Quoted from RobT:And Kaepernick was an even bigger DBag the way that he mocked Cam Newton.
I can't believe that as a Cowboys fan that I was actually pulling for them to do well, even pulled for them in the SB last year. Won't make that mistake again. Bunch of jackass Dbags. I had no skin in this game either, I just wanted a good game and was slightly pulling for the Panthers just because I love Riverboat Ron Rivera and want to see him succeed.
Good lord, if the 49ers play the Pats in the SB (and there is a damn good chance that will happen), I won't be watching the game because one of those f*cking teams has to win.
Rob, outside of the "mocking" - and when your opponent is talking trash and trying to take your head off from the opening whistle, is this really such a heinous crime? - are you equally critical of something like "the Tebow"? Incidentally, i love the Lambeau leap, but it's excessive celebrating and even brings the fans into it....far worse than Kaepernick kissing the bible passage inked on his bicep.
I think people really just need to take a chill pill. At the end of the day, do we really care about this crap? Are we worried its setting a bad example for your children? What about the hits then? The fact that EVERY game there's a concussion and guys getting carried off the field from a brutal "use your body like a missile" hit? Sometimes a cheap shot but typically "just part of the game"?
These players put their health and long term well being on the line every time they step on the field. They do it in a "me, me, me" culture that glorifies and broadcasts every move they make on the field. They are young, largely under educated and oft-times the closest things they had for supervision in life was their football coach. And while they may be millionaires, the people who pay them (including the networks and corporate sponsors) are a helluva lot richer and more powerful than they are or ever will be. And you want to begrudge them their raw emotions because they can't "act like they been there before"? I think unless you've been there before yourself your opinion doesn't carry much weight...and "been there" in THIS NFL, not some George Halas, Paul Brown fantasy land where the players packed meat or sold insurance in the off season and the games weren't televised.