Jemele Hill gives her take on the Marty B controversy

[StylisticS]

Was there really a need for ESPN or her to capitalize on Whitlock's reponse to Martellus act by bashing him as well? Seriously, she is a worthless reporter who knows jack about sports outside of her little New England bubble. Everytime I see her, I roll my eyes. I didn't care for the video myself but there is no need for everyone to put their 2 cents in on this. Go cover something else.

 

[Big D]

I thought shipping T.O. off to Buffalo would solve this problem. What happened?

:laugh2:

 

[JustDezIt]

But he hasn't done a single thing in this league yet outside of catching some garbage time TDs.

I'm not sure i consider a touchdown with :57 seconds left in the 2nd quarter on third down in a 15-6 ballgame garbage time - or nothing for that matter.

I'm just saying

 

[jchap]

Bad writer is bad.

 

[AdamJT13]

But he hasn't done a single thing in this league yet outside of catching some garbage time TDs.

Does the phrase "game-winning touchdown catch with less than five minutes remaining on the road against the Commanders" ring a bell?

How about "opening-drive touchdown in a nationally televised game"?

Or "two-minute drill touchdown right before halftime"?

No? Hmm, maybe you didn't watch last season.

 

[Hoofbite]

Does the phrase "game-winning touchdown catch with less than five minutes remaining on the road against the Commanders" ring a bell?

How about "opening-drive touchdown in a nationally televised game"?

Or "two-minute drill touchdown right before halftime"?

No? Hmm, maybe you didn't watch last season.

OMG!!!!

Martellus is a HERO!!!!1111

 

[1st & 10]

Didn't she get in trouble last year for saying something tasteless about the Holocaust? IIRC, she was reprimanded and suspended, but she kept her job at ESPN.

Here's her apology regarding the incident: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=hill/080623

 

[AdamJT13]

OMG!!!!

Martellus is a HERO!!!!1111

Overreact much?

Your response is almost as bad as Apollo's claim that all Bennett did was catch garbage-time touchdowns. That's obviously not true, and neither has anyone called him a "hero."

 

[Hoofbite]

Overreact much?

Your response is almost as bad as Apollo's claim that all Bennett did was catch garbage-time touchdowns. That's obviously not true, and neither has anyone called him a "hero."

Yeah. Its almost as bad as hyping up plays in order to prove a point?

"two-minute drill touchdown right before halftime"?

Yeah, what a two-minute drill it was. All 7 yards to go after the 2-minute warning.

How about "opening-drive touchdown in a nationally televised game"?

Oh, how impressive. What other provisions will we include to make his TDs more worthy of attention than they really are. Is this TD any more noteworthy than the "opening-drive touchdown in a non-nationally televised game"? Or any more noteworthy than any other TD that happens throughout the game? He didn't make some amazing play on the ball, he did what he was supposed to.

The only TD in that group worth talking about is the one in Washington. That was a play to be proud of. It showed his athletic ability like no other play during the season. These other plays.......nothing spectacular at all.

 

[AdamJT13]

Yeah. Its almost as bad as hyping up plays in order to prove a point?

Yeah, what a two-minute drill it was. All 7 yards to go after the 2-minute warning.

Oh, how impressive. What other provisions will we include to make his TDs more worthy of attention than they really are. Is this TD any more noteworthy than the "opening-drive touchdown in a non-nationally televised game"? Or any more noteworthy than any other TD that happens throughout the game? He didn't make some amazing play on the ball, he did what he was supposed to.

The only TD in that group worth talking about is the one in Washington. That was a play to be proud of. It showed his athletic ability like no other play during the season. These other plays.......nothing spectacular at all.

Try following the thread, and you won't make yourself look quite so ridiculous.

Apollo claimed all Bennett did was score garbage-time touchdowns. He scored four touchdowns last season. One was a game-winner, one was at the start of the game, and one was right before halftime. Were any of those three garbage-time touchdowns? Obviously not. THAT is the point, not that there was anything "spectacular" about them.

If you think any of them were garbage-time touchdowns, please explain why. Otherwise, you're just being rude without saying anything relevant to the discussion, as usual.

 

[tyke1doe]

Any time the topic is about a black athlete, somehow she throws the race card in there. It may not even make any sense, but she does it anyways. Skip Bayless will just throw her a weird look but never address it, because even that is something that Skip wouldn't talk about.

