Hey look! Gay hating football coach is the GOOD GUY! 0:-)

[underpants]

http://www.msn.com/

On March 20, 2007, Dungy aligned himself with a socially conservative organization, the Indiana Family Institute, and openly supported an amendment to the Indiana constitution which would have defined marriage as solely between one man and one woman.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Dungy#Political_career

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. I really don't think they're trying to endorse homophobia with that ad.

It may have something to do with football.

[cali]

3. seeing as it's fox, it could have something to do with politics.

Dungny is a conservative, and Belichik is a liberal.

[underpants]

5. They've had some discussion of that in the sports forum and the lounge

I don't know if there was anything definitive concluded but I got the sense that Bill was a Rep.

[cali]

11. I don't think so:

"Belichick did admit to the Boston Globe's Dan Shaughnessy that he favored the Democrats over Republicans during the media craze leading up to the Super Bowl."

http://www.bear-left.com/original/2002/0210patriots.html

[underpants]

15. Oh crap now I LOVE the PATS

Captain America (Brady) AND Bill is a Dem....too much

[cali]

16. LOL!

What's more, I remember reading that he's the only dem coach in Football.

[underpants]

19. Mmmmmm

I kinda doubt that. Not that I can think of any offhand but football tends to be split down the middle. Golf and baseball tend to be Republican and basketball (America's actual homemade sport) is rife with Dems Libs Progs you name it.

[cali]

23. I'm too lazy to do it, but you could find out who among them

contributes to which candidates and organizations- and I'm pretty sure I'm right about it.

http://www.newsmeat.com/sports_political_donations/Dan_Reeves.php

[underpants]

26. Whoops! A Republican in '93

http://www.newsmeat.com/sports_political_donations/Bill_Belichick.php

[cali]

28. oh no!

there goes that one.

[sniffa]

18. biLL's a huge dem

an undying LiberaL too.

[AspenRose]

25. Aw, man...after I told my husband I couldn't support a coach who cheated

Oh, well. Better not tell my republican husband about this, he'll pitch a fit (he's from NE)

[Marrah_G]

35. Before you jump to far onto that "he cheated wagon"

Let me say that all the teams were doing this and they all knew everyone was doing it. It was common knowledge. One team decided to use it as a weapon. So yes the pats are now giving a big FU to the rest of the teams who sat back and didn't say shit when the Pats and Bill were fined.

[AspenRose]

42. *sigh*

Maybe I should just ignore football entirely and focus on my Spurs. :shrug:

[HERVEPA]

29. uh..., about Brady

Super Bowl champion quarterback Tom Brady wants to be a U.S. senator.

The native Californian told ESPN magazine recently that his "craziest ambition" is to run for political office.

At the age of 26, Brady may be America’s newest sports hero – but already one that's anathema to the media establishment.

Brady is apparently a Republican, at least in his sympathies. Already fearing that someday he just may pull a Schwarzenegger in California or his adopted Massachusetts, some big media guns are trying to tarnish Brady's image.

Even before his Super Bowl win, some media folks were irked that Brady showed up at the president's recent State of the Union address.

Brady joined Bush to show his support of the president's call for professional sports to implement strong anti-drug policies and programs.

[underpants]

30. Again, I have heard several sides to that one

Brady gets invited by the POTUS so he goes-no biggee there.


Lots of reoprts of Brady hosting a Kerry fundraiser at his house back in '04.

Basically both sides are trying to claim him.

There is no doubt that Manning is RED Republican.

[bunkerbuster1]

6. It absolutely has EVERYTHING to do with politics

and there ain't a knuckle-dragging FoxNoise goose-stepper who doesn't know it.

[mark414]

44. sometimes things just are what they are

with no politics involved

i am tired of people looking for the politics in every single little nitpicky detail

[Freddie Stubbs]

8. The Simpsons is a prime example of how everything related to Fox has a conservative bent

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

27. LOL

[Buzz Clik]

12. LOL! No way!

Look, dammit. EVERYTHING is about the topic du jour, and it's homophobia. You're either outraged by Barak Obama's association with that singer guy, or you're a homophobe.

So, which is it? Are you on board, or will you be going out this weekend to drag suspected homersexials behind yer pickemup truck?

That's what I thought, you bastard.

