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DaMuleRules
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| Steve007 wrote: | I still remember when the media slammed Peyton after a playoff loss in
2006 saying he threw his offensive line under the bus because Manning said they had protection problems. And it was the media who kept pushing him on that issue and were trying to get him to criticize his teammates. When he finally said they has protection problems, suddenly the criticism was "He is not a good leader and is all about himself! Look at how he threw his teammates under the bus!"
I've heard Manning called a choker for over a decade and it's a label that would stick really well with him until maybe the last few days. The article is wrong when it suggests that no criticism would stick to him because that one certainly did.
I think Cam was doing stuff before the Super Bowl that was getting people annoyed and maybe some of those people just disliked him already and are still kind of reacting to that. Personally, I didn't have a problem with his celebrating and statements he made before the Super Bowl.
One thing the article ignores is that people are really upset he didn't dive for that loose football with the game on the line. That's a major reason he is taking heat right now. |
Yep. As I said before, Peyton has taken his shots in the past, not only for that but for walking of the field without acknowledging his opponents after a SB loss.
It's really not a race issue, but a sports media issue. The media picks and chooses who they will call out. Sometimes it's warranted and sometimes it's simply a matter of convenience to serve a story.
Let's be real here. A guy who plead guilty to obstruction of justice charges in a murder he was involved in is an ESPN regular. Johnny Manziel has dozens of articles deriding him.
There's plenty of bias in sports media. Pretending that racism is the driving force behind the bias doesn't stand up to the evidence. |
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Does anyone remember the Manning sex scandal? I posted the link but don't remember the story.
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