I've watched her on TV and seen many of the times she's been on, and I swear to you it is like she's related to Donovan McNabb.

So what you're saying is we all look alike?

 

[Hoofbite]

Try following the thread, and you won't make yourself look quite so ridiculous.

Apollo claimed all Bennett did was score garbage-time touchdowns. He scored four touchdowns last season. One was a game-winner, one was at the start of the game, and one was right before halftime. Were any of those three garbage-time touchdowns? Obviously not. THAT is the point, not that there was anything "spectacular" about them.

If you think any of them were garbage-time touchdowns, please explain why. Otherwise, you're just being rude without saying anything relevant to the discussion, as usual.

I never said any of them were garbage time. Just commenting on how you embellished a couple of those TDs.

 

[Maikeru-sama]

Lawdy lawdy, all this media pub for a backup tightend.

The guy isn't even funny.

What's sad is that if he doesn't live up to the hype (somebody on here said he would have 15 TDs or something crazy like that), people will claim it is because of his internet career.

 

[slick325]

The kid really isn't funny to me. Not even "silly" funny like TChoice23 or Julius Crosslin. I have no issue with him vlogging in his free time. He really isn't anybody in the grand scheme of sports, football or even the Cowboys for that matter. He isn't T.O. (a NFL Superstar) or Romo or Witten....no one outside of Cowboys fans know who he is. He hasn't accomplished squat and the national media is actually giving credence to him for something non-football related. Ignore the nobody until he actually becomes a star in the league and continues his immature behavior then address the immaturity.

BTW, I hope Bennett has a big year in Dallas. Seems to be very talented!

 

[CutMeMick]

Geez- NOTHING frosts my gizzard more than some self-appointed hack, attempting to dictate their PC-laden perspective to the rest of us, because of their access to the media.

These kinds of writers are living in an era that should've ended years ago, but somehow they insist on dragging all of us, kicking & screaming, through their own assorted hangups.

Its a NEW generation, where people can actually joke about race & stereotypes, & other people understand that its a fricken' JOKE!

If you have to bother to explain that fact to someone, than you've already lot the battle, & you're wasting your breath anyways. What moron looks at that video & thinks; " I knew thats what Blacks do- eat chicken & watermelon"!

Racism isn't dead, & frankly, probably will never die. But can we agree that those who espouse & follow those racist perspectives, on all sides, are idiots who shouldn't be taken seriously?

Jemelle Hill, along with countless others of her ilk, needs to relax.

Its NOT that big a deal.:moonbart:

 

[BruceWayne]

Here's my take on this. The older generation was offended by this video and how can you blame them. They've been trying to shake that sterotype for years and to have a black man making fun of it was not cool. He needs to sit down with some of the players that played in the 50's and 60's and maybe he'll get a better understanding of why he shouldn't do stuff like that. I'm not down on him cause I like the kid. I just don't think he knows any better.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

Here's my take on this. The older generation was offended by this video and how can you blame them. They've been trying to shake that sterotype for years and to have a black man making fun of it was not cool. He needs to sit down with some of the players that played in the 50's and 60's and maybe he'll get a better understanding of why he shouldn't do stuff like that. I'm not down on him cause I like the kid. I just don't think he knows any better.

I'm one of the "older" generation (46), but I was not offended by the video. What does worry me is that the young people who say it's no big deal may be saying so because they don't know the history behind it all. The older generation doesn't always do a good job of teaching the younger generation. If history repeats itself, that will be why.

 

[Hostile]

I never said any of them were garbage time. Just commenting on how you embellished a couple of those TDs.

Someone else did, that's the point.

 

[Hoofbite]

Someone else did, that's the point.

I know. Which is why I made it clear that it wasn't me.

I don't believe Martellus scored his TDs in garbage time. At the same time I also don't think creative wording can somehow elevate the worth of a couple of plays.

 

[Hostile]

I know. Which is why I made it clear that it wasn't me.

I don't believe Martellus scored his TDs in garbage time. At the same time I also don't think creative wording can somehow elevate the worth of a couple of plays.

Oh my gosh.

Is it really that far above your head? Let's try this step by step.

Link to Claim: His TDs happened in "garbage time" therefore he has not "done a single thing in this league."

Link to Counter: A breakdown of each of the TDs to show they did NOT happen in "garbage time." Therefore "Claim" is shot down.

Link to You: Hyperbole run amok. Completely ignoring the whole point.

Explanations follow until we get to this point. Get it yet?