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Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Losing respect for the NAACP
Over the last several years the NAACP has appeared to lose it's focus. They are becoming more of a political party than a cause for their namesake.
With actions like the president of the NAACP of the Philidelphia chapter, J. Whyatt Mondesire, saying things like this:
Mondesire, publisher of the Philadelphia Sunday Sun, criticized McNabb in a column in his newspaper on Dec. 4.
He wrote that McNabb's tendency to run the ball early in his career "not only confused defenses, it also thrilled Eagles fans," but that abandoning that element "by claiming that 'everybody expects black quarterbacks to scramble' not only amounts to a breach of faith but also belittles the real struggles of black athletes who've had to overcome real racial stereotypcasting in addition to downright segregation."
Mondesire said the bottom line is that McNabb is "not that good."
This tells me several things.
1. Mondesire is abusing is power with the NAACP to get articles published. If he wasn't the president of the NAACP philly chapter do you thing this would have even been published?
2. Maybe I'm wrong, but I would think the NAACP has bigger things to worry about than Donavan McNaab and Terrell Owens.
3. If this Mondesire knew anything about sports he would know that McNaab has already been in the league 7 years. Most running backs don't have long carreers. McNaab 'may' not be able to run like he used too.
4. Most of the successful 'long term' QB's have been pocket QB's. Elway, Marino, now Manning, etc.
With actions like the president of the NAACP of the Philidelphia chapter, J. Whyatt Mondesire, saying things like this:
Mondesire, publisher of the Philadelphia Sunday Sun, criticized McNabb in a column in his newspaper on Dec. 4.
He wrote that McNabb's tendency to run the ball early in his career "not only confused defenses, it also thrilled Eagles fans," but that abandoning that element "by claiming that 'everybody expects black quarterbacks to scramble' not only amounts to a breach of faith but also belittles the real struggles of black athletes who've had to overcome real racial stereotypcasting in addition to downright segregation."
Mondesire said the bottom line is that McNabb is "not that good."
This tells me several things.
1. Mondesire is abusing is power with the NAACP to get articles published. If he wasn't the president of the NAACP philly chapter do you thing this would have even been published?
2. Maybe I'm wrong, but I would think the NAACP has bigger things to worry about than Donavan McNaab and Terrell Owens.
3. If this Mondesire knew anything about sports he would know that McNaab has already been in the league 7 years. Most running backs don't have long carreers. McNaab 'may' not be able to run like he used too.
4. Most of the successful 'long term' QB's have been pocket QB's. Elway, Marino, now Manning, etc.
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