@NealCoolong@CharlieBatch16 The later years of Ben’s career Tomlin referenced quarterback mobility and lack there of several times, not saying the Steelers are an offensive machine but clearly lack of QB mobility wasn’t as big of an excuse as Tomlin was making it.Oline wasn’t good and not enough weapons
@FordJohnathan5@Tapauto79Thomas 53% of the employers that do not offer healthcare accounts for ~10% of the workforce. ~90% of the workforce is covered by employer sponsored healthcare. The 53% are small businesses with most of them having less than 50 employees.
There’s a line you don’t cross in life and Ryan Clark sprinted past it.
Ryan Clark didn’t like my take on Angel Reese hating Caitlin Clark. That’s fine. Disagreement is part of the game. But instead of debating my point, he personally attacked me and my family. That shows how low of person he is.
I gave a sports opinion: I said Angel Reese hates Caitlin Clark, based on repeated, visible actions on the court and in press conferences. I backed it up with five separate examples from the game of basketball because that’s what I do. I analyze sports. I stay in the arena.
Just because Angel Reese is Black doesn’t mean that her game and actions can not be critiqued.
A Black man or woman is not restricted from giving a sports opinion on another Black man or woman just because you don’t like it.
Everyone can give their opinion on everyone no matter what color they are.
We’ve got to be better in this space. Debate the game. Don’t play with people’s families. Because if you need to cross that line and attack the person and their family instead of the point just to win an argument, then you already lost.
Ryan Clark said I don’t understand the struggles of Black women because I’m married to a white woman. That’s wrong and way out of bounds.
He suggested I don’t value my wife as the woman I love, protect and raise a family with but only value her because of the color of her skin. That’s wrong and way out of bounds.
He implied that he, a man who has never sat at our dinner table, values my wife and knows my marriage better than I do. That’s wrong and way out of bounds.
He dismissed my Blackness because I have a different opinion about Angel Reese than he does. That’s wrong and way out of bounds.
He claimed that I’m not having conversations about the struggles of Black women in my own home because my wife is white. That’s wrong and way out of bounds.
We also raise Black daughters together and don’t teach them to hate people or disqualify their opinions based on the color of their skin.
He claimed that I want to appeal to a certain audience. The only audience I’m focused on is the audience of one, God. I support all people, not some people.
My support is not based on the color of someone’s skin, but the content of their character.
My sports opinions are not based on the color of someone’s skin, but from what I see and my experience as a player and analyst.
Let me be clear. It is wildly inappropriate, wrong and extremely low to weaponize and attack a person’s wife, marriage and their family because you disagree with a sports take.
I didn’t make it personal with Angel Reese. I didn’t drag her family. I didn’t question her soul. I spoke about basketball.
But Ryan? You crossed the line. You made it personal and some.
There should be no space in Sports Media for personal attacks and wives and children are alway off limits. You attacked me and my family in a public forum on a level that shows how low of a person you are.
Disagree with me all you want. Challenge my take. But keep my family and wife out of it. That’s a boundary that should always be respected.
Ryan Clark personally attacking me and my family personally over a sports opinion is cowardly, spineless, and weak.
Ryan Clark personally attacking me and my family personally over a sports opinion is a bad look for ESPN and for him as a man.
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#RG3 #GreteGriffin #Family #OuttaPocket #AngelReese #CaitlinClark
For the Dads who always say, “it goes by fast” —you are right.
It does.
My little Rue just turned 3 today and she’s all excited that she’s growing up —and it just tears me up inside like a keyboard economist over Trumps new tariff structure.
One minute you’re helping them take their first steps, the next minute you’re sitting outside a bedroom door, role-playing the “Do You Want To Build A Snowman” scene from the movie Frozen.
The time really does fly by.
If there’s any feedback I can give you, it would be this: the early years are for us to enjoy. When people tell you “they won’t remember this” - don’t listen. Show up every time you can, create weekly traditions, and say “no” a lot so that you can say yes to what matters.
Just felt like jotting some thoughts down as I sit here and tear up over the family albums in my iPhone.
But ya… it’s going by fast.
- From a dad trying to figure it out