The abject stupidity of the mainstream media on full display

[erod]

http://thelab.bleacherreport.com/the-largest-football-recruit-on-the-planet/

Junior dwarfs this being, whoever that might be. At 7 feet tall and 440 pounds, John Robert Krahn III makes the largest people in the world’s largest profession appear minuscule.

And yet, despite his size and his blossoming status as a celebrity recruit, not one Division I team has looked his direction. Not one coach has called to gauge his interest. The countless inquiries made on Junior’s behalf have sunk to the bottom of the abyss.

In a sport so consumed by size, how could this be? How could someone with so much potential slip through the cracks?

The answer is complicated. It begins with our societal fixation with the rare and unfamiliar, although it does not end there. It goes deeper. Past the myriad of modifications simply to live like a child—to live a normal life. Past the broken bones that have since been repaired.

It is not until you arrive at the core of a young man and his family—heartbreak of the most indescribable kind—that a journey comes into focus.

Through it all, Junior has not stopped searching.

This story is front and center on cnn.com.

This utter bonehead writer thinks that just because a kid is big and tall, he's an NFL player by default. As if there's nothing more to football than being "big".

And of course, it's our fault. We have a "societal fixation with the rare and unfamiliar." Yeah, sure, buddy. College coaches are disinterested because he's funny lookin'.

Good gawd.

 

[HomeBiscuit]

Exactly, you find a 7' athletic beast that was raised in secrecy in some Far East Siberian gulag that happens to run a 4.4 forty while wresting bears and best believe every football coach in the SEC and every other damn conference will be drooling over him no matter how weird this s*** is.

 

[TheCount]

Getting upset about a Bleacherreport article being dumb is like being upset that the sun rises.

 

[Hoofbite]

Not sure Bleacher Report is mainstream media.

 

[Corso]

Bleacher Report is handling CNN.com's Sports section?
HA HA HAHAHA HA HAAAAAAA!!!

CNN just doesn't care anymore, obviously. Not even a shred.