Did Jerry Richardson Have A Point?

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  • Pope Snogginheim - 13 years ago

    As a Black man in the NBA Jason Richardson should know better than to publicly humiliate another professional Black athlete. I mean, dude plays for the Magic anyway, it shouldn't be up to him to decide if Cam should or shouldn't get tattoos. That should be left up to...oh wait. Jerry Richardson...my bad.

  • KGfromDC - 13 years ago

    He has a very valid and business savy point. Unfortunately, he was playing the "I'm a good ol' boy" and he's I will be responsible for my personal negro, role. it was disrespectful to Cam. It won't be the last time that it happens though. Its the local culture. Losing teams in a corporate city like QC need corporate dollars. He's protecting that. But emasculating your QB is a poor move in a city with a strong black (or colored, sorry Glenn Beck) base.

  • Greg - 13 years ago

    If Cam Newton was gonna get a tattoo or tattoos, do you think he could have traded his junior college championship ring for one? Or is it possible that he'll get them only on his torso like Kevin Durant? I think that if Cam Newton wanted to get a tattoo, he would have gotten them already. I think Mr. Richardson is overbearing. There is a product to protect, but with most if not all of the rest of the team with tats, singling Cam out publicly is like the mom who never lets her kids go beyond the stoop or the porch.

    But it's nothing new. Look at the Yankees. Bunch of drones I tell ya! Who was the last Yankee to have sideburns or a beard? I remember a Sports Illustrated cover with Jason Giambi the year he won the MVP showing off his long hair, tattoos, and goatee. Then he went to the Yankees and had to clean it all up. Same thing with Johnny Damon. His long hair and epic beard made him beloved in Boston with the "Johnny Saves" t-shirts. Then he lost the hair, the beard, and relevance. If George Steinbrenner listened to show, I think he would've called facial hair "ratchetness."

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