Skip: "I don't have sympathy for (Dak) for going public about his depression."

I hate this thread! F.....! I hate it!!

I came back from Vietnam after the 1968 Tet Offensive. I left being a young athlete in NM, I came back a broken 20 year old man.

I was depressed...I was scared, pissed off at everything...not a nice guy at all, fight anyone that wanted to...drugs, sleepless nights, wanting to go back to the war...I was depressed, way bad. Then I got help...

Just as what I read about what Dak is saying...taking about it to some that will listen, helps. I'm rooting for Dak to come out and tell what depression can do to the mind...respect.

Cowboys on three...COWBOYS...1....2...3

 

What a sad and pathetic human this is. He should be fired.

 

Skip is like a lot of fans on this board he’s pissed off with Dak due to his contract demands. Prior to his contract demands he was singing Dak’s praise.

 

Appalling. That's what is wrong with society. They put too much faith and empowerment into these athletes. They are just humans....nothing more. They are flawed like the rest of us.

 

I'm rooting for you. #Respect

I'm saddened by a few here.

 

I’ve always respected people more for being open about their true feelings, especially when it’s something that they know other people may perceive as a weakness. Depression is real and is a disease for some people like alcoholism and drug addiction.

All that macho crap is exactly that, it’s either people who have never experienced tragedy, are in denial or are too afraid to admit it publicly for fear of what other people will think or say.

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to act despite it.” Desmond Tutu

Kudos to Dak, he acted knowing there would be criticism by the jo’s in this world. That is a leader in my book.

 

Good grief, Charlie Brown! Did Skip fall on his head?

 

Respect

 

Everyone here knows how I feel about Dak, but Skip Bayless is trash for this.

 

The days of believing this kind of admission is a sign of weakness are long over. Speaking up on this matter IS a sign of leadership from Dak and others. The only thing Skip is right about here is his understanding that he would rightfully be condemned for this woeful take. Get his *** off television.

 

yeah looks like Skip flubbed the wording on that, he seems to have been trying to say it would be better to bottle that up in light of the position he is in. Now even that is a sentiment that would get a lot of flak too but that wouldnt have sounded as nasty. If he was writing that instead of speaking on tv he would have said it better

 

Spot on. He lost his brother to suicide. Was isolated due to COVID. And lest we forget he's a black man living during a time of racial awakening.

But, yeah, suck it up big fella and keep your thoughts to yourself like a real man. </skip>

 

Glad you're with us, Respect to you sir.

 

But I would argue the point still doesn't fly. He compares QB to being the CEO of a company -- a role of leadership.

Should the man of one's household not speak up on mental health matters due to a fear of losing credibility as a leader at home? What about your boss? If he/she was suffering from this, should those feelings remain to themselves? Should our kids' principal not voice their anguish?

Quarterbacking America's Team is far from the only -- or even among the most important -- leadership roles in this country.

 

Case in point with Skip was when he tried to out Aikman as being gay.

 

Skip has become a huge Dak fanboy.
Surprised he felt it necessary to even chime in on this topic though. Strange

 

Thank you...but after I came back, I called the Cowboys to see if I could play for them...they told me, un...no.

So I became a musician...love is good.