[Bill McBlueState]

24. no, of course they aren't

But anyone who is opposed to homophobia and is paying attention would hesitate to make Dungy into some kind of saint. Maybe he's just a good football coach with ignorant social views.

[meegbear]

2. What a hit piece ...

even in sports, FOX can't stop being douchebags.

[bunkerbuster1]

4. Beatification of the inoffensive-to-us Colored Guy!

I've seen this from various Reich Wing outlets. They love Dungy on account of him hatin' Teh Gai. And he's Colored! See, we're not racist, we like this Colored Guy!

[underpants]

10. "He is an honorable man" "He is ethical"

Not jsut Dungy but I hear this crap all the time--since when is NOT being a lying douchebag a remarkable trait?? Aren't we all supposed to be NOT an asshole? Isn't that basically the main focus of socialization....don't get me started on this this is one of my pet peeves.

[lateo]

7. They are calling the coach from the Patriots satan?

How unpatriotic of FOX.

[underpants]

9. REALLY!

I mean how can you hate on the "Postal team"


:bounce:

Their logo reminds me of the Post Office for some reason.

[Progressive_In_NC]

14. Well he does break NFL rules by video taping the other sideline

to figure out what they're play calling. After that, beating them is really easy.

[underpants]

17. HE got caught

Why do you think that everyone sends dummy signals? Because everyone else is trying to steal them.

[wicket]

21. I saw a great editorial cartoon the other day

It's a football team getting all bent out of shape because they caught their opponent taping their signals....by the person they'd hired to tape the other teams signals. :rofl:

[Marrah_G]

37. They all were doing it

The Pats are giving the rest of the NFL the big FU this year and frankly I don't blame them. They all sat back and played Mute while Bill and the Pats were fined.

[wicket]

40. I'm with you

:hi:

[wicket]

20. They ALL do it

The Patriots just got caught.

[Coexist]

22. horrid rationalization.

And I am sure that they don't all do it.

[wicket]

32. I'm not rationalizing it

And I'm sure they all do it. :shrug:

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7216720

http://ezinearticles.com/?Cheating-in-the-NFL&id=735234

[Coexist]

43. I did a quick google - but I read a piece by a former NFL lineman

who was furious about this. He had played for 3 different NFL teams and he was unaware of this and pissed that the Pats did this.

He was also angry about the "well, they ALL do it" rationale, because HE didn't, his teams didn't and he didn't want to be lumped in with such pathetic sportsmanship.

We can he-said, he-said all you want - until the NFL comes forward and hands out all info on all cheating allegations and their investigation, we will never know. We do know that they heard about this being done by the Pats, investigated it and caught them. Who else have they caught?

[Marrah_G]

38. Yes, they all were doing it

They all knew the others were doing it.

[Coexist]

41. do you have any proof other than some people surmising this?

the NFL DOES check out allegations of this behavior.

If more people did it, then there would be more news stories about this.

[Marrah_G]

36. Every team was doing it

One team decided to bitch about the Patriots. The rest of the teams sat back and said nothing.

The Pats are proving they didn't need videos to win this year.

It was a rule everyone was breaking and everyone knew everyone was breaking.

[Parche]

13. Dungy Fever

:grr: :grr: :grr: :hi:

[devilgrrl]

31. Go Patriots!!!!!

:patriot:

[Marrah_G]

33. One more reason to love the Pats

Like I needed another reason.

Bleh, I really hate fundies.

Go, Go Pats !

[truebrit71]

34. I don't like either coach, but Dungy is the more repugnant of the two...

Belicose is driven by the overwhelming desire to win at all costs, and Dingey is driven by his love of the lord and the hatred of queers...

Fuck 'em both....

[Divine Discontent]

39. hear hear....

on screw em both, lol... but I don't mind the love of the LORD part, but when you turn right around and show no compassion, well, you are repugnant to me, and without question, Dungy, putting his name behind that bill to state marriage is between one man & one woman is an outrage for him to do. and he wonders why some people lash back and say he was a crappy dad...

[cali]

45. give the devil his due

belichik's patriots just edged out haloboy's colts. 24-20. The patriots remain unbeaten- and they're the best team in the country.

[Initech]

46. Wait... is the gay hater or the cheating douchebag the good guy?

[cali]

47. the cheating douchebag

who also was a liberal activist in his Wesleyan days, and isn't a right wing nut case.