Apolitical Romeo

Cleveland Browns coach, Romeo Crennel, barred his team from speaking politics in the locker room and the practice field. It was absolutely the right thing for Crennel to do. There is nothing good that can come from speaking politics in the locker room. My brother and I had a fight and we are both for Barack. It is not hard to imagine a fight breaking out between the strong willed Kellen Winslow and Midwesterner Joe Thomas debating McCain and Obama.

It was great in the 60’s and 70’s when our athletes took a political stand, but that is not what we are talking about here. When Jim Brown walked into a locker room, all his teammates knew where he stood…not to mention he was fighting for basic civil rights, not the merits of Blacks vs Whites. No matter how we try to avoid it, for a large percentage of Americans, this Presidential election is about Race and Gender. It is great that the Cleveland Browns have players who are more than dumb jocks, but only religion is as divisive as Race. With the state of the economy, the war in Iraq, tension with Iran and North Korea, and first Black President or female Vice-President, this is the most significant Presidential election since WWII, maybe ever. The good thing is this shows that all athletes are not dumb jocks, they are people with opinions. They just need to go to a bar, have a beer, and yell at each other like the rest of us.

TheGapMan

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