don't like it, I just move on or ignore it. Getting mad at what I see on television is like yelling at a cloud.

[Waterboy]

Agreed, but a moment of silence...really!? For a guy who broke the law and was running from the cops? Lol. The NFL is just completely ass backwards at this point.

Somewhere along the line the cops became the bad guys for half of this society.  It's led to a bad place that honestly this country may never recover from.  When law and order is optional in society, it goes away.  I'm guessing the guy had other issues going on, but yeah this shouldn't be honored in any way, shape, or form.

[IceRatz16]

For me, I really don't care. I don't get outraged over everything. I do think ESPN is extremely liberal-minded in a way that panders hardcore to every shifting wind of cultural 'correctness', but what else would I expect from ratings chasing whores? I have my opinion internally and if I don't like it, I just move on or ignore it. Getting mad at what I see on television is like yelling at a cloud.