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You are so over the top on this take of yours that this is bordering on the bizarre. Again, that is not what blitz said in his post. You really need to stop stretching this beyond what was said unless your objective is to drive him off this board.
It's exactly what he said. He detailed his very legitimate reasons for why he thinks JJ should start, but cited only Bucks skin colour as to why most fans want Buck. He went on to say 75% of fans would want JJ over BP if the QBs switched races. Blitz explained he chose based on football, and he explained that fans chose based on skin colour.

If you don't think he said that, I can show you were he did, but of course I can't show you his original post... because it got deleted.
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Robbie touched on the correlation of names on jerseys and their popularity, mentioning specifically Bryan Chiu. Due respect, outside of maybe Murphy and Jimenez, I've never known o-lineman's race to be an issue in relation to being able to identify with them.

Paris Jackson is part Japanese and black. Does that mean that I should be able to identify with him more because I'm also Japanese and yet at the same time, identify with him less because he's black and I'm not? Did that influence my decision to buy a PJack jersey? Not one iota. I like Paris, not only because we're both Asian but he's also a local boy and an phenomenal receiver. He, along with a lot of other Lions, have either recognized on their own accord, or have been influenced by Ackles and/or Buono that especially here in this market, getting your name and face out there are a key component to getting more people into the Giant Marshmellow.

Quick PJack related story. I was down at Cactus Club (Byrne Road/Marine Way) standing outside the restaurant waiting for my sister and brother in law. PJack walks up alone, approaches me and shakes my hand. We have a short non-related football chat and he wished my dad a Happy Father's Day.

For the record, my jersey collection goes as follows:
Barron Miles
Lyle Green
Brent Johnson
Paris Jackson
Alfred Jackson
Jason Clermont
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WTF??

Wow I just wasted 2 minutes of my life reading through (thank god I skimmed 99% of it) this thread. Can I ask for a mulligan?

This is 2008 right? Not 1808?
Now that I don't live in Quesnel do I need to change my handle??
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Toppy Vann wrote:The CFL hasn't much used ethnic marketing and Wally himself it is not something he has considered. Brian Chui, a Vancouver guy would be a huge guy to have here and market to the Chinese community but he is not here and the Lions aren't interested in this type of marketing (according to WB).
Well, think when it come to race, marketing has some effect, but not too much. When it comes to race, I think the fan's can speak for themselves with or without marketing with regards to race. It doesn't take much to figure out that Chiu, Buono, and O'Mahony, and Singh have Chinese, Italian, Irish, and East Indian heritage, respectively. And most of us know the various Europeans in the NHL. If one wants to feel some affinity towards that person because of their race, then that's their own decision
Blitz wrote:At every other football position, based upon black athletes playing the game, you get a high representation.
You may have forgotten another position - the placekicker/punter.
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Robbie wrote:You may have forgotten another position - the placekicker/punter.
That sounds like the makings of a headline at theonion.com : "NAACP decries lack of NFL opportunities for African American punters and placekickers".
Sports can be a peculiar thing. When partaking in fiction, like a book or movie, we adopt a "Willing Suspension of Disbelief" for enjoyment's sake. There's a similar force at work in sports: "Willing Suspension of Rationality". If you doubt this, listen to any conversation between rival team fans. You even see it among fans of the same team. Fans argue over who's the better QB or goalie, and selectively cite stats that support their views while ignoring those that don't.
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After the 2004 Grey Cup and again after Super Bowl XLI, the media certain made it big point over the fact that Michael Clemons and Tony Dungy were the first Black coaches to win a championship.
祝加拿大加式足球聯賽不列颠哥伦比亚卑詩雄獅隊今年贏格雷杯冠軍。此外祝溫哥華加人隊贏總統獎座·卡雲斯·甘保杯·史丹利盃。還每年祝溫哥華白頭浪隊贏美國足球大联盟杯。不要忘記每年祝溫哥華巨人贏西部冰球聯盟冠軍。
改建後的卑詩體育館於二十十一年九月三十日重新對外開放,首場體育活動為同日舉行的加拿大足球聯賽賽事,由主場的卑詩雄獅隊以三十三比二十四擊敗愛民頓愛斯基摩人隊。
祝你龍年行大運。
恭喜西雅图海鹰直到第四十八屆超級盃最終四十三比八大勝曾拿下兩次超級盃冠軍的丹佛野馬拿下隊史第一個超級盃冠軍。
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